In this episode, we discuss with Mika Majakorpi, the CTO of Nitor, a digital engineering company in the heart of Helsinki. We talk about how AI is changing their own business model and their clients operating model. We also get useful tips from Mika on how to run AI transformations successfully starting with data plumbing

Listen until the very end after the music, to hear a 60 seconds recap of this interview by AI. It’s witty and funny and makes us wonder about our exciting future with AI :-)

(00:00) Welcome to Succeedcast

(00:26) Meet Mika Majakorpi — CTO at Nitor

(02:40) Does the custom software development model hold in the AI era?

(04:30) AI-assisted coding: Efficiency play or leverage

(07:49) Conversational commerce and product discovery

(12:06) Turning AI experimentation into business results

(18:21) Beyond chat: autonomous AI agents

(20:17) Three concrete recommendations for business leaders

(23:31) Closing: lead, speed and succeed

(24:40) Behind the curtains with Rashmi and her AI assistant

In this episode, we talk with Katri Harra, a senior Board professional, former CDO of Finnair & Kojamo & Founder of Grip Strategy. Katri shares how she led Finnair through its greatest digital leap, why cultural transformation and Team work matter the most in Transformations, how boards should govern AI strategy, and what every leader needs to do today to future-proof their organisation in the age of AI.

Chapters in this Episode:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:30) Katri’s journey with Finnair Digital Transformation

(15:05) Boards in the Age of AI

(24:29) Does Every Company Need an AI Strategy?

(32:18) Introducing GRIP Strategy

(37:49) Close the distance between Tech and Business

(43:12) Three Recommendations for AI Leaders + A Bonus

(50:13) Behind the Curtains with Rashmi and her AI Assistant

Why the timing for AI is commercially apt now? How have the previous industrial revolutions changed our business landscape and where does AI fit into this? And what should business leaders do about this evolution? What is the opportunity and how do we grab it fast?

Listen until the very end after the music, AI has something to say :-)

Chapters in this episode:

(00:00) Why the timing feels so apt for AI?

(01:31) Welcome to Succeedcast

(02:18) A modern twist — meet the AI co-host

(02:42) First industrial revolution: mechanisation and the factory system

(03:51) Second industrial revolution: steam, railways and national markets

(04:38) Third industrial revolution: redesigning operating models with the electric motor

(06:15) Fourth industrial revolution: semiconductors, software and the internet

(07:20) Why incumbents break when technology evolves

(08:06) The judgment bottleneck and its three dimensions

(09:58) Global scale and why AI arrives now

(10:58) Recap: the pattern across industrial revolutions

(11:50) Rashmi’s three practical recommendations for leaders

(13:18) Closing: Lead, speed and succeed

(14:08) Humor with AI

Launch of Succeedcast, a one of a kind podcast made by a Business Technology Leader in collaboration with her AI assistant who is featured in all episodes as a co-creator.

Succeedcast is a podcast where business leaders come to turn their AI ambitions into real business results by learning from their peers and industry experts.