Keep your PALS on track! 👣

These guides help you navigate AI conversations effectively, breaking down complex topics into manageable steps. 

They ensure you're hitting key learning objectives while keeping discussions productive and on track.

1.1 - Data-Information-Knowledge Continuum 🧠

📊 Process Data (Find Meaning)

•What does your data show?

•What patterns matter?

•What story does it tell?

💡 Get Insights (Take Action)

•What did you learn?

•What should you do?

•Why do it now?

🎯 Think Ahead (Plan Smart)

•How will this help you win?

•What could go wrong?

•How will you fix it?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

1.2 - Ethical Guidelines for MIS 🧭

🔍 Find Issues (Start Here)

•What ethics matter most?

•Why these issues?

•How do they affect you?

📝 Make Rules (Plan Ahead)

•What principles to follow?

•How to put them in action?

•What might go wrong?

Test Them Out (Try Scenarios)

•How do rules apply?

•Do they really work?

•What needs to change?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

2 - Capitalizing on Disruptive Innovation 💡 

🔍 Industry Check (Look Around)

•What's happening now?

•Where could AI help?

•What problems exist?

💡 Your Plan (Stand Out)

•How will you use AI?

•What makes you different?

•How will you handle risks?

💰 The Pitch (Convince Them)

•Why you'll succeed?

•Why invest now?

•Why trust your team?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 

3 - Invent a Device 🔧

💭 Think Big (Ideas & Purpose)

•What problems need solving?

•Which idea helps most?

•Why is it important?

⚙️ Plan It Out (Features & Users)

•What should it do?

•Who will use it?

•How will it fit in?

🎨 Make It Real (Design & Challenges)

•What will it look like?

•What could go wrong?

•How will you fix it?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

4 - Managing Your Company's Data 🗄️

📝 Data Check (What You Have)

•What data do you need?

•How is it structured?

•How will you track it?

💽 System Choice (How to Store)

•Which database type fits?

•What should it include?

•When to add a warehouse?

🔄 Future Plan (What's Next)

•Which new tech helps?

•What training is needed?

•What might go wrong?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

5.1 - Visualizing Data with Dashboard 👁️

📊 Create Dashboard (Get Started)

•Save your data files

•Upload to Tableau Public

•Build your visualizations

🔍 Find Patterns (Look Closer)

•What do finances show?

•What's happening in HR?

•How's the supply chain?

💡 Share Insights (Tell the Story)

•What trends matter most?

•What do they mean?

•What should change?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

5.2 - Developing CRM GPT 💬

🧪 Test ChatGPT (Base Model)

•Try each test scenario

•Be a demanding customer

•Save conversation links

📝 Check Results (How It Did)

•Was it accurate?

•Did it show empathy?

•Could it solve problems?

Make It Better (Instructions)

•What rules should it follow?

•How should it handle problems?

•What should it never do?

Extra Credit: Build your own CRM-GPT using your custom instructions!

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

6.1 - Digital Presence Audit 📱

🌐 Website Check (Score & Review)

•How is their site organized?

•How easy is it to use?

•Can everyone access it?

📱 Social & Apps (Compare Tools)

•What's their social media like?

•How do they engage people?

•What app features work best?

Make Lists (Plan Ahead)

•What should you copy?

•What should you avoid?

•What needs improving?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

6.2 - Digital Problem Solving 🧩

🔍 Problem Check (Understand First)

•What's the main challenge?

•Who does it affect?

•Why does it matter?

💡 Solution Design (Choose & Plan)

•Which technology fits best?

•How will it work?

•What makes it special?

📊 Reality Check (Costs & Risks)

•What will it cost?

•What could go wrong?

•How will you handle problems?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 

7.1 - Hands-on Forecasting 🔮

📊 Data Study (First Look)

•What patterns do you notice?

•What might cause these patterns?

•Which parts seem unusual?

🔢 Run Methods (Excel Work)

•Calculate moving averages

•Try exponential smoothing

•Find your Z-scores

📈 Make Predictions (Use Results)

•What do your methods show?

•What might happen next?

•How will this affect business?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

7.2 - Spot the Bias 🔍

👀 First Look (Three Datasets)

•What do you notice in each region?

•What might this mean?

•What actions would you take?

🔍 Find Biases (Three Types)

•Where's confirmation bias?

•Where's recency bias?

•Where's sampling bias?

🤔 Think Again (New Views)

•How do biases change your view?

•What's a better interpretation?

•What's the real story?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

8 - Emulating Company Culture 🌱

🔍 Research Phase (Culture & Challenges)

•What makes your company culture special?

•Which parts get harder remotely?

•What needs to stay the same?

💻 Tech Solutions (Tools & Plans)

•What tools could help?

•How would people use them?

•What might go wrong?

🎤 Pitch Perfect (Get Feedback)

•Share your draft with the VC

•Listen to their concerns

•Make your plan stronger

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

9 - Knowledge Management & e-Learning 📚

🧠 Company Knowledge (What You Have)

•What do your employees know?

•How is knowledge stored?

•How do you work with customers?

📝 Knowledge Plan (How to Share)

•How will you capture knowledge?

•What might stop people from sharing?

•Which learning tools fit your company?

📊 Learning Design (Making It Work)

•How will people learn?

•How will you track progress?

•What needs to change if it's not working?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

10 - Ethical Review of AI 🤖

🤔 Ethics Check (Basics & Issues)

•What makes something ethical in tech?

•Who might your AI affect?

•What could go wrong?

🔒 Protection Plan (Privacy & Safety)

•How will you protect data?

•What could people misuse?

•How will you prevent problems?

👥 Moving Forward (Making It Last)

•How will you keep checking for issues?

•Who needs to be involved?

•What needs regular review?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

11.1 - Agile T-shirt Design 👕

🎯 Project Setup (Values & Needs)

•What makes Agile different?

•What does each team want?

•Which needs matter most?

🔄 Design Sprints (Build & Change)

•What's your simple first design?

•How can you use the feedback?

•What needs one final touch?

📝 Look Back (What You Learned)

•How did the process work?

•What made Agile better?

•What would you do differently?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

11.2 - Make-or-Buy? ⚖️

📋 Review Tables (All Systems)

•What do the SCM options show?

•What do the collaboration options show?

•What do the ERP options show?

Make Choices (Pick Options)

•Which SCM option fits better?

•Which collaboration option fits better?

•Which ERP option fits better?

👥 Consider People (Final Check)

•How do people affect these choices?

•What roles do they play?

•How does this change your decisions?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!

12 - Strategic Project Planning 🎯

📋 Project Setup (Goals & Limits)

•What are your project goals?

•What's your time and budget?

•What's in and what's out?

📈 Management Plan (Steps & Tools)

•How will you handle each process?

•Which software will help most?

•What could help or hurt success?

🎯 Strategy Check (Plans & People)

•Which issues need attention?

•What strategies will you use?

•How will you manage change?

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you!