Business Analysis for Executives with Microsoft Copilot

This course contains the use of artificial intelligenceToday’s leaders operate in a world overflowing with information and critically lacking clarity. Markets shift fast, competitors react instantly, and internal data is scattered across dozens of tools. In this environment, the role of a top manager has changed: it is no longer enough to “set tasks,” “inspire the team,” or “manage processes.

”The real job of a modern leader is to see reality clearly, filter out noise, understand where the business is breaking — and make decisions that shape the company’s future. This course teaches exactly that: strategic thinking, analytical discipline, and the ability to use Microsoft 365 Copilot as an intelligent partner in leadership. You will learn to analyze the business as a system, identify cause-and-effect chains, work with marketing, finance, customer experience, operations — and do it all ten times faster and with deeper insight thanks to Copilot in Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and Notebooks.

This is not a course about “features” of Microsoft. This is a course about the mindset of a next-generation executive — and how AI helps you think deeper, act sharper, and lead more effectively. What you’ll learn• Think like a strategic analyst, not a firefighter• Use the full cycle of business analysis: Initiation → Discovery → Modeling → GAP → Requirements → Implementation → Post-analysis• Formulate clear business problems based on facts, not assumptions• Use Microsoft 365 Copilot to analyze documents, data, emails and meetings• Build AS-IS & TO-BE models and define gaps that slow down business• Create precise requirements and manage implementation without losing logic• Evaluate results through post-analysis and verify real impact• Formulate strong executive-level prompts that lead to insights and decisionsAfter Completing This Course, You Will Be Able ToConduct deep business analysisMake decisions based on facts instead of assumptionsIdentify where the business loses money, time, and customersFormulate accurate problems instead of chasing symptomsUse Copilot as a thinking partner, not just a toolManage clarity instead of chaosRequirements• No prior business analysis experience required• Basic understanding of business operations is helpful, but not mandatory• Microsoft 365 Copilot account recommended, but everything can be done in theory• Willingness to think structurally and look at data honestlyJoin the new generation of leaders who think deeper.