Courses

Discover how a childhood poem became the foundation for entrepreneurial success in this inspiring TEDx talk. Follow the journey of Moiz S. Master, a small-town boy who transformed challenges into opportunities, growing his family's foodservice business 30-fold. Learn practical insights on turning obstacles into stepping stones, as Master shares his real-life experiences of building a thriving commercial kitchen equipment company. Gain valuable lessons on perseverance, positive thinking, and continuous learning that can be applied to both personal and professional growth. Explore how embracing each life stage as a learning opportunity can lead to remarkable achievements in the business world.

Learn how to manage your manager. In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, Mary Abbajay explains how to build a good relationship with your boss.

Learn how to create and manage apps with SCCM and prepare for Microsoft certification exam 70-703. See how to deploy apps using PowerShell scripts, and deploy App-V virtual apps.

Great leadership doesn't happen by chance—it happens by design. This course helps you create and evolve a personalized leadership checklist that keeps you focused on what matters most. You'll learn the core components of an effective checklist, from daily practices to strategic responsibilities, and how to structure them for clarity and action. Through practical tools, case examples, and hands-on activities, you'll build a Version 1 of your leadership checklist, test it against real challenges, and refine it as your role evolves.

Attend a Metasploit Town Hall session featuring David Maloney, James Lee, Tod Beardsley, and Brent Cook as they discuss the latest developments, answer questions, and provide insights into the popular penetration testing framework. Recorded at DerbyCon 2015, this 49-minute video offers valuable information for security professionals and enthusiasts interested in staying up-to-date with Metasploit's evolution and capabilities.

Looking for a consistent and reliable way to install Windows applications? Learn about the Chocolatey package manager.

Explore a conference talk from PyCon South Africa that demonstrates how the City of Cape Town implements Python-powered APIs to serve critical information to its residents. Learn about the development of HTTP-based data APIs that provide real-time updates on load shedding schedules and service disruptions through simple JSON files served via CDNs. Discover how the Data Science branch collaborates with various city departments to create resilient, cost-effective data pipelines using Python's built-in capabilities, deployed across both local and serverless infrastructures. Gain insights into how this straightforward approach enables the delivery of authoritative information to citizens through multiple platforms, from websites to mobile applications, while maintaining simplicity and effectiveness in implementation.

Explore innovative strategies for revitalizing small towns in this 16-minute TEDx talk by Dr. Wei Li, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at Texas A&M University. Discover fascinating statistics about small communities and learn about a repeating cycle for bringing innovation to these areas. Gain insights from Dr. Li's ENDEAVR pedagogical model, which has trained over 200 students across 10 majors, and his social entrepreneurship efforts through the ENDEAVR Institute. Understand how the ENDEAVRide program combines transportation and telemedicine to address small-town challenges. Learn from Dr. Li's award-winning work in smart-city technologies and community engagement, and be inspired by his vision for future-proofing small towns through innovative solutions.

This course provides a gameplay runthrough of the board game Little Town. By watching the video, learners will understand the rules and mechanics of the game. The teaching method involves a video outlining the gameplay and providing final thoughts. This course is intended for board game enthusiasts and players looking to learn how to play Little Town.

Attend a redubbed version of the Metasploit Town Hall session from DerbyCon 9.0. Gain insights into the latest developments, features, and community discussions surrounding the popular penetration testing framework. Learn about recent updates, future roadmaps, and engage with the Metasploit community's concerns and suggestions during this 29-minute conference talk.

This course focuses on understanding why managers are crucial to team success and the positive impact they can have. It covers recognizing both effective and ineffective management behaviors and highlights the unique value managers bring to their teams.

Learn how to transition from individual contributor to Manager and Leader with confidence! What you'll learn: Welcome to your career in management. But most important…Welcome to leadership. Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is a rigorous and many times an exhausting journey. The rewards, however, can be enormous. I surveyed a group of managers across many disciplines and asked the question, “As a new manager, what do you wish you learned early in your career?” What follows in this course, is a result of the responses, as well as my personal experience coaching and mentoring new managers. I will open this course by asking you to be patient with yourself. You do not develop leadership skills overnight. It takes practice, it takes trying new things, it takes making mistakes. Yes, sometimes you will fail. That is ok. It is ok to acknowledge when something doesn’t work, it is ok to celebrate and build on your successes. I have broken this course into individual modules. These are small bite sized modules that you can view either one after the other, or one at a time as you drink your morning coffee. Feel free to jump around and view the modules that are of the most importance to you. Take what works, challenge what doesn’t, try new things. I’m excited to join you in this journey. It’s time to think about success. Let’s Get Started. Welcome to your career in management. But most important…Welcome to leadership. Why did you make this big move? To grow personally and professionally? To make a difference? To lead others to realize their success? All of the above?All this, and more! Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is a rigorous and many times an exhausting journey. The rewards, however, can be enormous. I surveyed a group of managers across many disciplines and asked the question, “As a new manager, what do you wish you learned early in your career?” What follows in this course, is a result of the responses, as well as my personal experience coaching and mentoring new managers. I will begin by asking you to be patient with yourself. You do not develop leadership skills overnight. It takes practice, it takes trying new things, it takes making mistakes. Yes, sometimes you will fail. That is ok. It is ok to acknowledge when something doesn’t work, it is ok to celebrate and build on your successes. I have broken this course into individual modules. These are small bite sized modules that you can view either one after the other, or one at a time as you drink your morning coffee. Feel free to jump around and view the modules that are of the most importance to you. Take what works, challenge what doesn’t, try new things.The Chapters include:Introduction to ManagementDeveloping Your Leadership StyleLeadership ResponsibilitiesLeadership CommunicationTeam DevelopmentYour Growth and DevelopmentManagers Toolkit I’m excited to join you in this journey. It’s time to think about success. Let’s Get Started.

