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Systems Thinking
Systems thinking is an approach that encourages us to view problems as parts of an overall system with interconnected relationships, rather than reacting to specific parts in isolation. In systems thinking, cause and effect is cyclical rather than linear. This framework recognizes that the world is a set of highly interconnected technical and social entities that are hierarchically organized, producing emergent behavior.
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AI/ML Lab for Engineering and Science
Propel your machine learning skills to new heights for industry-grade applications in both research and real-world product environments. This intensive, hands-on, five-day certificate program is designed to hone your expertise based on the Institute's proven methodology for nurturing researchers' capabilities. Embark on this transformative journey and unlock your full potential in the realm of AI and machine learning.
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Managing Supply Chain Risk and Performance
Managing supply chain risk helps streamline a company's activities to eliminate waste, maximize customer value, and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. By effectively managing the supply chain, companies greatly reduce excess costs and deliver products to the consumer faster and more efficiently. Good supply chain management helps prevent expensive product recalls, while delivering reliability and leveraging enterprise resources effectively.
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Developing and Sustaining High Performing Teams
High-performance teams are essential for organizations to respond to the competitive pressures in changing domestic and global markets. This course provides your organization with the toolkit needed to strengthen team inclusiveness, team development, and team leadership skills. Develop and implement tactics that can foster resourceful, proficient teams and collaborative cultures in fast-paced technical environments.
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Influencing Without Authority
Business leaders are experiencing an increasing shift in the mindsets that foster work culture, in the employee experience and in how employees’ skills are recognized and utilized for maximum business benefits. Their professionals success depends upon the ability to influence people at all levels of their organization. This course enables participants to increase personal competence in the areas of communication, influence, and problem-solving. The focus of this course is on real-life problems and challenges that individuals face in the workplace.
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Leadership: The People Challenge
For leaders to lead, they need not only unparalleled talent but also the ability to attract followers. Whether you're leading a family, a class or a corporation, leadership means inspiring others to achieve certain outcomes. And it's up to you to decide whether you are leading positively or negatively — and whether you choose to focus on engagement or merely output.
Effective leadership has a lot to do with inspiring, aligning and then activating. The exceptional leader creates a common purpose and vision and then help their team convert this vision into a reality that adds value for customers.
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Accelerating Lean Product Development
Innovation leaders find themselves faced with more complex development challenges, increased competition, and shorter deadlines. Accelerating Lean Product Development Certificate Program provides a custom blueprint for revolutionizing product development in your firm that speeds the right product to market. Built on over twenty years of experience with companies ranging in size from start-ups to global Fortune 100 companies, we identify the changes required and how to make them.