A Game Changer for Slide Decks

No ratings yet. As a student consultant, I tackle business questions for companies that lack the time or resources to address them themselves. Our deliverable at the end always results in a slide deck, carefully structured with insights and visually appealing. Creating these decks is very time-consuming with lots of different tasks, aligning text boxes, choosing the right words and ensuring everything looks aesthetics can take hours.

During the guest lecture, I encountered the AI tool Gamma. Gamma AI can produce websites, slide decks and more. It can generate slides from just a couple of keywords. However, in consultancy, this is not ideal for maintaining the required quality. The real potential is using AI to visualize complex information. By feeding Gamma the elaborate key findings of the data, the AI tool can produce draft slides with aesthetic layouts, charts and diagrams. This can free consultants to focus more on refining insights and ensuring value of the data. To ensure the quality, it is still necessary to verify the accuracy of the tool and fine-tune the slides. However, this process is significantly faster than building every slide manually. The result is a professional slide deck in a fraction of the time normally spent on it.

Reflecting on this experience, I see a future for generative AI in consultancy. While AI can speed up the creation of slide, it also raises questions about client perceptions. Some clients might feel hesitant if they know AI was involved in producing the slides. Therefore, it is important to use AI responsible.

AI won’t replace human judgement, however it can be a helpful assistant in transforming data into clear visuals. For instance, in the future AI might automatically generate slides based on the style of the consultancy company. Personally, experimenting with Gamma showed me that it could also be a creative inspiration instead of only saving time.