Certifications

Best-selling authors and leadership consultants Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen explore what it takes to successfully prepare for the future of work, particularly how to adapt to a world of increased isolation. Hear Ryan and Steven share key insights.

Skills: Team Building · Team Leadership

Tags: Leaders · Leadership · Leadership Expert · Next Big Idea Club · Ryan Jenkins · Productivity · Focus · Workplace · Loneliness · Priorities

Hidden Genius: How Successful People Think (Book Bite)

In this audiobook summary, Polina Marinova Pompliano shares five key insights from her new book. Join Polina as she helps you unlock the genius within. Learn how manufacturing hardship leads to lasting mental toughness, and how success is personal.

Tags: Manufacturing Hardship · Success · Human Beings · Genius · Definition of Success · Polina Marinova Pompliano · Insights · Identity · Magical · Successful People

The Power of Language: How Multilingualism Transforms Our Minds (Book Bite)

Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of the interaction between mind and language, and in this audiobook summary, psycholinguist Viorica Marian explores the many ways that the words we learn impact our lives. Viorica draws on cutting-edge research.

Skills: Personal Development · Multilingual Communication

Tags: Insights · Psycholinguistics · Creatives · Boost Creativity · Cutting-Edge Research · Impact Our Lives · Language · Speaking · Psycholinguist · Next Big Idea Club

Skills That Set Data Scientists Apart

In this audio-only course adapted from Ben Sullins' "Free the Data" podcast, Ben speaks with Behfar Jahanshahi, CEO and Founder of InterWorks. Behfar shares his insights into building one of the most awarded data consulting companies in the world.

Tags: Dataiku · Data · Data Preparation · Free the Data · Ben Sullins · Podcasts · Behfar Jahanshahi · Analysis · Machine Learning · Computing

How to Own Your Career and Build Your Dream Job

Ann Hiatt shares valuable career development lessons learned from her 15 years working alongside Silicon Valley's top CEOs. Ann shows you how to create win-win-wins by clarifying what you want out of your career, checking for ways you can help your boss.

Skills: Career Management

Tags: Objectives · Mindset · Resilience · Disruption · Clarification · Pete Mockaitis · How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Ann Hiatt · Promotions · Silicon Valley

Mastering the Eight Paradoxes of Effective Leaders

The leaders of today need to get clear on how to navigate complex demands to succeed. In this audio-only course, Tim Elmore sheds light on the eight paradoxes the leaders of today must embrace to inspire and connect with their teams more effectively.

Skills: Leadership

Tags: Leadership · Leadership Expert · Leaders · Inspirational · COVID-19 · Inspiration · Pete Mockaitis · How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Tim Elmore · Emotions

Good Vibes, Good Life (Blinkist Summary)

This audio-only course from Blinkist explores the power of positive thinking. Learn how your thoughts dictate your reality, and find out how to cut toxic people out of your life and become more secure. Go over ways to make your dreams come true.

Skills: Self-Care

Tags: Power · Positive Thinking · Techniques · Mindset · Reality · Thoughts · Future · Future-Proofing · Happiness · Blinkist

Lessons from the World of Sports Analytics

Learn about the power of sports analytics and data science tools when applied to golf. Discover the fundamentals of continuous learning, professional evolution, accountability, and sharing across platforms, with practical pointers and hard-won tips.

Skills: Sports Analytics

Tags: Simulations · Achieve · Free the Data · Individual Achievement · Data Science · Tools · Ben Sullins · Podcasts · Analytics · Golf

Friday Forward: Ending Your Week Strong (Book Bite)

In his 2021 book, global business leader and author Robert Glazer shares inspirational and motivational tips and stories to help end your week stronger than it started. ind out how Ed Sheeran used clear vision, determination, and perseverance.

Skills: Performance Motivation

Tags: Author · Ed Sheeran · Clear Vision · Vision · Determination · Success · Resilience · Robert Glazer · Ann Miura-Ko · Next Big Idea Club

Building Your Career

In this audio-only course, author and CEO Patrick Kilner explains why traditional networking methods no longer work and offers a roadmap for building a few influential relationships that can accelerate your personal and professional growth.

Skills: Professional Networking · Career Development

Tags: Growth · Professional Growth · Roadmap · Networking · Businesses · Patrick Kilner · How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Pete Mockaitis · Reflections · Careers

The Business Side of Thought Leadership

In this course from Thought Leadership Leverage, join CEO and Founder Peter Winick as he explores the business side of thought leadership with insights from author Stephen M. R. Covey. Learn about building a healthy thought leadership company.

Skills: Business Strategy · Thought Leadership

Tags: Businesses · Business Development · Aspirations · Strategies · Strategist · Goals · Peter Winick · Leaders · Leadership · Thought Leadership Leverage

Software Is Eating Your Car

Join Alex Koster, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, as he explains how fundamentally software has begun to alter this major global industry, whose main product, the car, has changed relatively little over the last 100 years.

