Analytical Skills 
Improve business decisions by learning how to gather, interpret and present data.

Develop specialized skills and strategies to help you assess patterns, identify relevant questions, gain data-driven insights and effectively share analytical information with others.

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Pandemic Preparations

How will businesses worldwide be affected if the worst-case scenario of a bird flu pandemic becomes a reality? Governments around the world are just beginning to prepare for a major pandemic. So far, only about 30 countries have national plans. What...

Partners in Training: The Global Role of Unions

Increasingly, unions serve as useful training partners in some nations, but in others their role is minimal. Human Resource Institute examines unions' roles in training around the globe....

Partying During the Downturn

To party or not to party? For many corporate leaders, that is indeed the question as 2008 limps to a close. In the wake of layoffs and a general climate of belt-tightening, one thing is sure: nobody's partying like it's 1999....

Passion Brands: Turning Customers into Evangelists

How can a company turn customers into evangelists for the brand? It must fight “friction” in ways that improve customers’ lives, says Jeff Rosenblum, founding partner of digital marketing agency Questus and co-author of Friction: Passion Brands in the Age of Disruption (powerHouse Books, 2017).

Paul B. Brown on Owning Your Future

Paul B Brown , author of Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy , published by AMACOM, argues that in order to be successful in any business one must think like an entrepreneur. You don’t have to quit your job and start a new business, but you do ha

Passionate Employees Are the Fast Track to Revenue Growth

Passionate employees are the heartbeat of great companies, says Lior Arussy, author of Passionate and Profitable....

Paul Smith on Selling with a Story

Paul Smith , author of Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story , has come out with a third installment of the series: Sell with a Story . He joins us to talk about how to set aside a portion of your sales pitch to tell stories to make your selling even more effective.

Paul Falcone on Partnering with HR

Human Resources works best when it works with you. Whether it's sticking up for your rights while on the job or having a productive conversation when interviewing for the job, HR is there to be your ally, not your enemy. Paul Falcone is here to talk about ways to improve the interview process for bo

Paul Gustavson on Teams of Leaders

Setting goals for employees may get them to complete tasks but making an employee understand their value in a real sense, down to each dollar spent and each dollar made, will get them really invested in their work. Paul Gustavson , author of Team of Leaders , publishing by AMACOM, joins us to talk a

Paul Krugman on Staring Down Depression Economics

Edgewise is pleased to bring an extended conversation with Dr. Paul Krugman , Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, a regular columnist for the New York Times, and the 2008 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. In this interview Dr. Krugman provides a concise