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    Packt

    Brainstorming Specialist (Accredited)

    Skills you'll gain: Brainstorming, Meeting Facilitation, Ideation, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Team Building, Cognitive flexibility, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Innovation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDHEC Business School

    Building Strategic Foresight Capabilities

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

    4.9
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    243 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, Innovation, Business Modeling, Product Design, Product Development, Business Strategy, Strategic Communication, Market Research, Corporate Strategy, Case Studies, User Feedback, Product Testing, Customer Insights

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    1.3K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    CentraleSupélec

    On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Philosophy - PART 1

    Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Change Management, Creative Thinking, Cognitive flexibility, Organizational Change, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Studies, Strategic Planning, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Strategy, Critical Thinking

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    471 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    AI Foundations for Everyone: A Practical Intro for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, IBM Cloud, Responsible AI, LLM Application, Workflow Management, Action Oriented, No-Code Development, Machine Learning Software, Business Workflow Analysis, Machine Learning, AI Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Self Service Technologies, Application Deployment, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Deep Learning, Data Science

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    33K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google

    Google AI Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, Large Language Modeling, LLM Application, Computer Security Awareness Training, Productivity Software, Workforce Development, Operational Efficiency, Innovation, Business Process Automation, Organizational Strategy, Human Machine Interfaces, Data Security, Sociology, Critical Thinking, Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    14K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Multiple educators

    Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Jupyter, Data Ethics, Decision Tree Learning, Tensorflow, Responsible AI, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), NumPy, Predictive Modeling, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning, Random Forest Algorithm, Feature Engineering, Python Programming

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    37K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Deep Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Tensorflow, Generative AI, Supervised Learning, Large Language Modeling, Keras (Neural Network Library), Artificial Intelligence, Applied Machine Learning, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning, Debugging, Performance Tuning, Python Programming, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Feature Engineering

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    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    147K reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    IBM AI Engineering with Python, PyTorch & TensorFlow

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Apache Spark, Large Language Modeling, Computer Vision, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Unsupervised Learning, Generative AI, PySpark, Keras (Neural Network Library), Supervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Image Analysis, Reinforcement Learning, LLM Application, Deep Learning, Generative AI Agents, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Python Programming, 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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    Vanderbilt University

    ChatGPT: Excel at Personal Automation with GPTs, AI & Zapier

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, Agentic systems, LLM Application, Productivity, Email Automation, AI Personalization, OpenAI, Expense Management, Artificial Intelligence, Personalized Service, Expense Reports, Large Language Modeling, Workflow Management, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Automation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    7.5K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Macquarie University

    Excel Skills for Business

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

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    63K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Duke University

    Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Computational Thinking, HTML and CSS, Java, Java Programming, Software Design, Data Structures, Debugging, Software Engineering, Interactive Design, Cryptography, Web Development, Web Design, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Javascript, Algorithms, Data Analysis, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    22K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Brainstorming Specialist (Accredited): Packt
  • Building Strategic Foresight Capabilities: EDHEC Business School
  • Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship: The University of Sydney
  • On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Philosophy - PART 1: CentraleSupélec
  • AI Foundations for Everyone: A Practical Intro for Beginners: IBM
  • Google AI Essentials: Google
  • Machine Learning: DeepLearning.AI
  • Deep Learning: DeepLearning.AI
  • IBM AI Engineering with Python, PyTorch & TensorFlow: IBM
  • ChatGPT: Excel at Personal Automation with GPTs, AI & Zapier: Vanderbilt University

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