Course Overview
AI
Rapid Insights & Reporting using AI
Shows non-statisticians how to turn CSVs, spreadsheets, and meeting notes into clear one-pagers, charts, and short slide packs using AI features now common in spreadsheets and tools or directly through widely available large language models (LLMs). These capabilities are designed to make analysis accessible to business staff, not just analysts, by answering plain-language questions and generating visuals on demand.
Why this course matters
- AI-enabled visualization and narrative generation are reshaping everyday reporting and broadening employee accessibility to these skills.
- With increased availability to these powerful tools comes increased risk and responsibility to use them correctly in order to interpret insights accurately.
- Proficiency in understanding how to generate expert level reports enables all staff to be able to communicate more effectively with their data across the business.
Who should attend
- Business staff who touch analytics, but are not formal BI/statistics analysts.
- Team leads and coordinators who assemble weekly or monthly summaries and want to do it faster.
What you’ll learn
- Rapid AI analytics workflow - Move from raw export to decision-ready output with a clear, repeatable sequence.
- Data intake & clean-up - Clean data practices and handling small issues the AI often misreads.
- Visualizations - Let AI suggest visuals, switch to better charts, using the right AI tools.
- Narrative summaries - Generate concise key takeaways from data.
- Quality checks that take minutes - Ensure your insights are accurate with spot-checks.
- Responsible use & data safety - Apply basic privacy, bias, and hallucination mitigations with human review.
- Packaging deliverables - Export clean charts, one-page briefs, PDFs for sharing.
- When to choose which AI tool - Know the limits of AI features in apps vs. LLMs at this basic level.
Practical applications
- Turn a monthly sales export into a one-page brief including visuals and key insights, with minimal effort and repeatable processes.
- Summarize support tickets to identify top issues and visualize customer trend changes.
- Quickly ingest call logs and transcripts to create your own analytics and insights for your business communications.