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The Five-step Guide to Mastering Your Money

Gain control over your finances. Tune into this concise, practical course for tips on setting and achieving your financial goals.

The Foundations of Fiction

Learn how to write compelling novels, memoirs, short stories, or screenplays. Explore the fundamentals of great fiction and get practical tips to you sharpen your own writing.

The Future of Audit (227406)

Accounting, like almost every industry, is being disrupted by new and emerging technologies. This disruption will affect auditing in unique way. In this course, futurist and financial expert Jason Schenker shares the most important changes, constants, and uncertainties for the future of audit. Learn why advancements in physical technologies, like drones and robots, will become more important for deployment in the field, while data analysis, AI, and quantum computing will be impactful when doing testing and sampling. Then discover why technology will be a critical lever for evaluating financial statements as part of audit and due diligence work—and how some things, including the goals of an independent audit, will remain unchanged. Jason also reviews regulatory risks and emerging types of audits such as social and cybersecurity audits. This course can help executives, leaders, and tax and accounting professionals identify the changes ahead and how they are likely to present both opportunities and challenges for their business.

This course was created by Jason Schenker. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

The Future of Performance Management

Learn why organizations need to rethink what performance means and how they can measure performance differently.

The Future of Workplace Learning

Technology alone will not transform your learning organization. Learn to build a business case for the future of workplace learning in your company.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (Blinkist Summary) (203623)

Being a CEO can be particularly challenging. Those who ascend to this rank must steer their company to success while grappling with loneliness, stress, and the weighty knowledge that their organization's fate largely rests in their hands. In his 2014 book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, entrepreneur Ben Horowitz delves into this role, sharing practical lessons gleaned from his own experiences in the trenches of Silicon Valley. This audiobook summary provides concise highlights from the book that you can listen to while on the go. Learn how to handle layoffs, hire the right people, dispense with politics to make your company a place where people want to work, and more.BlinkistLogoHorizontal.jpg Note: This audiobook summary was produced by Blinkist. We are pleased to host this content in our library.

The History of Film and Video Editing

An introduction to the history of film and video editing, including both essential editing techniques and evolving technology.

The Human Resources Hero

Become your company's HR hero. Learn about how to set the stage for strategic career growth, create a plan, and manage the emotional challenges you'll encounter along the way.

The Internet Trap: Five Costs of Living Online (getAbstract Summary)

Caught in the internet trap? Learn about the commercial and social “costs” of living online and how to overcome them in this audio-only review of Ashesh Mukherjee’s book.

The Key to Good Communication: Your Audience

Craft and deliver compelling messages that resonate with others. Learn how to use proven storytelling and negotiating techniques to persuade your audience.

The Leader Habit (Blinkist Summary)

Master the habits of great leaders. This audiobook summary breaks down leadership skills into easy-to-learn microbehaviors you can develop in minutes a day.

The Leader’s Guide to Mindfulness (getAbstract Summary)

In this audio-only summary of psychologist Audrey Tang's book, learn how leaders at any level can benefit from mindfulness and explore practical ways to implement it daily.

The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Natural Elements

Watch digital painter Bert Monroy paint the natural elements—the trees, water, and fog—in his painting Amsterdam Mist, using the tools in Photoshop CC.

The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Structures

Follow along with the development of artist Bert Monroy's digital painting and learn Photoshop and Illustrator techniques you can apply to your own artwork.

The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Vehicles

Learn how to create hyperrealistic cars, boats, and bicycles, like the ones featured in Bert Monroy's painting Amsterdam Mist, with Photoshop CC.

The Marketing of Cool

Learn with YouTuber Curtrichy as he uncovers what makes something "cool" and how to leverage cool for marketing and business.

The Mindful Workday (165237)

Bring your best self to work. Join Dr. Britt Andreatta in The Mindful Workday, a series of mindfulness exercises to keep you connected, grounded, and focused at work. Learn how to maximize your commute—whether it’s a two-hour drive or a short walk to your home office—so you show up prepared. Discover how to create a healthy working environment and communicate better with your boss. Find out how to use your downtime in a positive way, stop watching the clock so you can live in the present, and turn meetings into successful, collaborative experiences. Finally, learn how to mindfully leave work and arrive home fully present.

Note: This course was created and produced by Desk Yogi.

The Miracle Morning (Blinkist Summary) (213704)

If you want a fulfilling and happy life, your morning routine is the place to start building it. This audio-only course shows you how some changes to your morning routine can help you start creating the life you’ve always wanted. Find out how to escape Rearview Mirror Syndrome (RMS) and make decisions that will positively impact the future you. Learn how to embrace the morning with purpose and excitement and how to raise your wake-up motivation level. Explore ways to set aside time for purposeful silence or meditation, start a habit of positive affirmations, and schedule exercise into your day. Discover how you can make time to read and write, customize your miracle morning, and build your miracle morning into a lifelong habit.

Note: This audiobook summary was produced by Blinkist. We are pleased to host this content in our library.

The Monster Drawing Workshop

Tackle your monsters—one limb at a time. This monster drawing workshop teaches those who are new to drawing how to drop their inhibitions and let creativity take over.

The Motionographer Story

In this short documentary, learn about Motionographer, the online community for motion graphics artists, animators, and filmmakers around the world, and its founder Justin Cone.