Leadership in the Age of AI – AI Agents Supporting Executive Leadership and Business

Note: this event is in finnish

Strategy development, M&A due diligence, budget analysis, defining must-win battles, competitor benchmarking, market monitoring...

The new AI agents in the Microsoft ecosystem provide significant support for executive teams, particularly in gathering and analyzing information. They elevate the role of information in decision-making to an entirely new level and take over many tasks that previously required days of work or were effectively impossible due to time constraints.

Join us for a free morning event on November 26 at Microsoft House in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland, to explore AI agents and their controlled adoption!

The event is designed for senior executives and business decision-makers who want to understand the opportunities offered by AI agents, their costs, the steps required for controlled deployment, and practical examples of how they can be used in their own work.

Agenda

• Practical examples of AI agent use cases, with a focus on executive leadership activities such as strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, competitor benchmarking, and market monitoring

• How different agents, such as Microsoft Cowork, Analyst, and Researcher, operate, and how to select the most suitable and cost-effective agent for each task

• How to introduce agents into daily work in a controlled manner while managing usage costs, and what executives should consider regarding technology and language model decisions

• The future of AI: highlights from the Microsoft Ignite conference held the previous week

• Discussion, Q&A, and networking opportunities over breakfast and lunch

The presentation session will take place from 9:00 to 11:00. Breakfast will be served starting at 8:30, and lunch will follow the presentations. Speakers: Context& AI expert and Microsoft MVP Petri Jämsen, and Head of Consulting Minna Snirvi.

The event is part of the Microsoft AI Lab event series.

How can these agents be utilized?

Would you like to create communications based on your materials, need help preparing summaries, want to know what other organizations in your sector are communicating about a specific topic, or analyze your organization’s budget and produce a quarterly review? For all these and thousands of other use cases, you can leverage your new colleagues.

Microsoft Cowork

Cowork gets the work done for you. It does not simply “help you do it”; it plans, executes, reports, and improves quality. At key stages, it pauses and asks for permission before proceeding. You tell it what you need, and Cowork takes care of the rest.

Researcher

Researcher gathers and compiles information for you from your own files, emails, meetings, and the web, then turns it into a clear, source-based report. For example, you can explore a broad topic without spending hours searching, or receive a summary with verifiable sources.

Researcher is especially useful for:

• Complex or multi-step questions that require depth

• Collecting context and insights from multiple sources

• Creating detailed reports, market analyses, or meeting summaries

Analyst

Analyst is like having your own data analyst. You provide a spreadsheet or file, ask a question, and receive an answer without needing analytics expertise yourself. For example, it can compare figures, identify trends, generate forecasts from data, and present results as ready-made charts and tables.

Analyst is especially useful for:

• Analyzing large datasets to identify trends and patterns

• Producing data-driven insights for reports and presentations

• Creating complex charts from your data

• Building forecasts to support planning and decision-making