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An expert in professional communication says your documents should be written for their likeliest audience: busy readers inclined to skim for the essentials

Critical reflection is a team sport. Tom Chatfield, a philosopher and author, says it can help leaders harness their strengths—and the strengths of their colleagues

In their own words: how our popular course helps professionals reach their goals. Past participants describe how the programme gave them the skills to write clearly and compellingly for business

Learn how Economist Education’s writing course gave Ariane Chapelle the grounding she needed to produce an article that was eventually published in the Harvard Business Review

Economist Education interviews Timandra Harkness, a guest speaker on our critical-thinking course and a writer, philosopher and broadcaster. She argues that despite the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace, there is still a role for the human sort

In these quotes from our business-writing course, The Economist’s editors explain what they do when confronted with a blank page

Find out more about our course, Artificial intelligence: understanding and applying AI in business. Discover why using AI is not a luxury but a must-have skill in the modern workplace.

We are proud to have launched our latest course on critical thinking. Find out more about the course and what our first participants have to say about it.

We interviewed three of our course participants, Margaret-Ann Splawn, Diana González and Rishi Raithatha. All three had taken our course, Professional communication: business writing and storytelling. Our video explores how this benefited their writing skills.

Paul Watts shares how Economist Education's business-writing course was able to help him hone his communication skills.

Elizabeth Lees, a visual data journalist at The Economist, explains how to make charts that are attractive yet not overcomplicated, in an interview extracted from our two-week data course.

Read an excerpt from “Writing with Style”, a new edition of The Economist’s style guide by its language columnist, Lane Greene. “The ’use and abuse’ of jargon and specialist terms” examines common pitfalls to avoid when writing for business.

Economist Education interviews Zennon Kapron, founder of Kapronasia and a guest speaker on our six-week course. He discusses fintech and the future of finance, focusing on the impact of new financial technologies.

Learn how Antonia Cameron enhanced her communication skills with Economist Education’s course on business writing. This popular six-week programme empowers professionals to write well, engage audiences and become better communicators.