The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) of the UN aim to transform management education and to engage students with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, recent reports show that many SDGs are not being met, and on several key goals there is even transgression. In order to assure bottom-up involvement with the SDGs there is a clear need for an evidence-based performative educational toolkit. We propose an evidence-informed teaching package aimed at increasing students’ engagements with the SDGs, with educational artefacts as an outcome. Specifically, the package, based on theories of positive psychology, is aimed at inducing intentions and actual behavioral change, via the choice of self-transcendent goals. The package comprises the induction of (1) the overview effect (OE) using virtual reality simulations, (2) a letter to the future (LF, i.e. writing about the ideal world, as well as about concrete goals to contribute to this ideal world) and (3) an SDG poster assignment to enhance positive (strategic) change for wicked problems. We conclude with an example of how this educational package could be integrated within the curriculum. The combination of OE, LF and an SDG assignment comprises a promising intervention package in the toolkit of the educational professional.
