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Thinking Courses

Thinking courses can help you learn critical analysis, problem-solving techniques, creative thinking strategies, and decision-making frameworks. You can build skills in evaluating arguments, identifying biases, and applying logical reasoning across various scenarios. Many courses introduce tools like mind mapping software, decision trees, and frameworks for structured thinking, which enhance your ability to organize thoughts and tackle complex challenges effectively.


Popular Thinking Courses and Certifications


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    Duke University

    Investment Evaluation

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Acumen, Capital Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Cash Flows, Cost Benefit Analysis, Return On Investment, Investments, Risk Analysis

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    University of California, Irvine

    Relativism

    Skills you'll gain: Cultural Diversity, Anthropology, Social Studies, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Research, Sociology, Environmental Issue, Science and Research

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    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Organizational innovation and creativity

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Process Development, Creative Thinking, New Product Development, Creativity, Lean Methodologies, Customer experience improvement, Customer Engagement, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Modeling, Value Propositions

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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Geneva

    Introduction to Political Citizenship

    Skills you'll gain: Immigration Law, Social Studies, Social Justice, Community Development, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Cultural Diversity, Public Policies, Sociology, Student Engagement

    4.8
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    Coursera

    Setting a Generative AI Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Generative AI, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Business Planning, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Insights, Strategic Planning, Value Propositions, Productivity Software, Case Studies

    4.7
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    Universidade de São Paulo

    Off the Clock: The Many Faces of Time

    Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Cultural Diversity, Anthropology, Liberal Arts, Psychology, Environmental Science, Physics, Biology

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    IBM

    Capstone Project: Applying UI/UX Design in the Real World

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, Design Thinking, UI/UX Research, Usability Testing, Wireframing, Mockups, User Experience Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Figma (Design Software), User Flows, Persona Development, Scalability

    4.8
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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Managing the New Product Development Process

    Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Design Thinking, Persona Development, Innovation, Prototyping, Market Research, Ideation, Target Market, Product Requirements, Wireframing, Customer Insights

    Build toward a degree

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Harnessing LLMs: Strategy, Fine-Tuning & Evaluation

    Skills you'll gain: Hugging Face, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Model Evaluation, Responsible AI, LangChain, Large Language Modeling, Model Deployment, Generative AI, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Application Deployment, Application Development, Technical Management, OpenAI API, Data Ethics, AI Enablement, Trend Analysis, Business Strategy, Python Programming

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    Institut Mines-Télécom

    Digital Business - Understand the digital world

    Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Business Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Emerging Technologies, Innovation, Knowledge Transfer, Business Strategies, Business Modeling, Strategic Decision-Making, Network Model, Product Planning

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    Northeastern University

    Healthcare Data Management and Information Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Health Information Management, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Health Care Administration, Digital Transformation, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Emerging Technologies, Information Privacy, Data Management, Technology Strategies, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Innovation

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    AI for Business: Generation & Prediction

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, AI Enablement, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Forecasting, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Business Ethics, Business Transformation, Prompt Engineering, Digital Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Content Creation

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Investment Evaluation: Duke University
  • Relativism: University of California, Irvine
  • Organizational innovation and creativity: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Introduction to Political Citizenship: University of Geneva
  • Setting a Generative AI Strategy: Coursera
  • Off the Clock: The Many Faces of Time: Universidade de São Paulo
  • Capstone Project: Applying UI/UX Design in the Real World : IBM
  • Managing the New Product Development Process: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Harnessing LLMs: Strategy, Fine-Tuning & Evaluation: Coursera
  • Digital Business - Understand the digital world: Institut Mines-Télécom

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