Define, leverage, necessitate: how to start with AI at work

Honored and grateful to have been invited as a speaker at PT Pertamina International Shipping earlier this year.

Thank you to mas Djiwandou Putro and the team for the opportunity to share insights on “Defining, Leveraging, and Necessitating Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace.” 🙏

One question from the session still resonates:

“How do we actually start implementing AI?”

The framework I shared:

🎯 Define: Start with expensive business problems, not technology trends

🎯 Leverage: Match your approach to your constraints

• Cloud-based for speed and scale
• On-premise for security and control
• Hybrid for flexibility

🎯 Necessitate: Implement when business impact is clear

Since that talk, I’ve been helping several startups implement practical AI solutions: ✅ Customer service automation ✅ Document analysis systems ✅ Knowledge management tools

The key? Focused implementations that solve specific problems in 6-8 weeks.

Background: 8 years building scalable systems that served millions of users. Now bringing that experience to help companies implement AI with clear business outcomes.

Currently taking on consulting projects for organizations ready to move from AI strategy to AI implementation.

If your company is exploring AI, let’s discuss practical next steps.

What AI use case would benefit your business most? 👇