Course Outline

• Creative Problem Solving Live Class
• E-learning on “Defining the Problem” and “Generating a Hypothesis”
• Structured Problem Solving Live Class
• Live Exercise on Structuring & Framing
• E-learning on “Career Advice from the Biggest Names in Business”

• The logic of building a model
• Basic excel skills and modelling in a business context
  • Grouping
  • Filters & Sorting
  • Pivot Tables
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Text, Lookup, Logical Functions
  • How to Create Charts
• How to formulate recommendations and draw insights from the results of your analyses

• Develop a strong narrative
• Build professional and clean slides

• Storylining
  • Framing your story
  • Developing a storyline
  • Writing executive summaries
  • Building slide flow

• Slide Writing
  • Designing Slides
  • Leveraging Visuals
  • Finalising your Presentation

• How digital and data revolution is changing businesses?
• What are the key enablers of digital?
• What does digital transformation of a company entail?

• Internet of Things
• CyberSecurity
• Cloud
• Data & Digital Platform
• Blockchain

• What is AI, How it works and where it is used?
• How data analytics creates value for companies?

• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/artificial-intelligence-factory-future.aspx
• https://bcghendersoninstitute.com/tagged/artificial-intelligence
• https://medium.com/bcggamma/
• https://www.bcg.com/en-sea/capabilities/technology-digital/AI-at-scale.aspx
• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/next-frontier-digital-ai-transformations.aspx
• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/big-leap-toward-ai-scale.aspx
• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/infographic-myth-vs-reality-artificial-intelligence-ai.aspx
• https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/power-limits-artificial-intelligence-interview-ibm-david-kenny.aspx
• https://www.bcg.com/en-sea/capabilities/big-data-advanced-analytics/default.aspx

• https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/03/what-makes-good-data-visualization.html
• https://www.tableau.com/learn/whitepapers
• https://towardsdatascience.com/the-ultimate-technical-skill-in-data-visualization-for-data-scientists-73bc827166dd
• https://towardsdatascience.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-data-cleaning-3969843991d4
• https://towardsdatascience.com/data-visualization/home
• https://towardsdatascience.com/the-power-of-visualization-in-data-science-1995d56e4208
• https://medium.com/swlh/effective-visualization-of-multi-dimensional-data-a-hands-on-approach-b48f36a56ee8
• https://medium.com/bcggamma/understanding-probability-when-data-is-scarce-7cfa4988e03d

• https://www.amazon.com/Simulation-Data-Science-Matthias-Templ/dp/1785881167
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/index?searchPhrase=simulation
• https://www.anylogic.com/resources/books/
• https://www.anylogic.com/resources/articles/
• https://www.anylogic.com/resources/white-papers/

• http://ml4a.github.io/guides/
• https://www.kdnuggets.com/tutorials/index.html
• http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/index.html
• http://www.deeplearningbook.org/
• https://research.google.com/bigpicture/
• https://towardsdatascience.com/neural-network-optimization-7ca72d4db3e0
• https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning/home
• https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/
• https://ai.google/education/
• https://medium.com/bcggamma/7-stories-behind-the-worlds-most-popular-machine-learning-algorithms-51472939d14b

• http://www.statsoft.com/textbook
• https://www.kdnuggets.com/tutorials/index.html
• https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Operations-Research-Student-Access/dp/0077298349
• http://faculty.marshall.usc.edu/gareth-james/ISL/ISLR%20Seventh%20Printing.pdf
• https://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Optimization
• https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Optimization.html
• https://documentation.aimms.com/_downloads/AIMMS_modeling.pdf
• https://developers.google.com/optimization/introduction/overview
• https://www.mathworks.com/products/optimization.html
• https://www.gurobi.com/resource/books-blogs/
• https://neos-guide.org/Optimization-Guide

1. Overview of User Research Methods
   1. Unordered List Item Contextual Inquiry
   2. Walk-a-Mile
   3. Fly-on-the-Wall
   4. User Interview
2. Overview of Synthesis Methods
   1. Affinity Diagramming

In this introductory class on synthesis and ideation, you will gain a fundamental understanding of:

1. Synthesis Methods
   1. Persona Profiling
   2. Journey Mapping
2. Ideation Methods
   1. Crazy 8s https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ux-design-2-analyzing-user-data/welcome?
   2. Creative Matrix

1. Prioritization Methods
   1. DVF Anlaysis
   2. Impact vs. Difficulty Matrix

1. Production Methods
   1. Concept Poster
   2. Storyboarding
      1. Create Scenarios/Storyboard: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ux-design-5-creating-scenarios-and-storyboards-2/welcome?
      2. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/storytelling-for-designers/welcome?
   3. Prototyping
   4. Wireframing
      1. Paper prototyping: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ux-design-6-paper-prototyping/welcome?

