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Executive Education

Analytics and AI fluency, for the people who lead.

A six-module executive course on analytics and AI fluency, built for utility leaders and their teams, so the people setting direction can read the data, ask the right questions, and lead the transformation rather than watch it.

What it is

Analytics and AI are changing utility operations whether or not the people leading them feel fluent in either. This program is built to close that gap, not with hype, but with the practical command a leader needs to ask the right questions and make the right calls.

This is not a typical training. It is not about more tools or more jargon. It is about building clarity, asking better questions, and leading with confidence through complexity. Real stories, grounded leadership exercises, and frameworks a leader can apply immediately.

The course launched in Fall 2025 and drew a launch cohort of 34 participants from 17 member utilities, with each executive pairing up with a designated delegate, so strategic alignment at the top lands as practical execution in the operation. It is available now: reach out and we will bring it to your leadership team.

At a glance

Executive Leadership Advanced Analytics

TypeExecutive education, one of two Ops Center analytics courses
FormatSix virtual modules, 90 minutes each, no travel required
AudienceSenior utility leaders, each paired with a designated delegate
Launch cohort34 participants from 17 member utilities, Fall 2025
StatusAvailable now for member leadership teams
The curriculum

Six modules, from use case to culture.

Module 1

Defining the Use Case

Focus on decisions, not datasets. Where analytics actually earns its keep in a utility.

Module 2

Your Data is the Foundation

The three realms of utility data, and why accuracy improves through application, not avoidance.

Module 3

Organizational Readiness

Leadership alignment, shared vocabulary, and what has to be true before the tools matter.

Module 4

Technology and Tools

Structured and unstructured data, explainable versus black-box models, and avoiding vendor lock-in.

Module 5

Pilot Design and Feedback Loop

Scoping the pilot, measuring what matters, and letting the results teach.

Module 6

Culture, Trust, and Change

AI as a probabilistic support tool, not a replacement, and the leadership work of earning trust in it.

How a session runs

Each 90-minute module runs in three parts: a change-management primer that frames the leadership challenge through a real utility story, a technical-literacy segment that breaks the key concepts down without the jargon, and a live peer Q&A that is deliberately not recorded, so the conversation stays candid.

Every module after the first features a utility leader spotlight, a peer walking through what their organization tried, what worked, and what it cost to learn. Homework happens between sessions, with leaders reflecting alongside their own teams, because one must do, to learn.

The operating ideas

What the course keeps coming back to

Decisions, not datasetsAnalytics exists to sharpen a call a leader already has to make
Measure to improveYou cannot improve what you do not measure, and you cannot measure if you do not begin
Fluency, not codeLeaders do not need to be data scientists, but technical literacy builds confidence in decision making
Candor over polishThe unrecorded Q&A is where the real questions get asked
Who teaches it

Run by AEIC. Taught by practitioners.

Dr. Elizabeth Cook
Program Director · VP of Technical Strategy, AEIC Center for Operational Excellence
ecook@aeic.org
Connor Valentine, Ph.D.
Lead Instructor · Managing Partner, Valentine Data Solutions
Course access

Want the course and the past modules?

The full six-module program and the recorded lecture sessions are available to member leadership teams. Email and we will get your leaders set up with access.

Email ecook@aeic.org for access
Connected work

Two courses that bracket the conversation.

One for the leaders who set direction, one for the managers who implement.

Put your leaders inside the work.

One utility membership opens executive education and every other committee and program to your whole organization. Bring a pen, bring your curiosity, and most importantly, bring your questions.

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