The proliferation of technology: “You don’t have to be a computer scientist to use technology daily.”
Many business trends driving innovation have IT at their core: “Your company is already leveraging, or has plans to leverage, data analytics, social media, and mobile business solutions, and more. IT should recognize these to be examples of topics that you can take the lead on.”
- Cybersecurity has become a major board-level concern: “Companies are investing time, money, and attention to cybersecurity — which is, again, the domain of the IT leader.”
Based on these critical shifts, High concluded:
1. Management
Beginner: Inclusive Tech: Leadership and Management with Nishant Bhajaria
Advanced: People Analytics with Josh Bersin
2. SQL
Beginner: SQL Essential Training with Walter Shields
Advanced: Level Up: Advanced SQL with Jess Pomfret; Advanced SQL: Logical Query Processing, Part 1 with Ami Levin
3. Microsoft Office
Beginner: Excel Essential Training (Office 365) with Dennis Taylor
Advanced: Cert Prep: Excel Expert - Microsoft Office Specialist for Microsoft 365 Apps with Jennifer McBee
4. Project Management
Beginner: Project Management Foundations with Bonnie Biafore; get certified with this learning path: Carer Essentials in Project Management
Advanced: Selecting and Managing a Project Portfolio with Microsoft Project with Bonnie Biafore and John Riopel
5. Analytical Skills
Beginner: Learning Data Analytics: 1 Foundations with Robin Hunt
Advanced: Advanced Google Analytics with Madecraft and Brad Batesole
6. Communication
Beginner: Tech Career Skills: Effective Technical Communication with Annyce Davis
Advanced: Advanced Business Development: Communication and Negotiation with Elizabeth (McLeod) Lotardo and Lisa Earle McLeod; Critical Communications for IT with David Pultorak
7. Customer Service
Beginner: IT Service Desk: Customer Service Fundamentals with Fancy Mills-Knebal
Advanced: Customer Service: Creating Customer Value with Noah Fleming
8. Leadership
Beginner: Succeeding as a First-Time Manager with Rashim Mogha
Advanced: Organizational Thought Leadership with Denise Brosseau
9. Cloud Computing
Beginner: Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts with David Linthicum
Advanced: Introduction to Cloud computing for IT Pros with David Rivers; Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts with Lee Atchison
10. Python (Programming Language)
Beginner: Python Essential Training with Ryan Mitchell
- Advanced: Advanced Python with Joe Marini
1. Software Development
Beginner: Programming Foundations: Fundamentals with Annyce Davis; get certified with this learning path: Career Essentials in Software Development
For IT: Software Design: From Requirements to Release with Neelam Dwivedi
2. SQL
Beginner: SQL Essential Training with Walter Shields
For IT: Level Up: Advanced SQL with Jess Pomfret; Advanced SQL: Logical Query Processing, Part 1 with Ami Levin
3. Finance
Beginner: Reading Corporate Financial Statements with Denise Probert
For IT: Accounting Foundations: Asset Impairment with Jim Stice and Earl Stice
4. Python (programming language)
Beginner: Python Essential Training with Ryan Mitchell
For IT: Advanced Python with Joe Marini
5. Java (programming language)
Beginner: Hands-On Introduction: Java with Angie Jones
For IT: Functional Programming with Java with Shaun Wassell; Advanced Java Development with Bethan Palmer
6. Data Analysis
Beginner: Learning Data Analytics: 1 Foundations with Robin Hunt; get certified with this learning path: Career Essentials in Data Analysis
For IT: Architecting Big Data Applications: Bath Mode Application Engineering with Kumaran Ponnambalam
7. JavaScript
Beginner: JavaScript Essential Training with Morten Rand-Hendriksen
For IT: End-to-end JavaScript Testing with Cypress.io with Shaun Wassell
8. Cloud Computing
Beginner: Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts with David Linthicum
For IT: Introduction to Cloud computing for IT Pros with David Rivers; Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts with Lee Atchison
9. Operations
Beginner: Quality Management for Operational Excellence with Richard Chua
For IT: DevOps Foundations: Site Reliability Engineering with Ernest Mueller and James Wickett
10. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Beginner: Salesforce Essential Training with Jamie Grettum
For IT: IT Service Management: ISO20000 with Suzanne Van Hove; Create a CRM Mobile Application with React Native with Emmanuel Henri
