Great Negotiation MOOC on Coursera

post by eg · 2021-08-09T12:23:55.268Z · LW · GW · 5 comments

Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/negotiation

Tldr: If you're young and haven't studied negotiation, it's probably worth spending ~10hr engaging with this course when you get a chance.

The MOOC is based on the first course in Yale's MBA program apparently.  He claims it isn't watered down, but probably a smart 10yo could follow it.

Probably the best MOOC I've found in terms of usefulness X content quality X accessibility/engagingness.

It starts by establishing a simple model of negotiation as seeking equally beneficial positive-sum interactions and gradually addresses complications.  It even explores some techniques that are a bit on the "dark arts" side.

 

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comment by River (frank-bellamy) · 2021-08-09T12:54:34.799Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

"The MOOC is based on the first course in Yale's MBA program apparently.  He claims it isn't watered down, but probably a smart 10yo could follow it."

That is about what I would expect of an MBA program.

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↑ comment by johnlawrenceaspden · 2021-08-24T11:35:50.375Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

That would probably be true of Yale's maths course, if they started from the beginning. It probably is true of Yale's computer science course.

comment by seed · 2021-08-09T20:03:55.462Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

How do you know it's useful though? Did you apply the advice? Did it help?

comment by johnlawrenceaspden · 2021-08-24T11:34:10.590Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I've been a freelance my whole life, am often involved in negotiations of one sort or another and I have learned interesting things from just the first week of this course. I am sure they will come in handy in future.

I agree that a smart ten year old could probably follow it, but that's the sign of something being really well explained, not that it's trivial. There's actually some deepness here.

I intend to do the rest of it. If anyone in Cambridge, UK is interested, get in touch (07943) 155029 and let's do the two-man exercises in person over coffee.

comment by Yiar · 2021-08-17T10:09:40.871Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Course author has an upcoming book on the topic