Nokia CEO: AI Adoption Requires Fundamental Changes to Workflows and Leadership
Nokia's CEO discusses the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on corporate operations, emphasizing that mere adoption is insufficient without restructuring how work is performed. Citing a personal experiment rebuilding the game Pong, the article highlights how AI compresses the gap between idea and execution. At Nokia, over 14,000 employees now use AI coding tools like Cursor, reducing feature development timelines from months to weeks and accelerating test case creation. The shift demands less coordination and more individual judgment, requiring teams to operate with greater autonomy and comfort with ambiguity. Leadership must also adapt by operating at a 'higher clock speed,' defining priorities, and staying close to technical workflows rather than micromanaging. The CEO notes that while nearly 90% of organizations use AI, few have scaled it enterprise-wide. Furthermore, this technological shift influences Nokia's product strategy, necessitating AI-native network architectures designed to deliver AI tokens efficiently, reflecting a structural change in customer expectations for network infrastructure.
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