Four exercises on a real dataset: find the trend and the outlier, build the one chart that supports a decision, then write the brief and the stakeholder update.
The analysis took twenty minutes. The write-up took two hours, and still opened with three paragraphs of methodology nobody read.
Ask a model to interpret a spreadsheet and it will find a pattern — including in weeks where there is only noise, described with exactly the same confidence.
So the work here is checking the finding first, and only then choosing how to say it.
Copilot in Excel
Analyze a workbook, inspect suggested findings, and create an editable visualization while retaining control of changes. Two exercises: identify patterns in weekly service data, then create a decision-focused visual.
ChatGPT
Turn checked spreadsheet findings into a clear, audience-appropriate written update and refine it through review. Two exercises: develop an evidence-based findings brief, then write and refine a stakeholder update.
A real dataset, with a real outlier
The track supplies twelve weeks of fictional delivery-service metrics containing a genuine anomaly. You practise on data where there is something to find and something to be careful about.
You leave with a file, not notes
This track ends each tool with something you export and keep — a real document, deck or sheet. Every step lists what a good one contains, so you can tell whether the work is actually good, not just finished.
Grounded in the tool's own docs
Each lesson ends with the vendor's own documentation pages that the exercise relies on. Nothing here is invented, and when a tool changes you can see exactly what to re-check.
Yes, completely. Create an account, start the track and work through it. There is no card, no trial and no upsell at the end.
You need an account with each of the two tools. Every exercise is written against the tool's own published documentation, and each lesson links the exact pages it relies on — check there for what your plan includes, since the vendors change their tiers regularly.
About 65 minutes across four exercises — roughly 15, 15, 20 and 15 minutes.
No — this pathway is self-paced and nothing is collected. Both Excel exercises end with a file you export and keep, and the exercise spells out what a good one contains, so the judgement is yours to make.
Yes. Complete all four exercises and your certificate of completion is issued automatically, with your name and the track title, and appears under My certificates on your account. It is also emailed to you.