A comprehensive approach to AI adoption in business, focused on delivering measurable value and high ROI from AI investments
Key advantages of our comprehensive approach
Team of independent experts with more than 15 years of proven collaboration, ensuring business-successful AI transformations with measurable value for all organizational stakeholders, across various industries.Value-driven approachThe entire approach is focused on delivering measurable business value and high ROI.
End-to-end serviceWe cover all dimensions of a successful AI adoption: strategy, business models, processes, data, people, and AI technologies, regardless of organization size or industry.
Globally proven methodologyOur approach combines recognized international business standards with established business analysis frameworks.
Expert alliance synergyComplementary skills, long-term partnership, one goal: your AI success.
Beyond advisoryWe actively participate in execution and implementation.
Why a comprehensive and structured approach to AI adoption is critical
Research from leading global institutions highlights alarming results regarding AI investments:
- MIT NANDA research shows that 95% of AI pilot projects have no measurable impact on business outcomes.
- Boston Consulting Group reports that only 5% of organizations achieve real value from AI at scale. These organizations achieve up to 5× revenue growth and 3× greater cost reduction compared to others.
Despite significant investments, most organizations fail to realize tangible results.
The primary issue is not technology, but the lack of a comprehensive business approach and insufficient management of organizational change. As a result, many organizations remain stuck in isolated pilot initiatives that never scale into real business solutions.
What value do the best companies realize with AI transformation?
Leading organizations (“AI Achievers”, “Future-built enterprises”) demonstrate the following results:
1. BCG – The Widening AI Value Gap (September 2025):
Survey of 1,250 CxOs and senior leaders across 68 countries and 9 industries.
Survey of 1,250 CxOs and senior leaders across 68 countries and 9 industries.
- 1.7× higher revenue growth
- 1.6× higher EBIT margins
- 3.6× higher three-year total shareholder return (TSR)
- 2.7× higher return on invested capital (ROIC)
- Over 40% lower preventive maintenance costs
- 20–30% lower marketing costs
2. Accenture – Reinventing Enterprise Operations with GenAI (2024):
Survey of 2,000 CxOs across 15 industries and 12 countries.
- 2.5× higher revenue growth
- 2.4× higher productivity
What AIVaaSTM delivers
AI Value as a Service (AIVaaSTM) is our comprehensive approach to AI adoption that places business value ahead of technology.
AI Value as a Service (AIVaaSTM) is our comprehensive approach to AI adoption that places business value ahead of technology.
We ensure:
- Alignment of your AI ambition with required resources and organizational readiness
- Continuous alignment with strategic priorities and competitive advantages
- Clearly defined business objectives and KPI/OKRs for each AI initiative
- Identification of AI use cases with the highest ROI potential
- Development of robust business cases
- Assessment of data maturity and guidance toward AI-data-ready status
- Preparation of leaders and employees for AI-driven change
- Support in selecting the most appropriate AI solutions and vendors
- Transition from AI pilots to scalable business solutions with measurable value
Our role and delivering outcomes
By partnering with us, you gain:
- Protection of ROI: Safeguarding AI investments before, during, and after implementation.
- Short- and long-term business impact: Identification and prioritization of AI initiatives with:
a) the highest business value and b) the fastest time to realization. - Risk reduction: Additional expertise and experience in managing risks associated with AI adoption.
- End-to-end continuity: From strategic ambition to operational execution—ensuring AI initiatives directly support strategy realization.
- Acceleration of organizational change: Increased engagement of leaders and employees, enhanced competencies, and hands-on support during execution.
- One comprehensive team and clear accountability: Independent, fully integrated transformation team covering: strategy, business models, processes, data, and AI technology. This ensures faster execution, reduced coordination effort, and no fragmented responsibility.
How we work
Business AI-Ready framework ensures that organizations become ready across four critical areas, in the correct sequence:
- Business-Ready: We connect AI with your strategic and business objectives and identify AI opportunities based on strategy, business models, processes, customers, and employees. We also define measurable business outcomes and KPIs and prioritize AI initiatives based on value and ROI.
- Organization-Ready: We assess leadership and workforce readiness for change and design change management strategies, build AI competencies, establish AI governance, and manage AI-related risks.
- AI-Ready: We assess process suitability and data maturity for selected AI opportunities. We also identify gaps, define concrete AI use cases, and perform final prioritization based on value, feasibility, and gap-closure capability.
