Human Intelligence, AI and the Decisions That Shape Growth

A thinking session for founders, CEOs and senior product, technology, innovation and transformation leaders on making the right investment decisions at the right time as AI changes what is possible

Every organization already holds a great deal of the intelligence it needs to make better decisions about what to invest in, build and move forward.Customer insight, product knowledge, operational experience, previous learning and emerging signals are constantly being generated across the business.The difficulty is that they are spread across teams, conversations and systems, while different people naturally see different parts of the reality.This matters most when an important decision is live.There may be significant time, money, skills or future growth at stake, the situation may be changing quickly, and there is rarely perfect certainty about what to do next.You may personally have quite a clear view of the direction.The harder task can be bringing enough of the relevant intelligence and perspectives into the decision, so that leadership can make the call, commit to it and move together.When that does not happen, priorities compete, decisions get reopened and opportunities can be missed.Investments take longer to move forward or fail to create the customer and business value they could.AI can help us work with more of what the organization already knowsIt can surface recurring customer signals from conversations and feedback, connect them with product, operational and business information, bring relevant learning from earlier decisions back into view, and reveal patterns or tensions that might otherwise remain scattered across teams and systems.This can make more of the relevant intelligence available while there is still time for it to shape the decision.But even a more purposeful use of AI does not automatically lead to better decisions.The human intelligence around it needs to evolve too.Innovative thinking, interpretation, imagination, intuition, discernment and judgment still determine what is important, what possibilities are worth pursuing and what we are willing to invest in.In this session, we explore what becomes possible when evolving human intelligence works alongside AI, particularly when leaders need to decide what to invest in, build or move forward in product, innovation and transformation.

A THINKING SESSION
FOR LEADERS

This session is not a traditional webinar, but rather an hour to step out of the day-to-day and look at one real situation in your organization from a different perspective.You don't need to prepare anything, but it can help to come to the session with something in mind.It can be an important decision you need to make soon, an investment you are not fully confident in, a decision that keeps getting reopened, somewhere the organization keeps stalling, or another situation that is taking more of your attention or energy than it should.You will not be asked to present it or share any information about it in the session. It is simply there to give your thinking something real to work with.The session gives you a dedicated time to take a look at what may be repeatedly producing the friction, whether the same pattern is showing up elsewhere, and what might begin to change it.Together we'll explore which dimensions of human intelligence can help us see more clearly what sits underneath these frictions, and how developing those abilities more deliberately can help us get more value from AI.The point is not to solve the whole situation in an hour.It is to see it differently enough to notice something useful about what is really going on, what you might change once you return to your daily work, and how better human thinking together with AI could help you make stronger decisions about what deserves attention, investment and action next.

Choose a session that suits you

A Thinking SessionHuman Intelligence, AI and the Decisions That Shape GrowthOnline via Zoom
1 hr | By invitation only
Choose the session that works best for you on the Zoom registration page.Sessions are available in English and Finnish.

Want to have a Thinking Session within your organization?

I also run these sessions for leadership teams and groups working in product, innovation and transformation, using a real situation or question from the organization as the starting point.Get in touch and we can explore what would be useful for you.Email: [email protected]

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a webinar?

Not in the traditional sense.

There will be some short framing and guiding questions from me, but the session is designed to help you look at one real situation from your own work in a new way.

You will have time to think, notice what may be sitting underneath the immediate challenge and explore what could help you move it forward.

There will also be space to hear perspectives from other senior leaders, while you decide for yourself what you want to share.

Do I need to share confidential company information?

No.

You can work with your own situation privately throughout the session and choose what, if anything, you want to share with the group.

You do not need to disclose confidential company information in order to get value from the Thinking Session.

Who is the Thinking Session for?

The Thinking Session is for founders, CEOs and senior leaders responsible for growth through product, technology, digital or transformation.

It is particularly relevant if increasing complexity is already affecting how decisions are made, or if your organization is growing and you want the way you lead and make decisions to evolve with it.

Do I need to prepare anything?

Very little.

Just come with one real decision, initiative, investment or growth challenge that matters to you.

It can be something that currently feels difficult, slow or unusually demanding, or simply something where you want greater confidence that you are making the right call.

Is this a sales session?

No.

The main purpose of is to give you useful perspective, clarity and something concrete you can take back into your work, whether or not we ever work together afterwards.

At the end, I will briefly explain how you can continue the discussion with me with reference to your organization and situation, if you so wish.

However, there is absolutely no obligation to continue.

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