Radical operational pragmatism
If your data is chaos, AI just automates the chaos, faster. So we fix the foundations before a single tool goes in.
Just buying AI tools will not transform your business. People, processes and data have to be ready.
We fix the foundations first.
And then we execute successful AI transformations.
STELAI is your strategic partner for every step of the journey.
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The real problem
AI transformation is still transformation. Companies aren’t lost on tools, but on readiness.
95%
of enterprise AI pilots deliver no measurable bottom-line impact. The cause isn’t model quality, but readiness.
MIT, State of AI in Business 2025
56%
of senior managers at large Czech firms say their data isn’t fit to build reliable AI on.
Adastra, 2025
~3×
more likely to see real financial returns, for companies that built strong AI foundations first.
PwC CEO Survey, 2026Why STELAI
Four reasons why companies choose us.
Proven, expert-led delivery
15+ years, 100+ experts and lecturers, 50+ transformations across three continents, at a 95% success rate.
We neutralise internal resistance
We turn fear into adoption, with communication and training from leading business personalities and lecturers.
Your operational partner
We don’t hand over a deck and leave. We stay your operational partner throughout the delivery.
What we do
Services
From the first thorough assessment to running continuous AI transformation on your own. You can start anywhere, but most companies start with our STELAI Transformation Plan.
STELAI Transformation Plan
In 3 to 5 weeks we analyse your AI readiness and hand you a risk assessment and a complete implementation plan.
See what it coversImplementation & deployment
We recommend the right technology based on our findings and guide its deployment, staying with you through the whole rollout.
See the four stagesTraining & lectures
Half day and full day sessions at your premises, plus open public events. We turn scepticism into everyday use.
See the formatsChange management & support
Communication, adoption and recruitment support, so your own team is ready to carry the transformation forward.
Talk to usHow we work
The four stages of AI readiness.
We guide you through the entire AI implementation, from the very beginning to the end of the transformational journey, so that you continue successfully on your own.
Communicate
Awareness
We communicate and motivate your employees to become active participants in the transformation.
This is the stage most companies skip, and it is why their pilots stall. People who do not understand why AI is arriving will quietly work around it, so we start by winning them over, not by installing software.
Prepare
Foundations
We clean your data and fix your processes before launching any AI tools.
AI amplifies whatever it is given. Feed it undocumented processes and inconsistent data and it will only scale the mess faster, so we map how you actually work today and fix that first.
Implement
Deployment
We recommend the right technology based on our findings and guide its deployment.
The choice follows your environment and your business case, not a licence deal. And we stay through the rollout, which is exactly where most projects are handed over and quietly die.
Sustain
Independence
We train, support and help you recruit, so your team can continue the AI transformation with confidence.
The knowledge, the documentation and the people stay with you, so the next wave of AI tools is something your own team can absorb. We stay on hand as your strategic partner for whatever comes next.
Where to begin
The STELAI Transformation Plan
In only 3–5 weeks we will analyse your AI readiness and hand you a risk assessment and a complete implementation plan.
We look at your company through four lenses
People
Readiness of your people and management for the AI transformation.Process
Less manual work and fewer inefficiencies.Data
Data quality fit for reporting and decisions.Technology
Systems, tools and integrations ready for the AI transformation.How it runs
- Week 1Discovery
Business goals, interviews with key people, and gathering the inputs.
- Weeks 2–4Analysis
Map processes, systems and data; assess impact, effort and ROI.
- Weeks 4–5Transformation Plan
Prioritised roadmap, pilot proposals and the recommended path forward.
What you walk away with
- An AI-readiness overview of your company
- A map of concrete, ranked AI opportunities
- A risk assessment of the critical areas
- A prioritised AI roadmap with first pilot projects
- Process recommendations, a people training plan and change management
Scope3–5 weeks
Estimated paybackwithin 6 months
Start with a plan
Many of our services can be part-funded through the OP TAK programme.
Training & lectures
We come to you, train your people and get them on board.
AI adoption fails on people, not on tools. Our lecturers spend half a day or a full day at your premises, turning scepticism into confident, practical use. We also run open public events for individuals and smaller teams.
AI Awareness
Half-day lecture- Who it is for
- Management teams and whole departments meeting AI for the first time.
- What we cover
- Where AI genuinely helps and where it does not, live demonstrations on your own examples, and the risks worth taking seriously.
- You walk away with
- A room that understands what AI changes for them, and stops being afraid of it.
Practical AI
Full-day training- Who it is for
- Teams that will actually use AI in their daily work.
- What we cover
- Everything in the half day, plus hands-on practice, use cases by department, work with prompts and workflows, and an internal adoption plan.
- You walk away with
- People who can use AI on Monday morning, and a written list of the use cases to start with.
