Strategix at Innovation Week 2026: why AI transformations fail

Another Innovation Week (Týden inovací) is behind us. Strategix took part together with ELAI, under our joint brand STELAI (StrategiX × ELAI).

Pavel Ohnoutka, CEO of Strategix, spoke with Lukáš Sedláček, the organiser of Innovation Week, about why AI transformations fail and how to approach them differently.

AI alone will not change a company

The main message was simple: AI on its own will not change a company. First you need to understand the people, processes, data, technology and the real business needs. Only then does it make sense to decide where AI can bring real value.

“Don’t start with AI. Start with the business.” – Pavel Ohnoutka

That is the core of how we approach AI: understand the company and its processes first, then choose the opportunities, prove them with a pilot, and only then scale. Our offer AI in Practice – 2 days at your company shows what this looks like in practice.

And on a personal note, in Pavel’s own words:

“This was one of those days you don’t forget. You’re ill, you still manage to come off your bike in the morning… and in the afternoon you’re on the Innovation Week stage. Sometimes not everything goes according to the transformation roadmap.”

Thank you to everyone who came, listened and joined the discussion. Innovation Week 2026 – done, and plenty to remember.

Pavel Ohnoutka’s original post (in Czech): LinkedIn.