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Strategic Thinking Courses

Strategic thinking courses can help you learn critical analysis, decision-making frameworks, competitive analysis, and scenario planning. You can build skills in risk assessment, resource allocation, and long-term vision development. Many courses introduce tools such as SWOT analysis, PESTLE analysis, and strategic planning software, which assist in evaluating market conditions and aligning organizational goals with actionable strategies.


Popular Strategic Thinking Courses and Certifications


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    Kennesaw State University

    Advanced Leadership Skills for the 21st Century

    Skills you'll gain: Leadership Development, Crisis Management, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Change, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Team Leadership, Business Leadership, Change Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Visionary, Team Management, Team Building, Dealing With Ambiguity, Organizational Strategy, Coaching, Professional Development, Employee Performance Management

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Imperial College London

    Health Systems Development

    Skills you'll gain: Health Policy, Health Systems, Health Equity, Health Assessment, Health Care, Public Health, Health Disparities, Health Care Administration, Governance, Health Promotion, Policy Analysis, Social Determinants Of Health, Primary Care, Sustainable Development, Community Health, Program Evaluation, Research, Case Studies

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad de Chile

    Marketing Gerencial

    Skills you'll gain: Brand Management, Consumer Behaviour, Strategic Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Relationship Management, Customer Insights, Value Propositions, Market Dynamics

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Story and Narrative Development for Video Games

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Storyboarding, Writing, Creativity

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Technical University of Munich (TUM)

    Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities

    Skills you'll gain: Social Impact, Experimentation, Program Evaluation, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Research, Human Centered Design, Cultural Diversity, Design Strategies, Collaboration, Case Studies, Critical Thinking

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IESE Business School

    Finance for Managers

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Management, Financial Acumen, Financial Data, Management Accounting, Finance, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Business Metrics, Business Analysis

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Introduction to Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Biodiversity

    Skills you'll gain: Biology, Environment, Microbiology, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Environmental Issue, Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Management, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Cell Biology, Anatomy, Climate Change Adaptation, Estimation, Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Methods, Experimentation

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Deep Teaching Solutions

    Speak Freely, Think Critically: The Free Speech Balance Act

    Skills you'll gain: Conflict Management, Interpersonal Communications, Cognitive flexibility, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Diversity, Responsible AI, Media and Communications, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Social Studies, Psychology

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Stanford University

    The AI Awakening: Implications for the Economy and Society

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Workforce Development, OpenAI, Socioeconomics, Digital Transformation, AI Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Automation, Large Language Modeling, Economics, Natural Language Processing

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    École normale supérieure

    Approximation Algorithms Part I

    Skills you'll gain: Theoretical Computer Science, Combinatorics, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Mathematical Modeling, Probability

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    New York University

    Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Model Evaluation, Reinforcement Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Statistical Methods, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Modeling, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Derivatives, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Markov Model, Regression Analysis, Deep Learning, Market Liquidity, Tensorflow

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Build Basic Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

    Skills you'll gain: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Generative Model Architectures, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Responsible AI, Artificial Neural Networks, Data Ethics, Unsupervised Learning

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular strategic thinking courses

  • Advanced Leadership Skills for the 21st Century: Kennesaw State University
  • Health Systems Development: Imperial College London
  • Marketing Gerencial: Universidad de Chile
  • Story and Narrative Development for Video Games: California Institute of the Arts
  • Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities: Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • Finance for Managers: IESE Business School
  • Introduction to Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Biodiversity: Rice University
  • Speak Freely, Think Critically: The Free Speech Balance Act: Deep Teaching Solutions
  • The AI Awakening: Implications for the Economy and Society: Stanford University
  • Approximation Algorithms Part I: École normale supérieure

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