Skills: Automotive Technology · Automotive Design

Tags: Software Development · Software Engineering · Marc Andreessen · Software · Boston Consulting Group · Global Industry · Industrious · Automobiles · Cars · Vehicles

5 Common Test Failures

In this audio-only course, instructor Mike Fine covers the top five issues that testers, managers, and teams encounter in executing their project. Mike not only identifies these issues, but he also serves up some helpful advice on how to address them.

Skills: Test Design · Quality Assurance Testing

Tags: Designing · Execute · Mike Fine · Project Execution · Projects · Managers · Teams · Testing · Testers · Quality

Establishing Evening Routines to Optimize the Day Ahead

Podcaster Jarrod Warren contends that 80% of a great day starts in the evening. Jarrod explains the eight steps in his evening routine that you can adapt to your needs, to tackle a new day’s challenges well-prepared with a night of deep, restful sleep.

Skills: Organization Skills · Self-Care

Tags: Jarrod Warren · Blue Light · Sleep · Curfew · Evening Routine · Impactful Lessons · Impact · How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Pete Mockaitis · Success

Nano Tips for Finding Happiness Through Empathy with Shadé Zahrai

Join leadership strategist and peak performance educator Shadé Zahrai as she shares 10 nano tips for elevating your empathy to enhance relationships, foster psychological safety, and create a happy life and career. Shadé explains three types of empathy.

Skills: Health & Wellness

Tags: Happy Life · Happiness · Career · Psychological Safety · Educator · Shadé Zahrai · Performance Educator · Impact · Impactful Lessons · Nano Tips

Public Speaking: Find Your Confidence

In this audio-only course from Knowable, journalist, author, and public speaking expert Celeste Headlee and Center for Social Confidence founder Dr. Aziz Gazipura share actionable tips to help you conquer your fears and speak with assurance.

Skills: Public Speaking · Fear of Public Speaking

Tags: Knowable · Fears · Speaking · Communicate · Communication · Celeste Headlee · Dr. Aziz Gazipura · Confidence · Center for Social Confidence · Social Confidence

Nano Tips to Build Grit for Mental Toughness with Shadé Zahrai

Learn how grit is a hallmark of high achievers in every domain, and acquire actionable tips and techniques to help you succeed in your career and life from peak performance researcher and behavioral strategist to Fortune 500 companies, Shadé Zahrai.

Skills: Mental Health

Tags: Fortune 500 · Shadé Zahrai · Techniques · Attitudes · Actionable Strategies · Nano Tips · Practical Strategies · Grit · Behaviors · Strategies

The State of Generative AI: Images, Prompting, and Language Models

Explore the evolution of artificial intelligence in images and videos. Discover the history of foundational models and review the current landscape of image and video generation. Finally, compare the open and closed-source APIs currently available.

Skills: Conditional Image Generation · Artificial Intelligence for Design

Tags: Evolution · Image Generation · Closed-Source Platforms · APIs · Foundational Models · History · Video Generation · Copyright · Artificial Intelligence · Current Landscape

Mistakes to Avoid When Managing Your Time

In this course, time management expert Brittany Hayles shares the common pitfalls that are made when attempting to manage your time, and provides solutions to overcome them. Brittany demystifies what time management truly is, along with misconceptions.

Skills: Time Management

Tags: Mistakes · Addressing Mistakes · Secrets · Schedules · Brittany Hayles · Game-Changing · Professional · Skills · Madecraft · Time Management

Business Etiquette: Meetings, Meals, and Networking Events

In this course, productivity and etiquette coach Suzanna Kaye shows how to navigate common business situations with professionalism. Suzanna illustrates how to work with different personality types, and how to understand body language and vocal cues.

Skills: Corporate Etiquette

Tags: Businesses · Communications · Graceful · Etiquette · Professionalism · Meetings · Conferences · Suzanna Kaye · Body Language · Career

Sustainability Strategies

This course shows how to adopt smart sustainability practices to drive financial performance, retain employees, and protect your company's license to operate. David Bennell outlines how to establish your reputation as a company focused on sustainability.

Skills: Sustainability Strategy

Tags: Key Metrics · Businesses · Governance · Services · Energy Use · Social · Climate Change · Smart Sustainability Practices · Carbon Footprint · Environmental

The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership (getAbstract Summary)

This course, adapted from Jackie Jenkins-Scott's book, shows how leaders who take a responsive approach can be more effective by concentrating on the people in their organizations and working to create a shared vision instead of imposing their views.

Skills: Management Style

Tags: Management · Talent Management · Managers · Corporate Culture · Jackie Jenkins-Scott · Responsive Leadership · getAbstract · Leadership · Leaders · Effectiveness

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