1. Evaluation Methods
   1. Usability Testing

• The Why of Digital Transformation, BCG, 2020: https://bcghendersoninstitute.com/the-why-of-digital-transformation-34d18f57f9ff
• Digital Transformation Is Not About Technology, Harvard Business Review, 2019: https://hbr.org/2019/03/digital-transformation-is-not-about-technology
• Digital Transformation in Business, Research Gate, 2020

Implications Of The Digital Transformation For The Business Sector, OECD, 2018: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334732448_Digital_Transformation_in_Business

• Digital Transformation Trends, Fujitsu, 2021: https://www.fujitsu.com/global/imagesgig5/DX-trends-global-retail-industry-2021.pdf
• Six Digital Transformation Strategies for 2020 and Beyond, IDC, 2019: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3814151/IDC_InfoBrief_Hyland_FINAL%2011%2011%202019.pdf
• Digital Transformation: Powering the Great Reset, World Economic Forum, 2020: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Digital_Transformation_Powering_the_Great_Reset_2020.pdf
• Preparing for the Changing Nature of Work in the Digital Era, OECD, 2019: https://www.oecd.org/going-digital/changing-nature-of-work-in-the-digital-era.pdf
• Digital transformation and the role of enterprise architecture, ITU, 2019: https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/str/D-STR-DIG_TRANSF-2019-PDF-E.pdf
• How to gain and develop digital talent and skills: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2017/people-organization-technology-how-gain-develop-digital-talent-skills

• BCG: Flipping the odds of digital transformation
• BCG: Customer Journey Programs Are Hard to Get Right
• BCG: Transform Customer Journeys at Scale—and Transform Your Business

• Putting Value First in Digital Operations, BCG, 2019: https://www.bcg.com/en-in/publications/2019/putting-value-first-digital-operations
• A Great Digital Identity Solution Is One You Can’t See, BCG, 2019: https://www.bcg.com/en-in/publications/2019/digital-identity-solution-one-you-cannot-see
• The Five Rules of Digital Strategy, BCG, 2019: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/five-rules-digital-strategy
• IDC’s Digital Use Case Map for Retail, IDC, 2018: https://www.sapusers.org/uploads/files/7pqbYhScy3HnJIH8-IDCs%20Digital%20Use%20Case%20Map%20for%20Retail.pdf
• Identification of digitization trends and use cases in assembly, ScienceDirect, 2020: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827120314360
• Transformational Technology Industry Use Cases, Oracle, 2018: https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/transformational-technology-use-cases.pdf

• Introduction to Quantum Computing: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/introduction-to-quantum-computing
• Blockchain Basics: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/blockchain-basics/welcome-and-introduction?contextUrn=urn%3Ali%3AlyndaLearningPath%3A5ea099ad498e19bbdf4dd229
• Cloud Computing: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-cloud-computing-core-concepts-2/target-audience?contextUrn=urn%3Ali%3AlyndaLearningPath%3A5ea099ad498e19bbdf4dd229
• Cryptocurrency Foundations: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/cryptocurrency-foundations

• Overview of Amazon Web Services, AWS: https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-overview.pdf
• For Many Enterprise Applications, the Cloud Is Ready for Prime Time: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/enterprise-applications-cloud-ready-prime-time
• Six Simple Steps Pave the Way to the Cloud: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2019/six-simple-steps-pave-way-to-cloud
• Augmented AI: The Power of Human and Machine, AWS, 2020: https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/augmented-ai-the-power-of-human-and-machine.pdf
• Machine Learning on AWS, AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/
• Mining intelligent insights with machine learning in Financial Services, AWS, 2020: https://pages.awscloud.com/rs/112-TZM-766/images/AWS_Mining-intelligent-insights-with-ML-in-Financial-Services.pdf
• Managing Cyber Risk in a Digital Age, COSCO, 2019: https://www.coso.org/Documents/COSO-Deloitte-Managing-Cyber-Risk-in-a-Digital-Age.pdf
• Managing the Cyber Risks of Remote Work, BCG, 2020: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2020/covid-remote-work-cyber-security

• Set up a PMO: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/setting-up-a-pmo
• Change management for Projects: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/change-management-for-projects?u=2140145
• Leading change in large distributed organisations: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/leading-change-in-large-distributed-organizations
  • Ram Charan, business advisor, author, and speaker
  • Nancy Duarte, principal at Duarte, Inc.
  • Ralph Rivera, former director of BBC Digital
  • Stanley McChrystal, retired United States Army general

• Establishing a PMO in 4 simple steps, The Project Group: https://www.theprojectgroup.com/blog/en/how-to-set-up-a-pmo/
• The New CEO’s Guide to Transformation, BCG, 2015: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5669ce11a128e62b6fff1153/t/59a4ad6ce6f2e11c90546a86/1503964526335/The+New+CEO%27s+Guide.pdf
• The Elements of a Good Change Management Function, BCG, 2020: https://image-src.bcg.com/Images/BCG-The-Elements-of-a-Good-Change-Management-Function-Jun-2020-r_tcm9-252378.pdf
• Transformation: Delivering and Sustaining Breakthrough Performance, BCG, 2016: https://media-publications.bcg.com/transformation-ebook/BCG-Transformation-Nov-2016.pdf
• Getting Smart About Change Management, BCG, 2017: https://image-src.bcg.com/Images/BCG-Getting-Smart-About-Change-Management-Jan-2017_tcm9-162369.pdf
• Science of Organizational Change, BCG, 2019: https://image-src.bcg.com/Images/BCG-The-Science-of-Organizational-Change-May-2019_tcm9-220106.pdf

• Devops Foundations: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devops-foundations/what-is-devops-2
• Software Development Life Cycle: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/software-development-life-cycle-sdlc/waterfall-model-brief-overview?u=2140145

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/scrum-the-basics/practicing-scrum-in-your-work-environment?

• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/video-interview-tips/what-are-video-interviews?
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/digital-body-language/the-empathy-deficit?
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/resume-makeover/why-resume-writing-is-so-hard?
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-a-resume/the-functional-resume-2?
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-a-tech-resume/the-difference-between-a-resume-and-a-cv?