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Stakeholder Management & Influence Challenges
Stakeholder Management & Influence challenges put you in the room where decisions get made across teams. You'll develop skills in Active Listening, Stakeholder Communication, and Stakeholder Mapping, run Cross-functional collaboration, and clarify ownership with RACI Charts.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — Influence without authority, Conflict Awareness, Multi-party negotiation, and Structured negotiation (BATNA) — practicing real Stakeholder management the way effective operators do. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- StrategyBeginnerNew
Design an Internal AI-Use Policy for a Mid-Cap Bank
You receive the bank's existing IT-acceptable-use policy and a description of which AI tools are being rolled out (an internal Anthropic Claude wrapper for general use; a code-c…
- Ai Governance
- Policy Design
- Responsible Ai
AI Ethics, Fairness, and Responsible AI - ResearchSeniorNew
Audit a Custom Cryptographic Protocol
Read the 22-page protocol spec, the Go reference implementation (around 4,000 lines), and the test vectors. Run a structured review covering: primitive choices (which cipher, MA…
- Applied Cryptography
- Cryptographic Audit
- Protocol Analysis
Applied Cryptography - ResearchBeginnerNew
Research Roadmap for Meridian DSP's Bid-Matching Pipeline
Using the VP of Machine Learning's context memo (vp-brief) and the pipeline case file (pipeline-case-file) to ground every recommendation in Meridian's actual system, assemble a…
- Information Retrieval
- Learning To Rank
- Research Synthesis
Open coursework - DesignIntermediateNew
Organizational Restructuring for a SaaS Scale-Up
Your task is to design a new organizational structure for DataFlow Analytics. You must interview stakeholders (simulated via personas), analyze current bottlenecks, propose a st…
- Organizational Design
- Change Management
- Stakeholder Analysis
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- DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Lab-Automation Pipeline for a Bangalore Materials Startup
Design (not build) the full closed-loop lab pipeline: data layer (LIMS plus experiment store), model layer (a surrogate plus an acquisition function such as Expected Improvement…
- Systems Architecture
- Active Learning
- Mlops Design
AI for Science and Engineering - DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Versioning Strategy for a Public REST API
Receive the OpenAPI spec for the 14 endpoints, 8 months of partner-support tickets tagged 'breaking-change', and the partner-mix breakdown (which endpoints which partner uses). …
- API Design
- REST
- API Versioning
API Design and GraphQL - StrategyIntermediateNew
5G Network Slicing Strategy for a Smart-Port Pilot
Inventory the 3 workloads with concrete numbers (e.g., 'straddle carriers: 12 ms one-way latency, 99.999 percent availability, 50 Mbps uplink'). Design 3 5G network slices (eMBB…
- 5g Network Slicing
- Cellular Networks
- Qos Design
Wireless and Mobile Networks - DesignBeginnerNew
Organizational Restructuring for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-up
Your task is to design a new organizational structure for CloudFlow. You must define clear roles, reporting lines, and cross-functional teams. Consider creating a dedicated ente…
- Organizational Design
- Change Management
- Role Definition
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Pricing Strategist
Set the price that captures value without leaving sales on the table. Demand modelling, willingness-to-pay research, and the disciplined experimentation that turns pricing into a competitive advantage.
- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Impact Measurement for a San Francisco D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to develop a comprehensive impact measurement framework for GlowRoot. You will identify relevant metrics (e.g., carbon footprint reduction, trees planted, customer …
- Impact Measurement
- Social Return On Investment
- Data Analysis
Social Entrepreneurship and Impact - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Postmortem and Action-Item Tracking for a 3-Service Outage
Re-write the existing postmortem using the Google SRE blameless format: timeline (anchored to UTC), what went well, what went poorly, where we got lucky, action items (S.M.A.R.T…
- Postmortems
- Blameless Culture
- Action Item Tracking
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Revitalizing a Legacy B2B SaaS Product
Your task is to create a comprehensive product revitalization plan. You must conduct at least 5 user interviews (or synthesize existing feedback), analyze product analytics (pro…
- User Research
- Product Analytics
- Roadmapping
Open coursework - StrategySeniorNew
Sustainable Sourcing for a Fast-Fashion Retailer's Cotton Supply Chain
Your task is to develop a sustainable sourcing plan for the retailer's cotton. Constraints: cannot increase total material cost by more than 10%, must achieve 100% traceability …
- Sustainable Sourcing
- Supply Chain Traceability
- Ethical Sourcing
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Design Critique Process for a Growth Design Team
Design a 60-minute weekly design-critique format covering: pre-read window, presenter prep template, time-boxed feedback rounds (start-stop-continue or 'I like, I wish, I wonder…
- Design Critique
- Facilitation
- Design Systems
User Interface Design and Prototyping - AnalysisFoundationalNew
ESG Reporting Gaps for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-up
You are an ESG analyst tasked with helping DataFlow prepare for enterprise client ESG requirements. Your deliverable is a materiality matrix, a set of key ESG indicators (KPIs),…
- Materiality Assessment
- ESG Metrics
- Sustainability Reporting
Open coursework - StrategySeniorNew
Assess ESG Integration in a Family Office Portfolio
Analyze the current portfolio's ESG ratings using MSCI or Sustainalytics data (provided). Identify sectors with high carbon footprint and poor social scores. Recommend a new ass…
- ESG Integration
- Portfolio Optimization
- Impact Measurement
Wealth Management - StrategyIntermediateNew
Lead-Scoring Model and AI Roadmap for an Enterprise-Bound SaaS Firm
Using the Enterprise Trial History dataset, build a binary classification model that predicts whether an enterprise trial converted to a paid contract. The model must be explain…
- Lead Scoring
- Logistic Regression
- Ai Strategy
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Roadmap a Defense Software Supplier from CMMI Level 2 to Level 3
Using only the materials provided to you — the de-identified Level 2 appraisal report (M1), the current-state process documentation snapshot (M2), the pilot baseline dataset for…
- Cmmi
- Process Improvement
- Process Models
Open coursework - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Draft GDPR + AI Act Data Provisions for a Training-Data Vendor
Anchor the work on (1) GDPR Articles 28 (processor obligations) and 32 (security), (2) the EU AI Regulation's data-governance article for high-risk systems, and (3) the EDPB's p…
- Data Protection Law
- Contract Redlining
- Regulatory Analysis
Open coursework - DesignIntermediateNew
Build a Quality Metrics Program for a Medical-Device Software Team
Read the team's QMS (Quality Management System) documents and the IEC 62304 software lifecycle requirements. Design a metric catalog of 12-15 metrics covering process (review-co…
- Quality Metrics
- Iec 62304
- Process Improvement
Software Quality and Process Improvement - StrategyBeginnerNew
Carbon Footprint Strategy for a San Francisco D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a sustainability consultant hired by Glow Naturally. Your task is to develop a comprehensive carbon footprint assessment and reduction roadmap. Success means delivering …
- GHG Protocol
- Carbon Footprint
- Supply Chain Analysis
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Negotiate a Retail Alliance for a Seoul Skincare Brand
Using only the materials provided, build a negotiation strategy that Soo-jin Park can take into talks with Daehan Drug Mart. Read the partnership file to understand the relation…
- Batna Analysis
- Distributive Bargaining
- Integrative Negotiation
Open coursework - StrategySeniorNew
Run a Mock Algorithmic-Discrimination Investigation for a Hiring-Tech Vendor
As a 3-person team, design and execute a 3-week mock inquiry. Produce: (1) the demand letter you imagine the regulator sending (scope, legal basis, data requested); (2) the vend…
- Regulatory Analysis
- Algorithmic Fairness
- Ai Governance
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Circular Packaging for a San Francisco D2C Cosmetics Brand
As a sustainability consultant, you must propose a circular packaging strategy for GlowCycle. Analyze current packaging lifecycle, identify circular options (refill, reusable, c…
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Circular Economy
- Cost Benefit Analysis
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Field Investigation: Scoping a Siemens Energy Green Hydrogen Venture
Work only from the three provided materials. Start by reading the Siemens Energy strategy corpus (item: siemens-strategy-corpus) and the internal venture committee brief (item: …
- Business Model Canvas
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Corporate Venturing
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