Digital Platforms and AI
Digital Platforms and AI is a study module in the Leading Digital Transformation program and can also be taken as a stand-alone program.
The key topics of the module are:
- Digital Platforms and the Dimensions of the Digital Market
- Platform Economy Fundamentals
- Future Digital Solutions
- Digital Technology Management
- Digital Strategy Execution
- Innovations and Organizational Capabilities
- Strategic and responsible use of Data and AI
During the Digital Platforms and AI program, we will touch on several timely topics in the area of digital transformation, focusing especially on the technology and data perspective. While emphasizing the transformative powers of digital, this module aims to provide a balanced view by also reflecting on the enabling and supporting role of digital.
We will start the module by discussing digitalization and platform economy, the key learning objective is to form a unified understanding and model of digital platform markets. What are the fundamental pillars that apply to all distinct types of platforms, such as innovation, information, transaction, and marketplace platforms?
We will also discuss how the implementation of digital technology strategies and business models has progressed in companies and industries. Additionally, we will explore the role of new innovation networks and technology management behind those new strategy implementations.
Also, one central theme for this module is the role of data in building a high-performing digital business and what kind of roles, skills, collaboration models, and working modes are needed to succeed in data development efforts.
4.5 ECTS credits can be transferred from the Digital Platforms and AI program to the Aalto Executive MBA or Aalto MBA program.
Benefits
The program will challenge and reward you as our world-class experts help you cut through the noise of digitalization and technology and focus on what really matters for your business. It covers the latest trends in technology and provides you with practical tools and methods for agile implementation of new skills and knowledge at work. It will help you challenge your strategic thinking and gain a comprehensive overview of the latest theory, technologies, and business applications.
For
The program is for business leaders, senior executives, and decision-makers responsible for leveraging the possibilities created by digitalization within their companies.
We recommend the program for core strategy team members, business development managers, and digital transformation leaders.
Instructors
Kimmo Karhu
Kimmo Karhu is an Assistant Professor at Aalto University School of Science.
Karhu is an expert on platform business models and a seasoned teacher on digital strategy. By combining hands-on industry experience with academic thinking, he seeks to explain how AI, machine learning, and other technologies can be leveraged for scaling platform business.
In his doctoral thesis, Karhu analyzed open platform strategizing and digital tactics in mobile ecosystems.
Iiris Lahti
Iiris Lahti is a data and AI strategist who specializes in driving the utilization of data and helping companies to evolve their data-driven culture, scale up their data capabilities, and gain sustainable business value from data and AI solutions.
For the past 15+ years, she has been focusing on understanding and resolving how different companies find the most relevant data and refine and integrate it into their business processes and daily work. She has worked as a business controller, a consultant helping clients in various industries to utilize the full potential of their data and analytics systems, and as a development director of data utilization in Sanoma Media Finland. Her role at Sanoma was to drive the company-wide data-driven culture transformation and lead a team of 20+ analysts and data scientists supporting consumer sales, media content design, customer service, and digital service development operations.
Lahti is a founding partner of AI Roots, a network and agency for data professionals. At AI Roots, she helped companies across various industries build winning data teams and exploit the potential of data through the right skills and talent. Currently, she works as Head of Services & Customer Success at Saidot, contributing to the development of an AI governance platform that aims to support the responsible use of AI in organizations.
Program Fee and Registration
Other Leading Digital Transformation Modules
You can register for individual stand-alone Leading Digital Transformation modules or take the complete Leading Digital Transformation program, including all three core modules and one elective module of your choice.
