Course · 7 chapters
From Question to Deck
The full analyst loop: vague question in, defensible deck out, with AI cutting the time at every step and a reusable template at the end of every chapter.
What you'll be able to do
- Turn a vague request into a one-page brief your director confirms in a single reply, before you've opened a single spreadsheet.
- Draft a data request precise enough on fields, date range, and format that it comes back right the first time, whether the source is a dashboard or a colleague.
- Turn a messy system export into an analysis-ready table with whichever AI assistant you already have, using a repeatable recipe instead of starting from scratch every time.
- From a pivot table full of possible cuts to the three findings that survive a partner's challenge, with AI arguing against your draft instead of writing it for you.
- Draft the governing thought and the slide titles that argue it before you ever open a deck, and let AI pressure-test the logic instead of building the slides.
- Build the slides with AI, verify every number against the workbook, and walk into the room with no surprises left to find.
What's inside
- 1From Question to Deck: Start Here
The six-step loop that turns a vague ask into a deck a partner trusts, and where each chapter in this path fits into it.
- 2Pin Down the Ask
Turn a vague request into a one-page brief your director confirms in a single reply, before you've opened a single spreadsheet.
- 3Get the Data from Systems and People
Draft a data request precise enough on fields, date range, and format that it comes back right the first time, whether the source is a dashboard or a colleague.
- 4The 30-Minute Clean-Up
Turn a messy system export into an analysis-ready table with whichever AI assistant you already have, using a repeatable recipe instead of starting from scratch every time.
- 5Find the So What
From a pivot table full of possible cuts to the three findings that survive a partner's challenge, with AI arguing against your draft instead of writing it for you.
- 6The Storyline Before the Slides
Draft the governing thought and the slide titles that argue it before you ever open a deck, and let AI pressure-test the logic instead of building the slides.
- 7Ship the Deck, Brief the Boss
Build the slides with AI, verify every number against the workbook, and walk into the room with no surprises left to find.
Earn a certificate
Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.