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      The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      Structuring Values in Modern China

      Skills you'll gain: Culture, Social Studies, Cultural Diversity, World History, Ancient History, Diversity Awareness, Sociology, Research, Science and Research, Political Sciences, Economics

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      Coursera Project Network

      Create Immediate Digital Employee Feedback with SnapEval

      Skills you'll gain: Goal Setting, User Feedback, Constructive Feedback, Employee Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Registration, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Digital Communications, Critical Thinking

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      University of California, Santa Cruz

      GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business

      Skills you'll gain: Business Communication, Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design and Development, Marketing, Workflow Management, Business Planning, E-Commerce, Project Management, Business Strategy, Business Process, Branding, Customer Relationship Management

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      Infosec

      Leadership

      Skills you'll gain: Cyber Governance, Security Management, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, Governance, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Risk, Information Assurance, Leadership, Change Management, Business Leadership

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Building Your Own Database Agent

      Skills you'll gain: SQL, Database Systems, Query Languages, Generative AI Agents, Microsoft Azure, OpenAI, Natural Language Processing, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic systems

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      Coursera Project Network

      Create a responsive seat selector UI in HTML, CSS, and JS

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UI Components, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Javascript, Mobile Development, Interactive Design, Cross Platform Development

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      University of Florida

      Fixing Healthcare Delivery 2.0: Advanced Lean

      Skills you'll gain: Lean Methodologies, Patient Safety, Patient Flow, Scientific Methods, Health Systems, Health Care Administration, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Health Care, Systems Analysis

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      University of Glasgow

      Data-Driven Leadership Skills Course 1: Leadership Narrative

      Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Leadership, Leadership Studies, Organizational Leadership, Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Structure, Leadership and Management, Leadership Development, Social Sciences, Ancient History

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      H2O.ai

      Practical Machine Learning on H2O

      Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Deep Learning, Anomaly Detection, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Modeling, Random Forest Algorithm, Data Import/Export, Artificial Neural Networks, Data Modeling, Data Manipulation, Feature Engineering

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      Capitals Coalition

      Transforming Business: Valuing social and human capital

      Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Human Capital, Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Stakeholder Communications, Sustainability Reporting, Business Ethics, Business Metrics, Business Transformation, Performance Measurement, Diversity and Inclusion, Risk Management, Decision Making

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Fundamentals of Data Visualization

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Storytelling, User Centered Design, User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Usability Testing, User Research, Design Elements And Principles

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      University of Pennsylvania

      Applying to College 101

      Skills you'll gain: Organizational Skills, Student Support and Services, Higher Education, Planning, Prioritization, Student Services, Self-Awareness, Decision Making, Personal Development, Research

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

    • Structuring Values in Modern China: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Create Immediate Digital Employee Feedback with SnapEval: Coursera Project Network
    • GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business: University of California, Santa Cruz
    • Leadership: Infosec
    • Building Your Own Database Agent: DeepLearning.AI
    • Create a responsive seat selector UI in HTML, CSS, and JS: Coursera Project Network
    • Fixing Healthcare Delivery 2.0: Advanced Lean: University of Florida
    • Data-Driven Leadership Skills Course 1: Leadership Narrative: University of Glasgow
    • Practical Machine Learning on H2O: H2O.ai
    • Transforming Business: Valuing social and human capital : Capitals Coalition

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