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May 2024
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Forward goes global

McKinsey & Company
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Forward is a free, ten-week online learning program offered by McKinsey to equip individuals at different stages of their work life with practical skills to succeed in the future of work. It started in the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia and is now expanding to Europe and United States. Listen to find out why 350,000 people have signed up for Forward.

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