My Skill Lab
Artificial IntelligenceBeginner

AI for Work & Productivity

Use AI tools to do your real job faster and better.

Taught by Asha Karki · AI Product Engineer

What you'll learn

  • Write clear, structured prompts that get useful results on the first or second try
  • Draft, edit, and adapt documents, emails, and reports with an AI assistant as your co-writer
  • Research a topic and summarise long documents, threads, and meetings into action-ready notes
  • Use AI to clean, analyse, and explain spreadsheet data without being a formula expert
  • Verify AI outputs for accuracy and catch hallucinations before they reach a client or boss
  • Apply safe data-handling habits at work and build a few simple personal automations that save real time

About this course

A practical, no-jargon course for everyday professionals who want to get real work done with AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. You will learn to write clear prompts, draft and edit documents, research and summarise, tame your inbox and meetings, work with spreadsheets, verify outputs you can trust, protect company data, and stitch together simple automations that save you hours every week.

Course content

9 lessons
  1. 1What AI Assistants Actually Do (and Don't)A grounded mental model of how chat-based AI works so you trust it for the right things.Preview
  2. 2Prompt Basics: Ask Better, Get BetterA simple, repeatable structure for prompts that turns vague results into useful ones.Preview
  3. 3Writing & Editing: Your AI Co-WriterUse AI to draft, rewrite, shorten, and adapt your writing while keeping your own voice.
  4. 4Research & Summarising Without DrowningTurn long documents, threads, and topics into clear, action-ready summaries you can trust.
  5. 5Email & Inbox: Faster, Calmer, ClearerUse AI to triage, draft replies, and handle tricky messages without sounding robotic.
  6. 6Meetings: Agendas, Notes, and Follow-UpsPrepare, capture, and close out meetings so nothing important slips through.
  7. 7Spreadsheets & Data Without the FearGet AI to write formulas, explain data, and draft analyses even if you're not a spreadsheet expert.
  8. 8Verifying Outputs & Protecting Data at WorkCatch hallucinations, fact-check efficiently, and keep company and personal data safe.
  9. 9Build Simple Personal AutomationsSave real hours by turning your repetitive tasks into reusable prompts and light automations.