Business Analytics for Data-Driven Leadership

As more companies invest in cloud-based data infrastructure, managers and leaders outside the data science area need to understand how to leverage data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. By understanding the opportunities and business case for data-driven decision-making, leaders will be able to gain deeper insights to inform organizational strategy.

This interactive program gives you an introduction to the landscape of modern business analytics and focuses on spotting opportunities, harnessing data and AI, and data-supported decision making.

Through the program, you will gain skills for asking better business questions and leading in ways that allow the organization to generate more insights and make more effective decisions. You will also learn about advances in prediction techniques that fall under the heading of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Upon completing the program, you will be able to spot opportunities for leveraging AI within your organizations and be better prepared to work with data science teams to turn those opportunities into reality.

Note: You will need to bring a laptop to the session and be able to access Gmail with the latest version of Chrome or Firefox.

• Develop an awareness for modern data analytics capabilities
• Improve ability to use data to drive business insights
• Distinguish situations where causality matters and identify approaches to assessing causality
• Identify use cases for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques
• Improve ability to communicate with data analysts and data science teams

• Mid-career managers and leaders outside of data science teams