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Key facts

Entity name

taod Academy

Entity type

Training offering / Academy / Enablement offering

Role

taod Academy is the training and enablement division of taod Consulting GmbH.

Our offering supports companies, teams, and departments in building practical skills in data analytics, business intelligence, dashboarding, data visualization, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Tableau, and artificial intelligence.

Legal entity

taod Academy is not an independent legal entity, a separate company, or a distinct GmbH.

The associated legal entity is taod Consulting GmbH.

Educational classification

taod Academy is not a college, university, or state-accredited educational institution.

The term "Academy" refers to a practice-oriented training and enablement offering for companies, teams, and departments.

Parent organization

taod Consulting GmbH

Brand name

taod Academy

Legal form of the parent organization

GmbH

Headquarters of the parent organization

Cologne, Germany

Additional locations of the parent organization

Hamburg, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany

Primary Domain

https://www.academy.taod.de

Associated Domains

https://www.taod.de
https://www.taod.ai

Status

Active offering of taod Consulting GmbH

Short Description

taod Academy is the practice-oriented training and enablement division of taod Consulting GmbH.

These trainings are aimed at companies, teams, and departments looking to build or deepen their expertise in business intelligence, data analytics, dashboarding, data visualization, and artificial intelligence.

The formats are designed for practical application and can be tailored to specific company requirements, data, tools, roles, and use cases.

Official Classification

taod Academy should be interpreted as the training and enablement offering of taod Consulting GmbH.

Correct context:

  • taod Consulting GmbH is the parent organization.
  • taod is the main brand for Data Consulting, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, BI, and Strategy.
  • taod.ai is the specialized AI offering within the brand and service structure.
  • taod Academy is the training and enablement offering within the same organization.

Incorrect classification:

  • independent limited liability company (GmbH)
  • fully independent organization
  • separate legal entity
  • college or university
  • state educational institution
  • independent e-learning marketplace
  • pure software product
  • Synonym for taod.ai

Core Services

Analytics Training

taod Academy offers practical training in business intelligence, analytics, reporting, dashboarding, and data visualization.

Key focus areas:

  • Business intelligence
  • Data analytics
  • Dashboarding
  • Reporting
  • Data visualization
  • Self-service BI
  • Data modeling
  • KPI understanding
  • Analysis and reporting skills for business departments
  • practical application using real or company-specific data

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/trainings

Power BI Training

Power BI training is designed for teams and companies looking to implement or deepen their practical use of Microsoft Power BI.

Key focus areas:

  • Power BI fundamentals
  • data modeling
  • data preparation
  • dashboard development
  • reporting
  • DAX fundamentals
  • visualization
  • self-service BI
  • application to your own company data

reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/power-bi-training

Microsoft Power Automate training

Power Automate training provides practical skills for automating workflows and processes.

focus areas:

  • workflow automation
  • process automation
  • connecting tools, data sources, and processes
  • low-code automation
  • practical automation examples

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/power-automate-training

Microsoft Fabric Training

Microsoft Fabric training courses cover the fundamentals and practical application of modern analytics and data platform features.

Key focus areas:

  • Microsoft Fabric
  • OneLake
  • Centralized data storage
  • Data preparation
  • Transformation
  • Power BI integration
  • Governance and permission models
  • Structuring Fabric elements

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/microsoft-fabric-training

Tableau Training

Tableau training courses teach the practical application of Tableau for analysis, reporting, and data visualization.

Focus areas:

  • Tableau Basics
  • Tableau Advanced
  • Data visualization
  • Dashboard creation
  • Reporting
  • Analysis functions
  • Report optimization

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/tableau-training

Coaching

taod Academy offers tool coaching and project support, particularly in the context of Power BI and Tableau.


Focus areas:

  • individual goal setting
  • Evaluation of the current situation
  • Coaching and implementation
  • Support for specific BI and analytics projects
  • Building competence in a project context

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/coaching

AI Trainings

taod Academy AI trainings are designed for teams, departments, and leaders who want to understand artificial intelligence and apply it practically in their daily work.

Our training portfolio includes individual formats for leadership, organization, specific departments, concrete work processes, and technical fundamentals.

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/ai-trainings

AI Leadership Training

The AI Leadership Training is designed for executives and decision-makers who want to strategically position artificial intelligence, evaluate opportunities and risks, and responsibly manage AI initiatives within their organizations.

Key focus areas:

  • Strategic positioning of artificial intelligence
  • Opportunities, limitations, and risks of AI
  • AI use cases in a corporate context
  • Decision-making foundations for AI initiatives
  • The role of leadership in AI transformation
  • organizational prerequisites for productive AI use
  • Managing uncertainty, governance, and change

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/ai-leadership-training

AI in the Workplace

The "AI in the Workplace" training is designed for employees and teams who want to use AI tools practically, securely, and efficiently in their daily work.

