Go deeper into the application of a strategic planning framework by digging into case studies from actual companies.

Strategic thinking is a critical skill for leaders. Learn how to think strategically in order to effectively guide the direction of your teams and solve key business problems.

Expand into emerging markets. Learn how to determine which markets to enter, win out over local competitors, deal with the speed of fast-changing market dynamics, and more.

Help talent acquisition professionals and hiring authorities attract and hire the best talent. Learn best practices and strategies for becoming a successful external recruiter.

Don’t beat your competitors—outlearn them. Arm yourself with tools to understand how you and your organization learn and to take your own learning to the next level.

Gain skills to improve as a UX freelancer. Learn how to enhance workflows, manage projects, keep your pipeline full, produce high-quality deliverables, and work well with clients.

There’s almost nothing more frustrating than feeling unable to move your ideas, decisions, or projects out into the world. But as you grow in your career and tackle more challenging problems, you’ll inevitably get stuck in the pursuit of your biggest creative goals. The good news is that, despite how it feels, there are clear actions you can take to get yourself unstuck (and keep yourself that way). Join instructor Jeff Fajans, a creative performance and executive coach, as he shares strategies and tips designed to help you tackle this common problem. Throughout the course, Jeff walks through specific strategies you can use to prioritize, eliminate distractions, boost your confidence, and optimize your time and energy. Getting stuck might feel permanent, but after taking this course, you’ll have the tools you need to stay out of that mind frame for good.

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Self-awareness is the secret sauce you can use in achieving success in your career and relationships. It ties into your ability to be confident, exhibit emotional intelligence, and demonstrate understanding, and it is a skill that you can practice and develop. In this course, executive coach Dr. Joel Pérez explains what self-awareness is, what obstacles may challenge you in building self-awareness, and how to overcome those obstacles. He concludes with a detailed discussion of several ways that self-awareness can benefit your life, including personal improvement, communication, stress management, and more.

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Review the history of strategy—the art of creating power—in this audio-only summary of the book by Sir Lawrence Freedman, a leading authority on war and strategic analysis.

Solve stream processing problems with Kafka Streams. Learn about using Kafka Streams and associated technologies to build stream-processing use cases leveraging popular patterns.

Learn how to build popular streaming design patterns efficiently with Apache Spark.

Frameworks such as Apache Flink can help you build fast, scalable stream processing applications, but big data engineers still need to design smart use cases to achieve maximum efficiency. In this course, instructor Kumaran Ponnambalam demonstrates how to use Apache Flink and associated technologies to build stream-processing use cases leveraging popular patterns. Kumaran begins by highlighting the opportunities and challenges that stream processing brings to big data. He then goes over four popular patterns for stream processing: streaming analytics, alerts and thresholds, leaderboards, and real-time predictions. Along the way, he reviews example use cases and explains how to leverage Flink, as well as key technologies like MariaDB and Redis, to implement key examples.

Follow along with photographer and educator Steve Simon to learn the art of candid street photography, from gear choices to shooting techniques.

Learn the keys to successful street portraiture, from starting conversations with strangers to choosing the right gear and lenses. Join Steve Simon to see some great photography.

Explore the challenges and creative options behind street shooting after dark on the streets, beaches, and outer boroughs of New York.

Get street photography tips from photographer Valerie Jardin. See how a professional shoots a famous city like San Francisco by focusing on just one neighborhood.

Study for the Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®), the industry-standard certification for business analysts.

Learn a four-step method for determining IP ranges and broadcast addresses without the use of subnet calculators or binary translation.

Learn how to create 3D textures with Substance Designer 2018. Find out how to use the atomic nodes, graphs, and functions to generate texture maps for game engines like Unreal 4.