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Using AI and Excel Agent Mode to Make Data-Driven Decisions

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Fri, Nov 7, 2025

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AI For Data-Driven Insights
Justin Bateh, PhD
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What you'll learn

Understand How AI Enhances Decision Intelligence

Learn how AI moves beyond reporting and forecasting to generate strategic insights and actionable recommendations.

Apply AI to Real Business Scenarios in Excel

Discover how to use Excel’s Agent Mode to simulate scenarios like market expansion and resource allocation.

Interpret and Validate AI-Generated Insights

Gain the skills to critically evaluate AI recommendations, ensuring they align with context, goals, and sound judgment.

Why this topic matters

Most leaders rely on backward-looking reports to guide forward-looking decisions. But AI, especially through tools like Excel’s Agent Mode, changes that. In this Lightning Lesson, Justin will demonstrate how to use existing business data and Excel’s new AI Agent Mode to analyze trends, simulate scenarios, and make faster, smarter decisions with confidence.

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CEO | 25,000+ learners | 80+ Projects | 8x Awards | LinkedIn Learning Instructor

Justin Bateh has helped over 25,000 professionals from top companies like Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic accelerate their careers through proven, corporate-level training. As the CEO of Projects Right, a former Chief Operating Officer, and a PhD and PMP-certified leader, he brings hands-on expertise and real-world insights to every lesson. Justin is a 3x LinkedIn Learning Instructor, creator of the highest-ranked AI for Project Management course, and an 8x award-winning educator. His work reaches over 200,000 daily readers, and his approach has empowered professionals worldwide to master project management, AI integration, and leadership excellence.

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