Information Systems & Analytics Education

Writing, documents, and research

A durable home for the work behind the courses.

Articles, teaching documents, and research links are organized here by purpose. The Google Drive repository provides a flexible place to keep adding new work.

Selected writing

Articles and essays.

Explore ideas about analytics, learning, future-ready careers, and useful design.

Spring 2026

Ten Business Topics Shaping the Near Future

Agentic AI, compute economics, AI-native redesign, cybersecurity, robotics, identity, quantum computing, connectivity, sustainability, and career guidance for students.

Learning

FLOW State: What Is It?

A concise explanation of deep focus, the conditions that support it, and why it matters in learning, performance, and well-being.

Design

The Power of Good Design Is Simplicity

Why useful design depends on clarity, restraint, intuitive interaction, durability, and the discipline to remove what does not help.

Document archive

Documents and teaching resources.

These links open maintained Google Drive files. Access remains controlled by each file's sharing settings.

Core statements and Excel references
Statement

Teaching Philosophy Statement

The fuller source statement describing the teaching principles summarized on the About page.

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PDF guide

101 Excel Functions

A reference guide for common spreadsheet functions.

PDF guide

Excel Shortcuts

A practical keyboard-shortcut reference for more efficient spreadsheet work.

AI prompt libraries and project guides
Spreadsheet

Ultimate 3000 Prompt Library

A large searchable collection of prompts for AI-assisted work.

Guide

Make Your Own Prompt Library

Directions for organizing reusable prompts around tasks and outcomes.

Guide

AI Video Creation Project Guide

A structured project guide for planning and creating AI-assisted video.

Guide

Build a Viral LinkedIn Post Assistant

A guided build for a focused AI writing assistant.

Guide

Build and Deploy Your Own App Using Claude

A beginner project guide for moving from idea to a deployed application.

Guide

AI Career Research Prompts

Prompts for exploring roles, required capabilities, and career directions.

Guide

Building Automations

A project guide for identifying and implementing useful automated workflows.

Idea archive

AI Project and Side-Hustle Idea Sheets

Two spreadsheets for brainstorming possible AI-enabled projects and business experiments.

Course archive

Prior information-systems course materials.

Course

Global Information Systems

Course material on technology in business environments and information systems.

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Course summary

Analyzing Business Situations and Defending Solutions

A management information systems framework for identifying functional and technological issues and defending a course of action.

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Course summary

Implementing Information Systems to Create Value

Strategies for improving information systems and connecting technology to organizational value.

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Course summary

Using SQL for Business Data

An introduction to querying and managing data for business use.

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Course summary

Communicating Analytical Findings with Visuals

Principles for developing effective data visualizations and explaining what the evidence means.

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Downloadable teaching and analyst resources

Open the teaching resource collection for the Curriculum Currency Auditor, course-supervision templates, New Analyst Acceleration Kit, and teaching-with-AI guide. The project index connects these with the existing research reports and applied AI projects.