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      HubSpot Academy

      Sales Training: Building Your Sales Career

      Skills you'll gain: Inside Sales, Sales Training, Consultative Selling, Sales, Sales Strategy, Sales Process, Relationship Building, Customer Relationship Building, Customer Analysis, Personalized Service, Communication

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      661 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Virginia

      Digital Business Strategy

      Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Digital Transformation, Business Modeling, Business Strategy, Technology Strategies, Innovation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Value Propositions, Market Dynamics, Competitive Analysis, Computing Platforms

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      115 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Cape Town

      Building Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Solution Design, Business Modeling, Business Planning, Business Strategies, Market Opportunities, New Business Development, FinTech, Case Studies, Professional Networking, Business Development, Growth Strategies, Financial Regulation, Fundraising, Intellectual Property

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      52 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Machine Learning Foundations for Product Managers

      Skills you'll gain: Deep Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Neural Networks, Decision Tree Learning, Computer Vision, Supervised Learning, Natural Language Processing, Random Forest Algorithm, Data Science, Predictive Analytics, Algorithms, Performance Metric

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      619 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Mastering the Software Engineering Interview

      Skills you'll gain: Growth Mindedness, Technical Communication, Willingness To Learn, Adaptability, Algorithms, Overcoming Obstacles, Software Engineering, Verbal Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communications, Communication, Problem Solving, Self-Awareness, Complex Problem Solving

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      555 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Vanderbilt University

      Generative AI for Leaders

      Skills you'll gain: Succession Planning, Business Writing, Generative AI, Meeting Facilitation, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Proposal Writing, Thought Leadership, Prompt Engineering, Human Resource Strategy, Business Transformation, Staff Management, Decision Making

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      550 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Cape Town

      Writing your World: Finding yourself in the academic space

      Skills you'll gain: Writing, Culture, Liberal Arts, Editing, Cultural Diversity, Peer Review, Proofreading, Research, Sociology, Style Guides, Creativity, Learning Strategies

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      258 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Kennesaw State University

      Six Sigma Advanced Analyze Phase

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Quality Improvement, Process Optimization, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Data Analysis, Variance Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      971 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Arizona State University

      Avoiding Bias

      Skills you'll gain: Decision Making, Independent Thinking, Open Mindset, Conflict Management, Accountability, Diversity Awareness, Critical Thinking, Advocacy, Leadership, Self-Awareness

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      11 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Introduction to Data Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Amazon Web Services, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Data Processing, System Requirements, Performance Tuning, Security Controls, Data Transformation, Scalability

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      415 reviews

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      Yale University

      Overcoming Dyslexia

      Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, School Psychology, Special Education, Literacy, Individualized Education Programs (IEP), Diagnostic Tests, Working With Children, Psychological Evaluations, Student Support and Services, Education Software and Technology, Resilience, Learning Strategies, Child Development, Advocacy

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

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      Universidad de Palermo

      Cognición, Pensamiento y Lenguaje

      Skills you'll gain: Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Computational Thinking, Systems Thinking, Human Learning, Language Learning, Oral Comprehension, Scientific Methods, Research, Experimentation, Research Design

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      196 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Sales Training: Building Your Sales Career: HubSpot Academy
    • Digital Business Strategy: University of Virginia
    • Building Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets: University of Cape Town
    • Machine Learning Foundations for Product Managers: Duke University
    • Mastering the Software Engineering Interview: University of California San Diego
    • Generative AI for Leaders: Vanderbilt University
    • Writing your World: Finding yourself in the academic space : University of Cape Town
    • Six Sigma Advanced Analyze Phase: Kennesaw State University
    • Avoiding Bias : Arizona State University
    • Introduction to Data Engineering: DeepLearning.AI

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