Panel 4 at Future Digital Twin & AI Amsterdam 2026 examines the leadership decisions behind AI adoption. In “Leadership in an AI Augmented Enterprise – Opportunities and Challenges in Business Transformation”, the discussion moves beyond the technology to consider how organisations govern new tools, support employees and turn early experiments into ways of working that last.
The panel begins with a tension between control and speed. Organisations need to assess security, data use and operational risk, but governance can become a delay if it avoids decisions altogether. The speakers discuss applying controls where AI uses data, produces a recommendation and influences a person’s decision. They also consider whether the time and effort spent on governance is proportionate to the value and risk of each use case.
Employee choice presents a related challenge. People are already finding AI tools that help with their own tasks, while organisations must consider how those tools handle information and fit with shared workflows. The panel returns repeatedly to knowledge: employees need enough AI and data literacy to question outputs, understand the risks of a tool and know when to involve others. As AI takes on more routine work, the skills needed to review its results and solve unfamiliar problems may also change.
The discussion then turns to what leaders do with the time AI saves. Faster completion of a task does not automatically create a financial return; leaders need to decide where people can apply that capacity to more valuable work. They also need to make tools usable, give teams room to learn within appropriate controls and work across business, technology and supplier teams when a successful experiment is ready to scale.
Watch the full panel discussion to hear the speakers’ different views on governance, employee autonomy and the leadership choices needed to make AI useful across an enterprise.
Speaker
- Rolf Einar Saeter, Global Emerging Technology Lead, Shell
- Heike Busse, Global Head of People Strategy & Experience, E-ON
- Jagadish (Jag) Gattu, CEO & Founder, UptimeAI
- Ragnar Alstad, Head of Oil & Gas Services, Webstep
Moderator
- Stephanie Goseine-Minderhoud, AI Transformation Change Lead, LyondellBasell