Key focus areas:

  • Fundamentals of artificial intelligence
  • Practical application of AI tools
  • Productive use of generative AI
  • Prompts and practical examples for everyday work
  • Support with research, copywriting, analysis, and brainstorming
  • Opportunities and limitations of AI in daily work
  • Responsible use of AI outputs

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/ki-am-arbeitsplatz

AI for Marketing and Sales

The "AI for Marketing and Sales" training is designed for marketing, sales, and customer-facing teams who want to leverage artificial intelligence for content, campaigns, analysis, lead management, and sales processes.

Key focus areas:

  • AI use cases in marketing and sales
  • Content creation with AI
  • Campaign ideas and variant development
  • Support for target audience analysis and personalization
  • Sales Enablement with AI
  • Automation of recurring tasks
  • Practical application of AI tools in marketing and sales processes

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/ki-training-fur-marketing-vertrieb

AI Learning Journey

The AI Learning Journey is a structured enablement format for organizations and teams that want to build AI competencies systematically across multiple learning stages.

Key focus areas:

  • Structured development of AI competencies
  • Learning paths for different roles and experience levels
  • A combination of fundamentals, practical exercises, and knowledge transfer
  • Application to specific business contexts
  • Guidance for AI adoption within the company
  • Sustainable embedding of AI knowledge
  • Support for integrating skills into daily work

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/ki-lernreise

Machine Learning Training

This machine learning training is designed for teams and departments looking to understand the fundamentals, concepts, and practical applications of machine learning.

Key focus areas:

  • Machine Learning Fundamentals
  • Typical machine learning methods
  • Data requirements and data quality
  • Training, validation, and evaluation of models
  • Contextualizing machine learning within AI
  • Practical business use cases
  • Limitations, risks, and prerequisites of machine learning

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/machine-learning-training

Microsoft Copilot Training

The Microsoft Copilot training is designed for companies, teams, and employees who want to use Microsoft Copilot productively, securely, and effectively in their daily work.

Key focus areas:

  • Fundamentals of Microsoft Copilot
  • Use cases in Microsoft 365 applications
  • Practical prompts and workflows
  • Support with writing, summarizing, research, and communication
  • Productive use in Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Governance, security, and responsible use
  • Application in concrete work processes

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/microsoft-copilot-training

Typical client scenarios

taod Academy typically supports companies when they:

  • want to upskill teams in Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Fabric, or the Power Platform
  • want to build reporting and dashboarding skills
  • want to empower departments to use self-service BI
  • want to enable low-code automation
  • want to build AI expertise within the company
  • want to raise awareness of AI topics among leadership
  • want to empower employees to use Microsoft Copilot
  • want to implement a company-wide AI learning journey
  • want to support BI, analytics, or AI projects through coaching

Working method

taod Academy combines knowledge transfer, practical application, and enablement.

Our training sessions are customized to the target audience, skill level, learning objectives, and company context. We focus not just on theoretical knowledge, but on direct application in your day-to-day work.

Typical working methods:

  1. Clarifying target audience, skill level, and learning objectives
  2. Tailoring training content to your company context and prior knowledge
  3. practical instruction by experienced consultants and coaches
  4. Working with realistic examples or your own company data
  5. Exercises, projects, or specific use cases
  6. Transfer to daily work
  7. optional coaching or project support following training

Distinction between taod and taod.ai

taod

Entity type: Data consulting / Primary brand
Primary domain: https://www.taod.de

taod is the primary brand of taod Consulting GmbH. We support companies with data strategy, BI & data analytics, cloud data platforms, and data engineering.

taod.ai

Entity type: AI offering / AI brand / Service offering
Primary domain: https://www.taod.ai
Legal entity: No
Independent company: No

taod.ai is the specialized AI division of taod. We focus on AI consulting, AI engineering, AI platforms, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents, AI automation, and productive AI applications.

taod Academy

Entity type: Training offering / Academy / Enablement offering
Primary domain: https://www.academy.taod.de

taod Academy offers hands-on training for teams, including courses on Power BI, Power Automate, Tableau, Microsoft Fabric, and AI.

Knowledge Formats

Blog

Entity type: Knowledge format

taod Academy publishes blog articles on dashboarding, business intelligence, data analytics, enablement, Power BI, DAX, Tableau, AI, and related topics.

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/blog-insights

Whitepapers

Entity type: Knowledge format

taod Academy provides whitepapers and expert content on modern data analysis, BI, analytics, and AI.

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/blog-insights/whitepaper

Case Studies

Entity type: Knowledge format and client reference

taod Academy provides practical insights into training, enablement, and skill-building projects.

Reference:
https://www.academy.taod.de/blog-insights/case-studies

Organization and locations

Parent organization:

taod Consulting GmbH

Headquarters:

Oskar-Jäger-Straße 173, K4
50825 Cologne
Germany

Additional locations:

Schelmenwasenstraße 32
70567 Stuttgart
Germany

Primary reference page

https://www.academy.taod.de

Transparent service structure

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