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      The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

      What’s Your Big Idea?

      Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Innovation, User Feedback, Business Strategy, Creative Thinking, Product Development, Entrepreneurship, Competitive Analysis, Resource Management, Presentations, Customer Insights

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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      ESSEC Business School

      Innovation publique et pensée design, l'innovation sociale au service des territoires

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Ideation, Service Design, Innovation, User Experience Design, Brainstorming, Public Administration, Public Policies, Experimentation, User Research, Case Studies, Stakeholder Engagement, Qualitative Research

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Legal Contracts and Agreements for Entrepreneurs

      Skills you'll gain: Commercial Laws, Risk Management, Business Risk Management, Entrepreneurial Finance, Vendor Contracts, Legal Risk, Contract Negotiation, Entrepreneurship, Contract Management, Contract Review, Legal Strategy, New Business Development, Civil Law, Lawsuits, Intellectual Property, Sales Presentation, Finance, Fundraising

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      123 reviews

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      Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

      Fundamentos de Políticas Públicas

      Skills you'll gain: Policy Analysis, Public Policies, Policy Development, Program Evaluation, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Systems Thinking, Governance

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universidad de los Andes

      Liderazgo y gestión de empresas familiares

      Skills you'll gain: Governance, Business Leadership, Business Management, Leadership and Management, Strategic Leadership, Business, Organizational Development, Succession Planning, Corporate Strategy, Business Continuity, Business Strategies, Business Valuation, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Value Propositions, Systems Thinking, Case Studies

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

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      The University of Edinburgh

      برمج بنفسك! مقدمة حول البرمجة

      Skills you'll gain: Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Software Development, Computer Programming, Software Documentation, Software Testing, Computational Thinking, Game Design, Animations

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      27 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      National Taiwan University

      用 Python 做商管程式設計(三)(Programming for Business Computing in Python (3))

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Visualization, Matplotlib, Web Scraping, Business Logic, Machine Learning, Operational Analysis, Business Analytics, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Business Economics, User Interface (UI) Design, Computational Thinking, UI Components, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Analysis

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      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      University of Toronto

      Data Visualization for Genome Biology

      Skills you'll gain: Scientific Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Bioinformatics, Plot (Graphics), Ggplot2, R (Software), Dimensionality Reduction, Scatter Plots, R Programming, Network Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Heat Maps, Molecular Biology, Design Thinking, Statistical Analysis

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      24 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      L’IA pour tous

      Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Business Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Technology Strategies, Artificial Neural Networks, Applied Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Business Ethics, Recruitment

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      Setting a Generative AI Strategy

      Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Generative AI, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Growth Strategies, Business Planning, Customer experience strategy (CX), Technology Strategies, Customer Insights, Strategic Planning, Productivity Software, Operational Efficiency, Case Studies

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      64 reviews

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      Emory University

      What Can AI Do for Marketing?

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, AI Personalization, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Customer experience improvement, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Insights, Data Collection, Automation, Algorithms

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      38 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      Learn Python

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Python Programming, Programming Principles, User Interface (UI), Computer Programming, Scripting, Software Engineering, Performance Tuning, Scripting Languages, File Management, Web Development, Computational Thinking, Debugging, Software Development, Web Development Tools

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • What’s Your Big Idea?: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Innovation publique et pensée design, l'innovation sociale au service des territoires: ESSEC Business School
    • Legal Contracts and Agreements for Entrepreneurs: University of Maryland, College Park
    • Fundamentos de Políticas Públicas: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
    • Liderazgo y gestión de empresas familiares: Universidad de los Andes
    • برمج بنفسك! مقدمة حول البرمجة: The University of Edinburgh
    • 用 Python 做商管程式設計(三)(Programming for Business Computing in Python (3)): National Taiwan University
    • Data Visualization for Genome Biology: University of Toronto
    • L’IA pour tous: DeepLearning.AI
    • Setting a Generative AI Strategy: Coursera

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