Role-Based Programme
RB0969

NotebookLM for Strategy & Business Management

Research, Analyse & Build Source-Grounded Strategic Intelligence

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Duration
16 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Training

Programme Objectives

  • Develop functional proficiency in using NotebookLM to organise, analyse, and synthesise complex business and strategic information.
  • Build source-grounded research workflows for market analysis, competitive intelligence, strategic planning, and business decision support.
  • Compare information across multiple reports, documents, meetings, and external sources to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and dependencies.
  • Transform strategic research into structured reports, executive briefs, tables, presentations, and stakeholder-ready outputs.
  • Build reusable strategy intelligence workflows while maintaining source validation, confidentiality, and human management judgement.

Tools covered

NotebookLMSource-Grounded ChatCitationsDeep ResearchWeb & File SourcesAudio OverviewsVideo OverviewsMind MapsReportsSlide DecksInfographicsData Tables

Who should attend

  • Strategy Managers
  • Corporate Strategy Professionals
  • Business Managers
  • Business Unit Heads
  • Business Planning Professionals
  • Strategy & Transformation Managers
  • Business Operations Managers
  • Chief of Staff Professionals
  • Management Consultants
  • Business Excellence Professionals
  • Program & Portfolio Leaders
  • Strategic Initiative Managers
  • Functional Leaders
  • Senior Business Analysts

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of strategy, business planning, or management activities
  • Familiarity with business reports, market research, management information, or planning documents
  • Basic experience analysing documents, reports, and business information
  • No programming or advanced AI knowledge required
  • Previous NotebookLM experience is helpful but not mandatory
  • Completion of a shorter NotebookLM programme is not required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding NotebookLM as a source-grounded AI research and knowledge environment
  • Understanding notebooks, sources, citations, chat, and generated artifacts
  • Identifying applications across strategy, planning, research, transformation, and management
  • Understanding source-grounded analysis versus general AI responses
Practical activities
  • Creating a notebook for a strategic business initiative
  • Adding and organising business information sources
  • Asking strategic questions and tracing responses back to supporting citations

Scenarios

Market Expansion Strategy Assessment

Internal Business Information → Market Research → Deep Research → Competitor Analysis → Opportunities & Risks → Scenario Comparison → Strategic Recommendation

Participants build a source-grounded intelligence workflow to evaluate a potential market-expansion opportunity, compare strategic options, identify assumptions and risks, and prepare an executive decision-support brief.

Quarterly Strategic Business Review

Business Reports → Management Information → Market Signals → NotebookLM Analysis → Performance Themes → Strategic Priorities → Executive Brief

Participants consolidate multiple business and external information sources to identify performance drivers, emerging risks, opportunities, and strategic priorities for a quarterly management review.

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