Explore cutting-edge research in city analytics through a series of presentations by leading experts. Delve into urban hierarchies in Britain, sound mapping using social media data, network vulnerability in metro systems, and social interactions within UK cities using Twitter data. Gain insights into innovative approaches for analyzing vast amounts of urban data, including social media, telecommunications, geolocation, crime, health, transport, and more. Learn about new models, algorithms, and tools in data science being developed to address the challenges of urban environments. Discover how these advancements contribute to the emerging field of smart cities and their potential impact on urban planning and policy-making.

Explore the latest developments in Metasploit during this 40-minute conference talk from Derbycon 2018. Join Brent Cook, Aaron Soto, Adam Cammack, and Cody Pierce as they discuss various topics including community engagement, Socks5 support, Metasploit 3 support, external tools integration, evasion modules, and LDAP streaming. Learn about the process of getting a pull request accepted and gain insights into the future direction of this popular penetration testing framework. Engage with the speakers during the Q&A session to deepen your understanding of Metasploit's capabilities and ongoing development efforts.

Learn the skills you need as a middle manager, including how to build strong hybrid teams, onboard new employees, conduct performance reviews and give feedback, develop OKRs to drive business alignment, trust your teams to do their best work, build visibility online as a remote leader, and communicate across cultures virtually. After completing this learning path, advance your skills with Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams as a Senior Manager.Build strong hybrid/remote teams.Onboard new employees effectively.Create OKRs that drive alignment, autonomy, and accountability.Communicate across cultures virtually.

Discover what it means to lead at a distance. As a new manager, learn how to run effective virtual and hybrid meetings, build a virtual team culture, communicate across cultures, whether working virtually or in person, and drive engagement, productivity, and growth. After completing this learning path, advance your skills with Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams as a Middle Manager.Discover what it means to lead at a distance.Drive engagement, productivity, and growth remotely.Run effective virtual and hybrid meetings.Communicate across cultures virtually.

As a senior manager, you're leading distributed teams remotely, in an office setting or both. In this learning path, you’ll learn how to plan for and embrace this new reality, including how to run collaborative hybrid teams, communicate across cultures and create great employee experiences, coach your people, and drive results and resolve conflict.Plan for the work-from-anywhere organization.Build a high-performance work culture.Communicate across cultures virtually.Drive results and resolve conflict.

Explore the captivating history of Tombstone, Arizona in this 25-minute video. Discover how this small mining town grew into a bustling city, embodying the essence of the American Wild West. Learn about the town's founding by Ed Schieffelin, its rapid rise to prominence, and subsequent decline. Uncover the famous sites and events that define Tombstone, including haunted theaters and legendary gun battles. Examine how the city faced adversity and managed to survive, preserving its rich heritage. Gain insights into Tombstone's lasting legacy and its significance as a symbol of a bygone era in American history.

Explore the critical transition from engineering manager to manager of managers in this 23-minute conference talk that addresses the surprising lack of guidance available for this pivotal career step. Learn from practical insights gained during a year-long journey of scaling from managing one engineering team to overseeing five teams. Discover the key similarities and differences between managing individual contributors and managing other managers, while identifying which existing strengths to leverage and where new skills need development. Examine the biggest challenges faced during this transition alongside debunking common misconceptions about the role. Gain practical tips and templates for navigating information flow within organizations, influencing decisions effectively, and understanding the evolving nature of problems and their resolution at this leadership level. Whether considering this career path, currently in transition, or working alongside senior engineering leaders, acquire actionable strategies to make this professional evolution both smooth and successful while building confidence that complex leadership challenges are indeed "figurable."

Explore Azure Monitor System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Managed Instance in this 21-minute video tutorial. Learn about the differences between DIY SCOM and SCOM MI, customer responsibilities, Microsoft-managed aspects, connectivity options, management tooling, and supported agents. Discover supported management packs, resiliency and scaling features, enhanced agent log capture, and updating processes. Gain insights into pricing models and migration strategies from existing SCOM deployments. Dive into key topics such as connectivity, management tools, and the benefits of Microsoft-managed infrastructure to understand how SCOM MI can streamline your monitoring responsibilities while maintaining familiar SCOM functionality.