AI Monday RECAP

AI: from Strategy to Implementation

AI Monday, Mar 31, 2025

Mar 31, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

The March edition of AI Monday Helsinki focused on the theme “AI: from Strategy to Implementation” offering a practical look at how organizations can move from ambition to action.

Organized in collaboration with FCAI and Ämplify, the event featured perspectives from academia, consulting, and industry.

Speakers shared insights on AI strategy, implementation challenges, and how to create real business value—highlighting what it takes to turn plans into progress.

Key takeaways

Karoliina Partanen, Director at AI Finland, introduced the AI 1000: Growth from AI program aimed at training 1,000 boards and management teams to identify and implement growth-generating AI projects. She emphasized the need for top-level commitment to reinvent core business models through AI and highlighted the importance of closer collaboration between academia and industry.

Lauri Järvilehto, professor and author, explored the strategic implementation of generative AI and the challenges organizations face at the “Jagged Frontier”—where potential gains meet real-world complexity. He stressed the importance of critical thinking, trial and error, and leadership understanding of AI tools. While productivity gains are possible, misuse or poor integration often leads to inefficiency.

Niina Hagman, Director of Data & AI Transformation Advisory at DAIN Studios, spoke about moving from AI strategy to business-as-usual AI. She addressed the systemic challenges of implementation—process changes, governance, investment—and highlighted the need for leadership prioritization, capability building, and a shift from hype to long-term value generation.

Sami Ahma-aho, AI Lead Architect at Neste, emphasized the importance of tangible outcomes over technology hype. He differentiated between AI-native and AI-applying companies, urging the latter to focus on real-world use cases and strategic alignment. Sami presented a practical value-tracking framework used at Neste, linking data and AI outputs to strategic business goals.

Stay tuned for the next AI Monday, where we continue exploring the future of AI in business and society!

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The speakers

Sami Ahma-Aho

AI Architecture Lead

— Neste

Niina Hagman

Director, Data & AI Transformation Advisory

— DAIN Studios

Lauri Järvilehto

Professor of Practice

— Aalto University

Karoliina Partanen

Director

— AI Finland

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