Digital Transformation & AI Strategy
How organizations design, prioritize, and execute transformation and turn AI from experimentation into real business value.
Digital transformation does not fail because of technology. It fails because of unclear priorities, fragmented execution, and a lack of alignment between business and IT.
These insights focus on how organizations move from strategy to execution, how AI initiatives can be scaled responsibly, and how leaders can turn complexity into structured progress.
The focus is on what works in reality: defining direction, making trade-offs, and building transformation models that deliver measurable outcomes.
Latest in Digital Transformation & AI Strategy
Practical insights on digital transformation and AI strategy, from prioritization and operating models to execution at scale.
Why Agentic AI Is Stalling in Switzerland and What CIOs Should Do About It
Agentic AI is not stalling in Swiss and European enterprises because of the technology, but because of missing trust and accountability structures. This article provides CIOs with a practical risk assessment framework, six diagnostic questions, a five-level autonomy model and a six-step roadmap to move from cautious pilots to governed, scalable deployments.
Questions This Hub Helps Answer
While writing these articles, I am involved in a continuous process of exploring how to better understand the strategic questions that shape transformation results. My task is to crystallize ideas and explore the real decisions leaders face when priorities conflict, when AI outpaces the organization, and when execution is more complex than the strategy. These articles are my way of working through those questions and trying to find answers that are more clear and practically relevant.
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- What makes digital transformation efforts fail?
- What should an AI strategy actually include?
- How do organizations move from pilot to value?
- How should leaders prioritize transformation?
Transformation Strategy
Define clear direction and priorities. Understand how to move from vision to executable strategy without creating fragmentation.
AI Adoption & Scaling
From pilots to production. Learn how to structure AI initiatives that create real value and avoid isolated experiments.
Operating Models
Design how teams, platforms, and processes work together to support transformation at scale.
Execution & Prioritization
Transformation is about choices. Explore how leaders prioritize, sequence initiatives, and avoid spreading efforts too thin.
Confessions of a Head of IT: What I Wish Every CEO Knew About AI Projects
It seems like AI is a success story from the outside, since almost every company says they are “using AI.” As the Head of IT, the truth is more complicated from the inside. In this article, I talk about five real problems with AI projects in 2026, from the zoo of tools we’ve made to the lack of a human operating system. I also talk about what CEOs and boards really need to do to fix things.
Europe’s Bold AI Gamble: Can a Sovereign, Ethical Model Compete with the U.S. and China?
The new large language model that Switzerland made for the public is more than just a technical achievement. It shows that Europe is trying to create its own moral and independent way of using AI, separate from the U.S. and China. The main question is whether a model based on values can still compete in a world where size, speed, and private capital are the most important things.
Balancing AI and Human Judgment: The Leader’s New Challenge
In a world of constant notifications and AI-driven tools, the rarest asset for leaders is focused attention. This article explores why attention protection is a core leadership requirement and how to use deep work, technology settings, smarter environments, and daily routines to maintain clarity and sound judgment.
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