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Data-driven business decision making

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Extract business value from data analyses

This course on data-driven business decision-making equips you with practical skills to extract and communicate business value from data. Tailored for the digital energy industry, it emphasizes presenting convincing recommendations to decision-makers and developing essential soft skills like teamwork, delegation, and project management.

 

The course also focuses on crafting compelling presentations for business managers.

 

Offered in collaboration with InnoEnergy partner Aalto Advisors.

Overview

Course dates

Wednesday, October 8 to Friday, November 28.
Live online sessions will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays from 17:00 to 19:00 CET.
There will be breaks on Wednesday, October 22 and Friday, October 24, as well as on Wednesday, November 19 and Friday, November 21.

Effort Level

81 hours.

  • Preparatory reading: 28 hours.
  • Interative learning sessions + coaching and teamwork: 24 hours (6 weeks, 2 x 2 hours per week)
  • Independent project work: 29 hours.

Delivery

Online course offered two times per week.

Pre-requisites

Preparatory activities helping to acquire pre-requisite knowledge for the live online sessions are provided as an online package prior to the live online period.

Registration

Open from 21 July to 25 August

Final application results will be communicated to applicants in mid-September 2025

This course is currently only available to InnoEnergy Masters+ students.

Who is the course for?

Data skills for real-world impact

 

The course is free for InnoEnergy students as part of their Masters+ programme — an extracurricular learning and development initiative designed to complement the InnoEnergy programme. Depending on availability and demand, the course may also be open to other qualified students.  

 

Please get in touch with us at onlinelearning.mastersplus@innoenergy.com to get more information. 

How will you learn?

Learn by Doing: Real Cases, Real Skills, Real Impact

The course uses modern interactive pedagogical methods, including case teaching, learning by doing, videos, flipped classrooms, coaching, and workshops. Throughout the participants will be working on real-life cases. 

  

This course builds upon the following values in its teaching and pedagogical methods: 

  

  • Multi-disciplinary (enables integrated learning paths from technology to business) 
  • Industry-relevant (course staff has practical business experience from various industries) 
  • Interactive (students are coached by senior experts with both industry and academic experience) 
  • Applied (focus on applying tools and methods of business, rather than teaching the tools and methods themselves). 

 

Assessment & Grading will be assessed based on: 

  • Completion of a preparatory reading assignment 
  • Active participation in live online sessions 
  • Final team presentation based on a real-life company case 

Grading system: The course is graded on a pass/fail basis. A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants who successfully meet all assessment criteria. 

What will you achieve?

Gain Insights, Influence Decisions

  • Understanding of how to extract and argue business value from data analyses and how to present and convince business decision makers to follow your recommendations.
  • Necessary business and soft skills to become a change enabler and leader in the energy industry.
  • Course completion certificate by InnoEnergy.

Who will you learn from?

Learn from experts

  • Dr. Jesse Karjalainen (Aalto Advisors)