In your company
We come to your place of business. The content is tailored to your industry, your processes and the systems your people actually use, so the examples are yours and not generic screenshots.
Open events
Public lectures and workshops for individuals and smaller teams, including at Innovation Week, the largest AI event in Central Europe.
Our AI 4C Framework
Successful AI adoption is 20% technology and 80% mindset, critical judgement and human confidence. That is why our training does not stop at “which buttons to click”. It is built on four pillars that turn passive users into confident, autonomous innovators.
Courage
Culture of experimentation and adaptability
- Mental resilience and agility
- Unlearning outdated routines
- Personal ownership of innovation
Loses the fear of mistakes, actively looks for automation opportunities and retires outdated routines.
Connection
Human synergy and empathy
- Emotional intelligence and empathy
- Building trust in hybrid teams
- Handling atypical and emotionally complex cases
Strengthens relationships with clients and colleagues exactly where algorithms hit their limits.
Context
Contextual architecture
- Problem framing: defining the problem precisely
- Orchestrating AI workflows
- Advanced prompting and framing
Takes the role of architect and translates a business task into precise instructions for AI.
Criticality
Critical assessment and governance
- Fact-checking and spotting hallucinations
- AI governance and data security
- Ethical judgement and risk management
Acts as the quality guarantee, checking outputs and protecting the company’s know-how and reputation.
Topics we cover
- AI fundamentals for management
- Practical AI in everyday work
- Use cases by department: finance, HR, sales, operations
- Data quality and security basics
- Change management and adoption
- The EU AI Act and AI literacy obligations
- Mental resilience, unlearning and a culture of experimentation
- Emotional intelligence and trust in hybrid human-AI teams
- Problem framing, advanced prompting and AI workflows
- Fact-checking AI outputs and spotting hallucinations
- AI governance, ethics and risk management
- Critical thinking and disinformation in the age of AI
Delivered by people who have done it
Sessions are led by our experts and a pool of more than 100 lecturers, including former Google and Microsoft country leaders and the author of the bestseller “Naked in the Age of AI”.
References & team
Who we have worked with.
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Management & experts
Pavel Ohnoutka
Co-founder & CEO, StrategiX
A transformation expert in AI business transformation, digitalisation and crisis management, with over a decade of experience across 30+ companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Tsvetomir Todorov
Finance & Transformation Partner, StrategiX
A finance and business-performance leader who has partnered with C-suites and boards for a decade, from FP&A across 20+ EMEA markets to group-level transformation, strengthening cash governance and data-driven decisions.
Lukáš Sedláček
Founder & CEO, ELAI · Innovation Week
Founder of ELAI and Innovation Week, the largest AI event in Central Europe. Ex-President of the Oxford & Cambridge Alumni Society CZ and author of the bestseller “Naked in the Age of AI”, endorsed by representatives of the UN, OpenAI and Cambridge.
Tania le Moigne
AI Transformation Expert
Former Country Manager of Google for the Czech Republic (18 years), Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Over 35 years of leadership and management across international tech companies, including Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.
Daniel Franc
AI Implementation & Delivery
An experienced AI implementation, project-management and IT expert. Founded one of the world’s largest developer-community initiatives (Google Developer Groups) and served 13 years as a Global Program Manager at Google.
Our chief experts
The people behind our training.
A selection from our pool of 100+ lecturers: leaders, scientists and practitioners who drive transformation themselves every day. Each of them teaches within one of the four pillars of our AI 4C Framework.
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Courage
Culture of experimentation and adaptability
Jan Zadák
Former Global Vice President, Hewlett-Packard
Former President of HP Enterprise Services for EMEA and one of the highest-ranking Czech managers globally, with 20+ years in top management.
Radek Špicar
Vice-President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
Charles University and Cambridge graduate, former deputy to the Deputy Prime Minister for the economy, ex-Škoda Auto management and former head of Aspen Institute Central Europe.
Adriana Jahňáková
Innovation and creative thinking expert, ex-VP Global Marketing, LEGO Group
29 years in executive roles at P&G, Coca-Cola, Plzeňský Prazdroj and LEGO, most recently VP Global Marketing at LEGO headquarters in Denmark.
Tomáš Studeník
Founder of FuckUp Nights CZ, generative AI pioneer
Radical innovator and author. Runs Insane Business Ideas and the CEE Hacks innovation marathons, and founded the healthtech incubator Caelestinus.
Šimon Pánek
Co-founder and Director, People in Need
Leads the largest NGO in Central and Eastern Europe, a partner of the UN, the EU and major donor governments, built on authentic, values-based leadership.
