Does this scenario sound familiar You’re at your desk in the middle of an open office trying to perform a task that requires deep focus (like writing a blog post) As you look at the blank page on your screen, notifications pop up from Slack and Trello; emails arrive in a steady cadence; banners light up your phone...
The weekend is in sight! Let’s get to it Stephen Hawking Dies At 76: 'A Star Just Went Out' - World Honours Renowned British Physicist We wanted to take a moment to add our voice to the many paying tribute this week to the late Stephen Hawking, who taught the world about far more than physics and helped us all...
Happy belated International Women’s Day! We hope you took time yesterday to honor women who have made positive contributions to your life and the world we all share That includes the female instructors and students who are improving lives through learning on Udemy! Keeping with the theme, today’s roundup features...
Technology has transformed a lot of the things we do at work, but learning and development (L&D) has mostly stuck with the status quo Training is typically rolled out as a company-wide mandate, with employees required to complete such-and-such program by some arbitrary date According to Capgemini, 42% of...
If it’s Friday, it’s must be news time Let’s do this Your Hotshot Coworker Would Be A Terrible Boss, And Research Proves It Star performers are often channeled into management roles, but a new report says being a fabulous employee could correlate with being a rotten manager Full disclosure: the research...
Does the arrival of the weekend mean you can take a break from hustling or has the hustling just begun Take a moment to read about the evolution of the side hustle and more in this week’s roundup How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Side Hustle We’re all pretty familiar with the concept of having a...
Greetings and happy Year of the Dog, roundup fans! We’ve got a couple of brain-related articles this week, the latest robot achievements, a reminder to brush up on your soft skills, and a lesson in teamwork from the Olympics What Working In A Dark Office May Do To Your Brain Scientists have found that spending...
Who’s watching the Olympics this weekend Olympic athletes are like Udemy students: always striving to get better and better through hard work and practice To get you in the spirit, this week’s roundup includes a tour of some cool technologies that’ll be in use in PyeongChang 7 Common Misconceptions Young...
And the news rolls on… Today, we’ve got thoughts on the mindset that’s more valuable than emotional intelligence, why we forget what we read, and career advice for joining a startup or getting a promotion Plus: the future of work includes the future of office chairs! Screw Emotional Intelligence–Here’s...
Our personal lives and careers can take us all over the world, an experience both exciting and challenging From navigating a new culture to learning a new language, working in a foreign land requires skills that extend beyond mere job requirements This was no problem for Cristina Estévez Rodríguez Cristina, a...
What a week at Udemy: Employees flew in from our Dublin and Ankara offices—as well as our newest international location in São Paulo—for our annual all-company retreat at San Francisco HQ For three days, we gathered to absorb loads of information, ideas, and inspiration for the year ahead And yet, outside our...
Hope you had a great week! In today’s roundup, we’re taking a journey through time—from thousands of years ago, when language spread around the world, to a piece of old-school tech that’s still hanging on today, and, finally, to a look ahead to a time when our brains may interface directly with...
