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The future of strategy work is AI-driven
Most sports organizations run on ambition but strategy stays stuck in documents. Suunta.ai connects your goals, projects and KPIs into one system so every part of the club drives into the same direction.
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Customer story
How IF Gnistan brought strategy to life
Read how IF Gnistan moved from scattered planning documents to a connected and AI-driven strategy system and what changed when the whole organization could finally see the plan.
From documents to a living strategy
IF Gnistan has grown rapidly in recent years. The club combines a broad junior and community organization, men’s and women’s teams competing at the highest levels in Finland, and ambitious commercial development. At the same time, everyday work is full of operational priorities and and there isn’t much time for strategic development.
That is why IF Gnistan set out to explore a new way of doing strategy work together with Suunta.ai. With Suunta.ai, Gnistan brought together previous strategy materials, UEFA and Finnish Football Association frameworks, and nearly 100 stakeholder responses. The goal was not to create a strategy that ends up in a drawer, but to build a direction that continues to evolve with the club’s growth, decision-making, and daily development.
"AI can in the future take on the role of a development director inside the organization: supporting strategies, action plans, and the implementation of strategy in practice." - Ilkka Vanala, CEO
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A new way to do strategy work
Hear directly from the IF Gnistan's CEO Ilkka Vanala shares how the club is using Suunta.ai to renew its strategy work across the whole club.
How can a growing football club build a high-quality strategy while managing limited time, multiple stakeholders and a constantly changing operating environment? Watch the customer video on YouTube to hear why the club needed to update its strategy, how Suunta.ai supports the process, and why involving stakeholders such as owners, fans, volunteers and corporate partners is an important part of building a shared direction.
Why it matters
Five key takeaways for sports organizations
How AI fits into planning and development work in a professional club.
- 01
The bottleneck is time but AI helps with time-management
A CEO running daily operations cannot also run a long strategy process. AI changes strategy process faster, easier and more aligned.
- 02
Stakeholder involvement at scale is possible without a consultant budget
Gathering stakeholder input from owners, fans, volunteers, corporate partners, and board members is easier with AI that helps synthesize that input into usable strategic material.
- 03
AI becomes when it works with the organizationʼs own context
Building a context-aware AI using existing documentation makes AI particularly relevant in the strategy process.
- 04
Strategy should be a living document, not a multi-year plan locked in a drawer
Strategy needs to adapt if environments changes quickly and AI makes that update process fast enough to actually happen.
- 05
AI can take on the role of a development director
AI helps develop sub-strategies, analyze progress, support operational planning, and keep the strategy connected to daily work.
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Strategy execution in sports organizations
A practical white paper on how sports clubs can close the gap between ambition and daily work. Fill in the form to get your copy.
- 33 pages — white paper and IF Gnistan case study
- How sports clubs close the strategy-to-execution gap
- A practical look at AI-powered strategic planning
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