Succeedcast

Succeedcast

Welcome to Succeedcast - a place where business leaders come to turn their AI ambitions into business results by learning from their peers and industry experts.

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September 14, 2026 42 mins

In this episode, I sat down with Maria Niiniharju, VP AI strategy & Transformation at Siili Solutions . Siili is a Helsinki-based frontrunner in AI-powered software development. Maria cuts through the noise and reveals the real reason AI transformations fail: it’s not about the technology. It’s about who’s actually accountable for results, budget, resources and processes that AI will transform. Discover why yo...

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In this conversation we sit down to talk with Janina Luoto who is the CEO and Owner of Islet Group. Islet is one of Finland’s most respected SAP, Data & AI boutique consulting firms. They have now delivered close to 20 enterprise AI projects. We learn from Janina and their experience at Islet how to focus on the enterprise problem instead of technology to create value. And that, not everything needs to be solved with AI.

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In this episode, I sat down with Krista Korelin who is a VP and Nordic Head of Digital Sales and Customer Engagement at Nordea’s Business Banking division.

We discussed about the benefits of AI in a highly regulated sector like Banking on both short and long horizons. Krista makes a very wise point about focusing on key business processes that create most business value and using AI to remove friction from those processes. She...

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In this episode, I spoke with Nina Nissilä, who serves as Director, and 2nd Deputy Director General at Kela, which is Finland’s Social Insurance Institution. Kela is undergoing a 7-year long journey to modernize its IT systems for Finnish citizens benefits processing and Nina is its strategic leader. We talk about where AI makes sense and where just rule-based automation suffices to bring efficiency and speed. Finland is EU&r...

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In this episode we discuss with Maria Krajewska-Olkkonen, Managing Director, Corporate and Individual Business at Hintsa Performance. Hintsa is a premium performance coaching brand from Finland. They specialise in coaching & elevating performance of elite athletes, executives and their teams. In the age of AI while retaining AI as a strategic priority, premium brands like Hintsa go above and beyond to deliver genuinely unique h...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 :-)

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

(01:31) Welcome to Succeedcast

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April 23, 2026 1 min

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.

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