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10 articles · Consulting
Hands-on test of ChatGPT Astra for PowerPoint presentations: where GPT-6 Astra makes good slides, where templates and sources break, plus a 30-minute test.
Build consulting storylines without overlaps or gaps. Includes split patterns, a worked slide sequence, a 12-point MECE checklist, and an AI prompt pattern.
A conservative PowerPoint automation ROI model with formulas, a worked example, sensitivity analysis, and a pilot plan for measuring time, quality, and risk.
The Pyramid Principle in PowerPoint on one worked example: message tree, a weak storyline rewritten answer-first, action title tests, seven steps, AI prompt.
Fifteen AI use cases that hold up in a consulting firm, ranked by value and risk, with the control each one needs and the ones I would not start with.
The data model behind a credentials library that AI can safely retrieve from: CV fields, reference fields, permission levels, tagging, review cycles and GDPR duties.
Forty checks across argument, evidence, numbers, confidentiality, brand and the final file, ordered the way an experienced reviewer actually works through a deck.
Most slide libraries fail because nobody owns them. Here is the taxonomy, ownership model, review cycle and retrieval design that makes reuse actually happen.
A step by step workflow from RFP receipt to submitted proposal deck: compliance matrix, bid thesis, controlled retrieval, native slides and three separate reviews.
What I learned building proposals in consulting, and the workflow from RFP to finished deck I would use today: approved evidence, bounded AI, partners still accountable.
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Our founders write from first-hand experience: Florian on consulting and agentic AI, Maximilian on data protection and enterprise operations, and Robin on AI architecture and security. We share this expertise to help teams build safer, faster, and more professional presentation workflows. Regulatory content is grounded in primary sources and receives specialist review where required.
Product strategy, consulting, and agentic AI workflows
Florian writes about consulting workflows, professional presentations, company knowledge, and the controlled adoption of agentic AI.
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Strategy, enterprise operations, and data protection
Max writes about management consulting, enterprise adoption, data protection, and the operating controls required for AI in regulated organisations.
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AI infrastructure, software architecture, and security
Robin writes about AI architecture, secure data flows, software engineering, PowerPoint systems, and scalable enterprise integrations.
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