LinkedIn Learning can be a bit sinister. It gives you insight into knowledge that is helpful but which is not provided in a normal engineering or law student toolbox.

Take the following course first. It is only 14 minutes long.

I have unlocked this course for you so that you can take it for free, but you must be logged into LinkedIn to view it. Just click this link here, to watch the FREE course. And don´t click on the video below, you can watch the single video but the rest of the course will appear to be locked if you do that.

The importance of political savvy from Developing Political Savvy by Todd Dewett

And after you have taken the short course above, take this course. It is an extended version of how to become a politician at work. It is an entirely FREE half an hour education.

Again, I have unlocked this course for you so that you can take it for free, but you must be logged into LinkedIn to view it. Click here to view the free course. And don´t click on the video below, you can watch the single video but the rest of the course will appear to be locked if you do that.

What you should know from Managing Office Politics by Dorie Clark

If you like this area of behavioral psychology, then check out LinkedIn Learning for more courses on “office politics”.

You could also read Nicolo Macchiavelli’s book “The Prince”, for a start. It is available for free on the Internet, its Copyright has long expired.

And then find out more about personality traits and how to identify them in others. Don´t go for the Kindergarten stuff like DISC, MBTI, 16Personalities, etc. You can use my talk here https://ip-lawyer-tools.com/the-entrepreneurial-mindset/ as a stepstone.