AI for Leaders and Decision-Makers
Navigate through the AI Hype – Training Program with Solita
To effectively leverage AI and achieve your business goals, it is crucial to understand how artificial intelligence can generate value within your specific business context and grasp the broader implications of the latest AI technology breakthroughs.
Creating lasting value with AI necessitates that decision-makers strategically apply artificial intelligence within their core business operations. The AI for Leaders and Decision-Makers program equips you to generate business value with AI by understanding the foundational AI technology and the various aspects of integrating AI into products and services. You will also gain insights into structuring your organization for optimal performance with new AI technologies and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Furthermore, the program provides an overview of emerging shifts in the business ecosystem and potential future trends driven by AI.
In this program, the instructors from Solita and Aalto University share their extensive knowledge gained from numerous AI projects, focusing on achieving competitive advantage through strategic organizational changes and the implementation of cutting-edge AI technologies. In addition, Vaisala will provide a keynote about how AI/ML can be part of everything your company does.
A key tangible outcome of this program is the development of initial and actionable plans for leveraging AI to boost your business and strategies for structuring your organization to effectively implement AI initiatives.
This program provides essential knowledge for leaders and decision-makers regarding AI technology and its profound business implications.
The program's content is based on decades of practical experience in AI implementation across diverse industries.
The curriculum effectively blends a strong theoretical foundation with practical, real-world AI business cases.
Benefits
The program enhances the participants’ personal skills and competencies as leaders and individuals. The modules also strengthen the participants’ strategic thinking thus increasing their understanding of why businesses need to transform and how they themselves can become drivers of organizational transformation. Via group and independent working, you will document your learnings in a tangible format, which can be used to support your company’s AI adoption journey.
For
The AI for Leaders and Decision-Makers program is designed for general management and executives, middle management in digital roles, and experts who want to understand the business and organizational side of AI.
The program suits, for example, business directors, development managers, digital managers, strategy managers, CFOs, and CIOs.
Contents and Schedule
The program gives you the ability
- to identify realistic value-creating use cases for your organization with impacts on both top and bottom-line
- to plan and deliver AI-powered initiatives by understanding different aspects of AI development from tech to legal
- to conceive and execute organizational transformation programs to benefit from AI
Modules
Instructors
Henri Schildt
Henri Schildt is a Professor of Strategy at Aalto University School of Business and Aalto University School of Science.
Professor Henri Schildt’s research interests span technology strategy, organizational change, and strategy process (with specific interest in reasoning under uncertainty and the use of data analytics). He is currently heading two research programs on data-driven management and the management of digitalization in Finnish manufacturing companies.
He is a tenured professor with a joint appointment at the Aalto University School of Business and the School of Science’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Henri Schildt completed his PhD at Helsinki University of Technology in 2007.
Minna Kärhä
Minna Kärhä, Business Area Lead, AI Business Design at Solita, is a distinguished data and analytics expert with over two decades of experience leading data and AI initiatives across customer experience, sales and marketing, consumer services, and business operations development.
Kärhä's extensive, hands-on expertise spans multiple industries, giving her a deep understanding of both the opportunities and challenges organizations face in leveraging data and AI.
A passionate advocate for the strategic value of data, Minna Kärhä has been instrumental in driving organizational change and embedding data as a core business asset. Drawing inspiration from design thinking, she has developed practical methods to help organizations define their strategic focus and navigate the complexities of data-driven transformation.
Kärhä's work ranges from high-level strategy development to tackling specific business challenges, always with a focus on fostering a strong data-driven culture. Her contributions to the field have earned her notable recognition, including being named a Global Data Innovator of 2020.
Iina Juurinen
Iina Juurinen, PhD, Lead AI Designer at Solita, is a seasoned data, AI, and business professional with extensive experience in conceptualizing, developing, and implementing data-driven and AI services within international organizations and across diverse industries.
With a background in science and over 10 years of experience in various technical and business roles related to AI, Juurinen adopts an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex issues, combining AI and data expertise with deep insights into people and organizational dynamics. In her work, Iina Juurinen ensures that business and end-user value is prioritized in all AI and generative AI projects. She also supports organizations in crafting AI and generative AI visions, strategies, and roadmaps across multiple sectors.
Samuli Hänninen
Samuli Hänninen is an Executive Vice President at Vaisala Oyj, leading Vaisala’s subscription business Xweather. Samuli has +20 years’ experience in driving new businesses both in HW and SW, which include technological transformation.
Solita is a Finnish technology company combining data, AI, cloud, and software development expertise with a human-centric and business-driven approach.
Solita integrates business strategy and objectives into its solutions, ensuring that technology solves complex problems and drives measurable business value. With over 2,000 professionals, Solita operates in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, and the UK.
