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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Russell Bishop on Workarounds that Work

Dealing with emergencies and roadblocks is never easy, especially in the recent economy where budgets and staff are stretched thin. An even bigger problem is when the problem solving is stalled by bureaucracy and waiting for permission. Russell Bishop has several stories of employees who, instead of

Sander Flaum on Finding Success in Today’s Job Market

Sander Flaum joins us on Edgewise to discuss his new book The Best Thing That Ever Happened to You: How a Career Reversal Can Reinvigorate Your Life . Flaum covers today’s biggest myths about the job market and how to cope with the emotional devastation of losing a job. He also points out the single

Sander Flaum on Turning Big Ideas into Big Profits

No one needed an iPhone; we all wanted one. Steve Jobs didn’t bother doing any market research, it would have been useless. Once he had a great idea he ran with it, got it turned around quickly, and now iPhones are ubiquitous. According to Sander Flaum , author of the new book Big Shoes: How Success

Sanjay Khosla and Mohanbir Sawhney on Fewer, Bigger, Bolder

In Fewer, Bigger, Bolder: From Mindless Expansion to Focused Growth, Sanjay Khosla and Mohanbir Sawhney discuss how companies fall into the trap of stretching themselves thin in attempts to provide more services and products across more markets. They call this practice the “seduction of more.” They

Sarah Robb O'Hagan on High Performance Workplaces

Sarah Robb O'Hagan joins us this week to talk about some of the principles in her new book Extreme You: Step Up, Stand Out, Kick Ass, Repeat. Listen in for her advice on building great teams, how to stop your company from being too risk-averse, and working towards your own success.

Scott Adams on a Humorous Workplace

Scott Adams is the creator of the ubiquitous workplace comic strip Dilbert, a character so iconic that he's become an actual metric for judging workplace happiness. If the walls contain too many Dilbert comics, employees probably relate to the character too much. However, if there are no c

Scott Belsky on His Principles of Success

Scott Belsky , founder and CEO of the Behance Network and author of Making Ideas Happen , joins us on Edgewise to discuss practicing and maintaining his principles of success. Flat organizations such as Behance divide responsibility and ownership over specific tasks and empower people on all levels

Scott Berinato on Good Charts

Data Visualization is a hot new trend and our software makes it easier than ever. Sometimes too easy. Scott Berinato , author of Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualization , is here to talk about what ground rules you need to set so that you're telling the most

Scott Berkun on the Dance of the Possible

If you want to be creative you have to keep a journal. It can be electronic or physical but you have to come up with a system for keeping track of all your ideas. So says Scott Berkun , author of The Dance of the Possible , who joins us with that and more tips on turning creative ideas into action.

Scott Edinger on the Hidden Leader

When we think about leaders of a company, we tend to look up the organizational hierarchy and focus on title. Scott Edinger , coauthor of The Hidden Leader , published by AMACOM, understands the impulse but wants you to remember that there's plenty of leadership power that doesn't just come from a t

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