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      EDHEC Business School

      Building Strategic Foresight Capabilities

      Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Forecasting, Strategic Decision-Making, Systems Thinking, Organizational Effectiveness, Business Transformation, Complex Problem Solving, Business Strategy, Innovation, Trend Analysis, Creativity

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      233 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      The University of Sydney

      Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Business Modeling, Innovation, Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Market Research, Product Development, Product Design, Corporate Communications, User Research, User Feedback, Customer Insights

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IESE Business School

      Design Thinking

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, User Research, Ideation, Culture Transformation, Qualitative Research, Customer experience strategy (CX), Human Centered Design, Organizational Leadership, Creative Problem-Solving, Product Design, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Brainstorming, Organizational Change, Organizational Strategy, Thought Leadership, Creative Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Leadership

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      LearnKartS

      Master Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

      Skills you'll gain: Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis, Critical Thinking, Brainstorming, Complex Problem Solving, Continuous Improvement Process, Systems Thinking, Creative Thinking, Trend Analysis, Analysis, Decision Making, Data-Driven Decision-Making

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google

      Google AI Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Productivity Software, Workforce Development, Applied Machine Learning, Business Solutions, Organizational Strategy, Business Process Automation, Social Studies, Innovation, Data Collection, Automation, Data Security, Human Machine Interfaces, Forecasting, Emerging Technologies, Analysis, Critical Thinking

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.7K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM AI Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Unsupervised Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Feature Engineering, Generative AI, Supervised Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Generative AI Agents, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Artificial Neural Networks, Jupyter, Machine Learning Algorithms, Python Programming, Machine Learning, Data Science

      Build toward a degree

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      21K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      IBM Generative AI Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Data Wrangling, Unsupervised Learning, Flask (Web Framework), Keras (Neural Network Library), Generative AI Agents, Feature Engineering, Predictive Modeling, Web Applications, Supervised Learning, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Deep Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Web Development, Data Manipulation, Natural Language Processing, Unit Testing, Jupyter

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      91K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google

      Google UX Design

      Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, User Research, Wireframing, Responsive Web Design, Usability Testing, Storyboarding, User Experience Design, Information Architecture, Design Research, Figma (Design Software), Sprint Retrospectives, Mockups, Cross Platform Development, Prototyping, User Experience, Usability, Persona (User Experience), Design Thinking, Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Macquarie University

      Excel Skills for Business

      Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Excel Macros, Data Cleansing, Excel Formulas, Microsoft Excel, Data Validation, Spreadsheet Software, Data Visualization, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Data Modeling, Data Management, Data Entry, Consolidation, Productivity Software, Automation, Business Modeling, Data Integrity, Financial Modeling, File Management, Business Reporting

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      62K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      What is Data Science?

      Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Mining, Data Analysis, Data Science, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Big Data, Data Management, Analytics, Data Storage, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      76K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Vanderbilt University

      Prompt Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Data Visualization Software, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Data Ethics, Large Language Modeling, Data Transformation, Data Processing, Human Machine Interfaces, Data Import/Export, Technical Communication, Automation, Risk Management Framework, Application Development, Verification And Validation

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IESE Business School

      Think like a CFO

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Income Statement, Financial Market, Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Accounting, Financial Modeling, Operational Analysis, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Balance Sheet, Accrual Accounting, Business Valuation, Financial Management, Investments, Equities

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular critical thinking courses

    • Building Strategic Foresight Capabilities: EDHEC Business School
    • Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship: The University of Sydney
    • Design Thinking: IESE Business School
    • Master Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: LearnKartS
    • Google AI Essentials: Google
    • IBM AI Engineering: IBM
    • IBM Generative AI Engineering: IBM
    • Google UX Design: Google
    • Excel Skills for Business: Macquarie University
    • What is Data Science? : IBM

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