Actionable Insights and Business Data in Practice
1h 35mIntermediate2023-06-23
Authors

Barton Poulson
Professor, Designer, Data Analytics Expert
Course details
If you’re a data specialist, you need to know how to look for hidden patterns. But how do you turn patterns into actionable insights that have value for your stakeholders? This course offers hands-on exercises on how to frame your data to provide ROI to stakeholders and help them reach their goals more effectively and efficiently.
Instructor Barton Poulson shows you how to clarify the context in which you’re asked to work to learn how to find, focus on, and formulate high-value suggestions for next steps based on business data. This course has been developed like a skills workshop that unfolds in a series of three-part lessons, including: an explanation of the business-data use case; a specific challenge for you to try to solve; and a demonstration of the solution that’s transferable and directly applicable to potential scenarios in your role.
Instructor Barton Poulson shows you how to clarify the context in which you’re asked to work to learn how to find, focus on, and formulate high-value suggestions for next steps based on business data. This course has been developed like a skills workshop that unfolds in a series of three-part lessons, including: an explanation of the business-data use case; a specific challenge for you to try to solve; and a demonstration of the solution that’s transferable and directly applicable to potential scenarios in your role.
Skills covered
Decision-MakingBusiness AnalyticsData AnalysisData ScienceProfessional DevelopmentBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementBusiness Software and ToolsOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - More about the course
- 03 - Accessing files
1. Focus on Actionable Insights
- 04 - Identify actionable insights
- 05 - Challenge - Is it actionable
- 06 - Solution - Is it actionable
- 07 - Make insights actionable
- 08 - Challenge - Make it actionable
- 09 - Solution - Make it actionable
- 10 - Address ROI
- 11 - Challenge - What's the ROI
- 12 - Solution - What's the ROI
2. Present Actionable Insights
- 13 - Choose and prepare graphics for insight
- 14 - Challenge - Graphics for insight
- 15 - Solution - Graphics for insight
- 16 - Include insights on slides
- 17 - Challenge - Insights on slides
- 18 - Solution - Insights on slides
- 19 - Arrange presentations for insight
- 20 - Challenge - Arrange for insight
- 21 - Solution - Arrange for insight
3. Keep the Actionable Insights Process Going
- 22 - Next steps and additional resources