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  • Making Over L&D to Serve a Fast-Changing Workplace

    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...

  • March 2, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • February 23, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • February 16, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • February 9, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • February 2, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • January 26, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • January 19, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    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...

  • January 12, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Get your ducks in order, folks! Whether you’re considering a side hustle, running a meeting, or launching a mentorship, you need to be thoughtful, honest, and organized Today’s roundup has some articles to help you get there The Case for Using a Paper Planner We know: your smartphone is like another appendage...

  • Thank you, DMCA!

    by Alexandra Sepulveda, VP of Legal, Udemy Have you thanked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) lately As you’re reading this article online, you really should This law has done more than any other to enable the internet to grow and thrive as a platform for content creators around the world Whether...

  • January 5, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    We’re already a few days in, but happy belated New Year anyway! We’re looking forward to sharing more food for thought in 2018 to keep you curious, informed, motivated, and moving ahead in your work and life Why Flexibility Is the Key to Reaching Your Goals New Year’s always brings lots of punditry around...