AI for Business Decisions

4 Interactive Sessions

Short, interactive sessions: watch it work, try it, then build it yourself. You can go deeper at any time in the written chapters.

1. 1

   Turn the big question into ones your files can answer

   AI helps most with a decision when you split the big question into the smaller ones it depends on, and ask the AI to answer them from your own files.

2. 2

   Check what the AI tells you against the files

   AI writes a wrong number as smoothly as a right one. Before a figure goes into a decision, find it in the files or work it out yourself.

3. 3

   Lay out the options and weigh them

   A good decision compares several options, including doing nothing. AI is quick at listing and scoring them. You decide how much each criterion counts, and that picks the winner.

4. 4

   Test the recommendation and write it up

   Before a recommendation goes to the chief executive, ask AI to argue against it, deal with each objection, and write the decision up so a reader can check it.

How this certificate is scored

Your certificate shows how many of your written answers met the rubric below, checked by an AI grader. Anyone who checks your certificate sees it.

• You answer 6 short questions, one for each module, in your own words (at least 40 words each).
• An AI grader checks each answer against what its module asks for: it must answer the question, use the course's practice case specifically, and be correct.
• To pass, at least 5 of the 6 answers must meet that bar. The certificate says the answers were graded by AI.

The rubric

1. Module 1, Framing Decisions with AI: A decision-maker's ask + a decision memo.
2. Module 2, Get the Evidence — Analyze Data: A verified, data-grounded read on the call.
3. Module 3, Summarize & Structure: Reports distilled into decision-ready evidence.
4. Module 4, Weigh & Decide: A weighted decision matrix + a Decision Card.
5. Module 5, Pressure-Test & Trust AI: A red-team of the call + an AI-trust checklist.
6. Module 6, Your Decision Workflow: A reusable decision workflow + finished memo.

What you walk away with