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....

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

G. Michael Campbell on Ensuring Project Success

G. Michael Campbell has found that there is one fairly reliable predictor of project success: communication. If you have good, open communication with the stakeholders involved in your project you are more likely to see the project through to completion. And vice versa. He joins us today to talk abo

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

Focus on the Gap, Not the Goal

A goal tends to push people away from the present and excites them to push forward. On the other hand, attention to a gap between what is and what could be motivates people to close that gap. Add a sense of urgency, and you have a strategy for...

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

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.

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,...

Finding a New Way to Meet: 10 Pitfalls of Pitiful Meetings

10 biggest meeting pitfalls and strategies to avoid them.