How to succeed with AI innovation

We all see it and feel it every day – achieving value from AI investments is no easy task. Scroll down to unpack the three building blocks needed to move from AI discovery to AI value.

6%

Companies will spend $2.7 trillion on AI in 2026.Gartner, 2026

Only 6% attribute 5% or more of their EBIT to it.McKinsey, 2026

AI transformation is an innovation discipline, not a technology discipline. It shifts the focus from what can be built to what will bring the most value, with initiatives prioritized based on results.

What can be built

  • The opportunities are endless
  • Anyone can develop PoCs in days

Discovery
to AI value

What will bring the most value

  • AI value comes from few use cases
  • Solve for strategically aligned problems

The three building blocks of moving from AI discovery to AI value

Designing it

Doing it

Living it

Designing it in an operating model for AI innovation - securing continuous success

Doing it by selecting and funding use cases like an investor

Living it by enabling the leaders and the organization

An operating model that makes your ambitions for AI achievable - and addresses the key challenges in the way of attaining AI value.

Making the right use cases come to life - with a repeatable, fail-fast process that evaluates use cases based on results, and the mandate to decide whether a use case should proceed, pivot or be parked.

To achieve value from AI investments, it is crucial to develop the AI maturity of the leaders and people in the organization.

No two journeys are the same

No matter how far you've come on your AI journey, a structured approach to AI development helps you get the most from your investment. Here's how we can help you apply an innovation lens to your AI portfolio, wherever you are today.

Pick the statement that sounds most like your organization.

AI Discovery Sprint

A sprint that translates your key challenges into opportunity spaces and breaks them down into concrete, prioritized initiatives – facilitated by us, driven by you.

AI Operating Model

We facilitate the definition of your targets and ambitions for AI, and structure a setup that repeatedly validates initiatives against these targets, testing fast at low cost so you can scale at low risk.

AI Health Check

Run a validation sprint to uncover which live initiatives are performing and which aren't, based on a clear definition of how to measure value.

AI Maturity Assessment

Perform a maturity assessment to identify processes, tools or organizational structures to redesign for AI-integrated ways of working.

Reach out to us

That almost sounds too good to be true – well done! We are eager to hear how it is working for you!

We can help you get started with your AI journey.

We help the world's leading companies make AI come to life. Reach out to us.

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Head of Strategy & Transformation

Dan Nielsen

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Senior Consultant

Jacob Zacho