Katarina Emma Schapiro
Courage expert, The Courage Journey
Former executive at Andersen Consulting, Egon Zehnder, Christian Dior and YSL. Has worked with clients of 50+ nationalities and leads leadership programmes in the Himalayas.
Jan Hanuš
Mindset and courage expert, founder of Mindevity, ex-CEO Mall Group
Former CEO of Mall Group and Telenor Hungary, and head of Emco and Kostelecké uzeniny. In 2025 he built Mindevity, an app that turns plans into real steps.
Leonid Kushnir
Creative thinking expert, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
The only fully certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® trainer of trainers in Czechia and Slovakia, with 16+ years in facilitation, change management and digital transformation.
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Connection
Human synergy and empathy
Lucie Kroftová
Adaptability, teamwork and courage expert
15+ years across People & Culture, project management and finance, including Site Lead at Johnson & Johnson. Founder of Nolimi, connecting talent with disabilities to inclusive employers.
Miky Škoda
Founder and CEO, Mobilis Institute
Helps companies introduce AI strategically, build an innovation culture and strengthen team adaptability. MBA lecturer at Newton University and startup mentor.
Jiří Kůs
Chief psychologist and therapist
Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, chief psychologist at the Písek psychiatric hospital and university lecturer on the psychology of influence.
Victoria Deer
CEO and Founder, Systers
Innovator and holistic health expert, author of the bestseller “Hoř pomalu” and founder of Systers.bio, the first Czech project focused on women’s physiology and wellbeing.
Ivana Šedivá
Board member, ex-CMO Johnson & Johnson and McDonald’s
Almost 30 years in executive roles at Most Admired Companies, mentor to nearly 1,000 leaders and a Google for Startups trainer. Studied artificial intelligence (Ing., CSc.).
Michaela Kühtreiberová
Team and leadership performance expert
20+ years in HR overlapping into marketing and IT: HR strategy, audits, change management, restructuring and HR system rollouts. Certified coach.
Tereza Karnetová
Team mastery expert
HR business partner and certified strengths coach from Red Bull, helping companies work with internal talent to lift engagement and team performance.
Jakub Hladík
Expert in interpersonal relations
Founder of InClaris Consulting with 20+ years in diplomacy and international business, formerly at JTI and Home Credit/PPF, and personal secretary to President Václav Havel.
David Škrobánek
Founder of Dobrý táta, Creative Hero award winner
Shows companies how mental health, fatherhood and relationships drive people’s performance, resilience and engagement. ESG Awards finalist.
Zuzana Hanáková
Psychologist specialising in active listening
Lecturer, therapist and coach trained in individual and group therapy, focused on active listening as the path to successful collaboration.
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Context
Contextual architecture
Lukáš Barda
Digital skills and practical AI expert
Trainer since 2017 with a background at Citibank, Accenture and Česká spořitelna. Teaches practical, healthy use of AI and digital tools to thousands of people.
Josef Šlerka
Head of New Media Studies, Charles University
Expert on disinformation and social-media data analysis, now researching the use of AI. Křišťálová lupa Personality of the Year 2014.
Jaroslav Kapoun
AI expert, CEO of monit
Tech entrepreneur with 20+ years in digitalisation and automation, and initiator of Helpiner, a voice AI assistant connected to company systems.
Vítězslav Klement
Expert in AI at work
Ten years at GroupM running campaigns for Škoda Auto, L’Oréal, Red Bull and T-Mobile. Founder of Lost Bunny Communication, author and university lecturer.
Jan Šedivý
Senior AI expert and researcher, Czech Technical University
Three decades in IT and 19 US patents. Former researcher at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center and Technical Lead Manager at Google, now leads an NLP group at CTU.
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Criticality
Critical assessment and governance
Tereza Bartoníčková
AI scientist, founder and President of the Internet Institute
Oxford graduate in Social Science of the Internet, researching the legal aspects of AI at Charles University and active in the Czech Army’s Cyber Forces Command.
Peter Jančárik
Critical thinking and disinformation expert, Seznam.cz
Runs content moderation, fact-checking and anti-disinformation projects at Seznam.cz, and co-founded Konšpirátori.sk.
Daniel Musil
RevOps specialist, co-owner of AITOM Digital
10+ years designing digital projects for brands such as Česká zbrojovka, Atlas Copco and Notino, and creator of the “Project Entry Study” methodology.
Mirek Černý
Data expert
20 years and 80+ data projects worldwide, turning company data into higher profits through analytics, business intelligence and AI.
Ready when you are
Become genuinely AI-ready.
Book an AI-readiness diagnostic, or a lecture for your team. We’ll show you where AI will move the needle and where it won’t, before you spend on tools.
- Rapid, self-contained assessment in 3 to 5 weeks
- Half-day and full-day training at your premises
- Part-funding possible via the OP TAK programme