AI for Brainstorming and Planning

Name: AI for Brainstorming and Planning
Rating: 4.6 (102 reviews)

Course 2/7 of Google AI Professional Certificate

Use AI to brainstorm concepts, build detailed timelines, and organize a clear plan for any goal.

Created byGoogle

Last updated 5/2026

English

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What you'll learn

Brainstorm project concepts by using AI as a creative partner to generate and expand on new ideas.
Evaluate and prioritize ideas by using AI to assess them against decision criteria and frameworks.
Strengthen project plans by using AI to identify potential gaps, risks, and dependencies in your timeline.
Manage project documentation by building a centralized knowledge hub to keep your plans and information organized.

Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 21m total length

AI for brainstorming and planning2:58
Discover how Gemini serves as a creative partner to generate ideas, stress test assumptions, and build execution plans, while applying problem framing and constraints to deliver projects with NotebookLM.
Prepare: Brainstorm and evaluate ideas to make faster decisions1:04
Learn: Create a strategic plan3:56
Build with AI: Strategic plan2:15

Yul, what's your go-to AI tool?0:18
Prepare: Build a knowledge hub to answer questions instantly0:48
Learn: Setup a project hub2:25
Learn how to set up a shareable project hub with NotebookLM, upload sources, generate an overview, and empower your team to ask questions and access critical project info instantly.
Build with AI: Knowledge hub1:55
Course challenge
Claim your course completion badge0:40

Requirements

None.

Description

Need to get a new project off the ground? In this course, you’ll gain hands-on experience turning abstract ideas into detailed, actionable plans. You’ll learn how to brainstorm with speed, evaluate ideas against frameworks, and use Gemini to uncover hidden risks and dependencies. Finally, you'll walk away with the resources and tools you need to move from idea to execution.

By the end of this course, you will create:

A strategic plan to validate your next big idea: Move from a rough concept to a data-backed market research plan in minutes.
An actionable project roadmap: Instantly transform a simple brief into a detailed workback plan, complete with identified risks.
A centralized project hub: Build a shareable resource in NotebookLM that provides instant answers and keeps your team informed and moving forward.

This course is a part of the Google AI Professional Certificate, a program that takes you beyond foundational understanding to becoming an AI-fluent professional. With this certificate, you’ll gain hands-on experience building the AI skills that employers are looking for. Designed by experts at Google, you’ll practice using AI in real workplace tasks. You’ll learn how to use AI to sharpen your strategy, boost your creativity, and streamline the repetitive parts of your day, and you’ll build a portfolio of 20+ AI projects to show off your new skills. And, to help you do your best work, you’ll gain access to Google AI Pro at no cost, giving you experience with Google’s most helpful tools.