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AI for Consulting

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76 reviews
Updated 04/2026
Discover how AI can take your consulting work to the next level! Research, analyze, and communicate more productively and effectively.
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3 hr
11 videos
31 Exercises
2,450 XP
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Course Description

Discover how to leverage AI in your consulting work to deliver more impactful work faster! In this course, you'll learn how to augment and automate some of the core tasks in the consultancy workflow: from research and analysis to client delivery. Learn to leverage AI to synthesize information across various sources like documents and images, extract insights by performing calculations and generating summary plots, and build engaging visualizations for the stakeholders that you'll be presenting to. Along the way, you'll learn how to mitigate the risks of using AI for consultancy, such as hallucinations in citations and key information. Supercharge your consultancy workflows today!

What you'll learn

  • Structure effective prompts using the GSCE framework to guide Copilot toward precise, actionable research and analysis.
  • Synthesize insights from multiple sources (web, PDFs, visuals) with Copilot and turn them into clear, client-ready narratives using SCR and Pyramid Principle.
  • Extract insights from structured and unstructured data with Copilot, spot trends and sentiment, and surface data quality and bias before drawing conclusions.
  • Design data visualizations and board-ready charts through iterative prompting so analysis supports clear, decision-oriented storytelling.
  • Translate analysis into recommendations by using Copilot to generate and test hypotheses, group strategic levers, and run what-if scenarios for leadership decisions.

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Prerequisites

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1

Augmenting Research and Synthesis with AI

Kick off your AI-powered consulting journey with Microsoft Copilot. Master the GSCE prompting framework to craft effective prompts, synthesize insights from web pages, PDFs, and infographics, and transform raw research into polished narratives using the SCR and Pyramid Principle frameworks.
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2

Democratizing and Accelerating Data Analysis with AI

Turn raw data into actionable insights without writing a single line of code. Analyze Excel datasets for performance trends, extract sentiment from customer reviews, build compelling visualizations, and generate strategic recommendations and hypotheses—all through conversational AI prompts.
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3

Augmenting Client Engagements with AI

Bring your analysis to life with client-ready deliverables. Craft investment narratives using the SCQA framework, adapt messaging for executive versus technical audiences, create board-ready visualizations, and tie it all together with an end-to-end churn analysis case study.
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  • Sherry
    3 days ago

    THANK YOU - this was directly relevant to my day to day job in product management; timely with our new EPMO roll out of Co-Pilot Chat! Very easy for learning the tools and tactics expected for a consultative approach.

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Apichat

Todsapon

"THANK YOU - this was directly relevant to my day to day job in product management; timely with our new EPMO roll out of Co-Pilot Chat! Very easy for learning the tools and tactics expected for a consultative approach."

Sherry

FAQs

What consulting tasks does this course teach me to augment with AI?

You will learn to use AI for research synthesis, data analysis without coding, sentiment extraction, visualization building, and creating client-ready deliverables and presentations.

What prompting frameworks are taught in this course?

You will learn the GSCE prompting framework for crafting effective prompts, plus the SCR, Pyramid Principle, and SCQA frameworks for structuring research and investment narratives.

Does the course require programming skills?

No. You will analyze Excel datasets and generate visualizations entirely through conversational AI prompts in Microsoft Copilot, with no coding required.

How does the course address AI hallucinations and accuracy risks?

You will learn to mitigate risks of using AI for consultancy, including identifying hallucinations in citations and verifying key information before presenting to clients.

What is the end-to-end case study in the final chapter?

Chapter 3 ties everything together with a churn analysis case study where you craft investment narratives, adapt messaging for different audiences, and create board-ready visualizations.

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