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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Gazing into the Global Future

What does the future hold? For one thing, according to the director of the Trends Research Institute, although America owned the 20th century, China will own the 21st....

From Worst to First in One Year—Why the Right Talent Matters

Lessons from the Red Sox on how to choose the best talent.

Geoff Colvin on Why Talent is Overrated

Why are some people – Tiger Woods, Warren Buffett, Yo-Yo Ma – so incredibly accomplished at what they do, while millions of others in those same fields never become very good? Why are some people so extraordinarily creative and innovative? Why can some continue to perform great at ages when conventi

Futurism: The Antidote to Chaos

Author Eric Garland wants to take you on a journey to the final frontier. No, not space-the future. In this excerpt from his new book <i>Future, Inc.: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What's Next</i>, Garland explains, "Everyone can be...

Geoff Vuleta on Creating Innovation for the Future

Geoff Vuleta , CEO of Fahrenheit 212, an “innovating consultancy firm,” joins us on Edgewise to share some of his companies' methods of creativity and innovation. He describes two types of innovation: renovation innovation, which is the bulk of all innovation efforts, and transformational innovation

Geoffrey Colon on Disruptive Marketing

Today on Edgewise Geoffrey Colon , author of the new AMACOM book Disruptive Marketing, joins us for a freewheeling conversation about music, technology, ethics, and taking the fear out of failure.

Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell on Megatrends You Need to Understand

Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell , co-authors of Leadership 2030: The Six Megatrends You Need to Understand to Lead Your Company into the Future , published by AMACOM, share with us their analysis of the six megatrends affecting organizations today. Leaders must adapt to the ever-changing global cli

George Anders on Finding Exceptional Talent

What changes should your organization consider in order to get the most out of the recruitment process? New York Times bestselling author, George Anders , discusses this in his new book titled, The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else. He emphasizes the importance of new techn

Get It Right, Not Just "Right Enough"

Remember when your primary school teacher gave you credit in arithmetic for following the right steps, even if you arrived at the wrong answer? That practice still exists in organizations today. But if you want to produce wildly successful results,...

Get Ready for the Data Crush

Every mouse click and screen tap generates tiny bits of information that build up into a gigantic data crush. The companies that succeed going forward will be those that learn to leverage this torrent of information—without being drowned by it.