Watch this episode on YouTube(https://youtu.be/eZEtdefAPA0) Slava came across a peculiar workplace learning trends report and together with Dima they dissect the elusive trends highlighted there and discuss possible motivations and challenges of producing reports on industry landscape. * "Ideal outcome" is the definition of done for a theme * Definitions: report, research, and survey * 2023 Workplace Learning Trends Report (https://business.udemy.com/2023-workplace-learning-trends-report/) from Udemy * Simpson's paradox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox) * What is really trending and how come it is different from what is popular * Why ~people~ companies create trend reports? * Ideas for making reports less dry and faceless * Udemy's market capitalization (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UDMY/key-statistics?p=UDMY) * Company valuation methods (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/business-valuation.asp) * Why startups burn through investment and it is ok * Is technology important for valuation? * Points (https://points.work/) series of events * Unexpected challenges of running a research on the landscape of corporate learning in Ukraine * Deep Space Industries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Industries) Next topic: tactical planning. That is planning on the scale of days and weeks.