- Implementation-Ready: We close identified gaps, develop prototypes, select AI solutions and vendors, calculate ROI, establish project governance, monitor business impact, and ensure scaling beyond pilots.
Most AI initiatives fail because organizations start with technology rather than business value and people readiness.
AIVaaS™ prevents this by following the correct sequence: business value → people → processes → data → AI implementation.
We work as partners, not external consultants. We collaborate closely with your teams and help build sustainable AI capabilities within your organization.
Key commitment: Your AI initiatives will not remain pilots, they will become scalable, value-generating business solutions.
Additional safeguards
- Value-oriented execution: Every step is focused on measurable business impact.
- Continuous performance tracking.
- Proven methodology: Transparent process, clear responsibilities, and full visibility.
- Performance-based business model: Part of our compensation is tied to realized business value.
- Vendor independence: We are not tied to any AI vendor or technology, we represent only your interests.
Next step
Interested in how AIVaaS™ can support your organization? Invite us for a strategic consultation where we will:
- Discuss your strategic priorities and business challenges
- Define your AI ambition level and required capabilities
- Identify AI opportunities in your specific business context
- Present a tailored approach aligned with your goal
Trusted by:
The AIVaaS™ expert team
Team of long-term collaborators and exceptional experts:
- Strategic advisor: Aligns AI initiatives with strategy, business models, and processes; defines measurable outcomes.
- Process expert: Identifies AI-optimizable processes and links process improvements to AI opportunities.
- Data specialist: Assesses data readiness, advises on improvements, and builds AI-ready data foundations.
- AI architect: Designs AI solutions and supports technology and vendor selection.
- Project manager: Ensures AI initiatives move beyond pilots into sustainable business solutions.
Experts:
Aleš Štempihar is an expert in strategic business transformations with more than 25 years of experience, including over a decade focused on business digital transformation. He approaches business in a holistic yet highly structured way, with a deep understanding of its underlying principles and complexity. He has collaborated with more than 70 CEOs and over 100 members of top executive management teams of leading organizations, which gives him unique insight into the key challenges faced at the highest decision-making levels. He approaches digital and AI transformations primarily from the perspective of alignment with business strategy, ensuring that every initiative delivers measurable business results and contributes to long-term competitive advantage.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ales64/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ales64/Mag. Andrej Guštin is an expert in business analysis and business process management with more than 20 years of experience. From the very beginning of his career, he has been actively involved in business process transformation projects as an expert consultant. Through a combination of business analysis methods, process modeling, and—more recently—the application of artificial intelligence, he supports organizations in achieving greater efficiency, transparency, and business value. His work is focused on finding the optimal balance between people, processes, and technology, and on introducing modern approaches that enable organizations to become truly ready for the effective adoption and use of artificial intelligence.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrej-gustin-ag/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrej-gustin-ag/Igor Smirnov is an expert in data analytics and business analysis with more than 20 years of experience in applying data to create business value. His work bridges technical excellence with a deep understanding of data in a business context. He helps organizations build data maturity and establish AI-ready data environments—ranging from data cleansing, structuring, and governance of data sources to the design of processes, architectures, and practices that enable effective use of artificial intelligence and the generation of measurable business value from data.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorbsmirnov/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorbsmirnov/Mag. Primož Frelih combines experience in project and product management with a strong understanding of business analysis and agile approaches. He has extensive experience leading Project Management Offices (PMOs) and significant hands-on experience with introducing AI into business processes. He has built his reputation through international projects, where he developed a comprehensive approach to aligning business goals, user experience, and technology. He views AI as a strategic tool that enables organizations to learn faster, innovate more effectively, and make smarter decisions. His work is grounded in practical experience, a strong understanding of people and processes, and the ability to recognize how AI and modern digital tools can increase value for organizations and their users.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/primozfrelih/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/primozfrelih/Katarina Veselič represents the voice of customers and employees in the design of business-meaningful AI initiatives. By connecting business thinking, AI, marketing, employee experience (EX), and human/service design, she helps organizations create solutions with clear purpose, accountability, and measurable value.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarinaveselic/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarinaveselic/IIBA Slovenija is part of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®), the leading global organization in the field of business analysis. In our work, we apply internationally recognized IIBA techniques, methods, and approaches that enable structured, evidence-based, and measurable achievement of business value, as well as successful change management.