Newsletter February: From Strategy to Software
At Datentreiber, we sometimes feel like we are being driven by AI rather than driving AI! Changes are coming at a rapid pace. This makes it all the more important to have a clear focus on what we do and what we do NOT do. So let’s talk about Datentreiber’s data & AI strategy!
We have two strategic missions for 2026:
1) Turn the Talk2Earth prototype into a product. An important step is a funding program that we are applying for: strengthen the resilience of public institutions with EO and AI. Our team is working with a partner on an innovative concept. Keep your fingers crossed for us and we will keep you up to date!🤞
2) Transform Datentreiber into a Strategy-as-Software provider! It all started with the free Data & AI Business Design Kit. Our Data & AI Business Design Bench expanded the open source canvases with ready- & easy-to-use tools & templates for Miro (some of which are available for free on Miroverse). Now we are expanding it with AI Flows & Sidekicks to move beyond workshop facilitation to workflow orchestration.
In the near future, our Data & AI Bench will translate your sticky notes into software apps that will support you develop a customized data & AI strategy and deliver concrete data & AI solutions.
No more strategy-as-slides. Get ready for strategy-as-software!
Contests & Projects
Two Miro competitions we participated in reveal a glimpse of the Data & AI Bench 2.0: the first was about demonstrating Miro AI Flows and the second was about using Miro’s MCP interface for vibe coding tools such as Lovable or Cursor. Our submission is an AI workflow that takes a custom strategy presentation and creates a tailored software app to manage data & AI use cases.
There are already many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for AI use case catalogs and AI portfolio management. However, they are not tailored to the needs and strategic goals of the particular company. Our solution shows how Miro AI derives a strategic OKR set from the strategy presentation, translates it into prioritization criteria for data & AI use cases, and codes it into an application for the collection and prioritization of use cases. The AI generated app itself uses AI to extract all relevant factors from the use case descriptions and calculates a score based on the prioritization criteria.
Watch the video—you’ll be amazed at what’s possible with Miro+Lovable:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnZWHhoflDE
This demo is just the beginning. Next, we will test our strategy-as-software (SaS 😉) application with a pilot customer. Would you like to know more, or are you interested in a joint project? Then talk to Datentreiber Georg:
👉 https://calendly.com/georg-arens
At a Lunch & Learn event in March, we will present the Strategy-as-Software initiative in more detail. You can find the date at the end of the newsletter in the event listings.
Slides & Vibes
By the way, there are even more videos on our YouTube channel. There we will introduce you to our tools, templates, and projects:
📺 Designing a Lean Data & AI Strategy
📺 Talk to Your Data with Agentic AI
📺 Playing AI to Win the Business
Lectures & Courses
If you prefer an interactive approach, we recommend our lectures and courses at several European educational institutions. You can find more information and exclusive offers in our free community:
- CAS AI Innovation at University of Applied Science for Business Administration Zurich
- CAS AI Management at University of Applied Science for Business Administration Zurich
- Seminar Data-Driven Transformation at Steinbeis Business School Augsburg
- MBA Management Excellence at Steinbeis University Berlin
- Certified Expert in Data Science & Analytics at Controller Institute Vienna
SPECIAL OFFER for the Certified Expert in Data Science & Analytics course starting on March 16, 2026.
The first 5 registrants can secure a place on the course for only EUR 3,000.00 (instead of EUR 6,150.00) with the promotional code “CEDSA_3000”! The registration deadline is February 28, 2026.
Trainings & Labs
Our Data & AI Business Design training courses are even more hands-on and intensive. We offer them both in-house, tailored to companies, and open to individuals. You can find the dates for 2026 for the two training courses, Data & AI Design Thinking and Data & AI Business Consulting, on our website:
👉 https://datentreiber.com/portfolio/train/
We offer both formats in German as onsite courses lasting 2 full days and in English as online courses lasting 4 half days. Data & AI Design Thinking offers a practice-oriented introduction to the Data & AI Business Method and Kit. Data & AI Business Consulting expands your knowledge with additional facilitation techniques, workshop templates, and management tools.
Please understand that due to our limited resources, we only offer a few dates for the open trainings. So please register as soon as possible:
📅 31.03.2026-21.04.2026 (Half-day every Tuesday): Data & AI Business Consulting Online in English
📅 11.05.2026-12.05.2026 (Two full days): Data & AI Design Thinking Onsite in Weilheim i.OB (near Munich) in German
📅 03.09.2026-24.09.2026 (Half-day every Thursday): Data & AI Design Thinking Online in English
📅 19.10.2026-20.10.2026 (Two full days): Data & AI Business Consulting Onsite in Weilheim i.OB (near Munich) in German
Self-employed consultants from Germany may also be eligible for KOMPASS funding. We also support start-up founders and new self-employed individuals with special discounts. Contact us for a personalized offering:
As an alternative to the exclusive and limited training courses, we will be offering Data & AI Business Design Labs in the near future, where we will spend a few hours online together exploring a specific tool or template from our Data & AI Business Design Bench using a concrete example.
Subscribe to our Luma Calendar to stay informed about upcoming events:
👉 https://luma.com/datentreiber
The labs are in English and we offer them for different time zones. We are kicking off with labs on the Miroverse templates Lean Data & AI Strategy and Multi-Agent System Design.
By the way, as members of the Data & AI Business Design Community, you can win a monthly training or lab session! Registration for the community is free of charge:
👉 https://community.datentreiber.com
Get daily recommendations for books & papers, updates on tools & templates, and tactics & techniques for Data & AI Business Design through the community. The winner for February is 🥁drum roll 🥁 Christoph Holst. Congratulations!
Events & Offers
Last but not least, here are a few more dates where you can meet us:
- Stadtwerte, 02.03.2026, Berlin: Unconference about city data, community and the future of cities; Datentreibers Benjamin and Martin will present Talk2Earth.com as an example of the transformation from dashboards to chatbots for Geo Intelligence
- Aufwärts, 06.03.2026, Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Business Walk & Talk with discussions about data, AI, and everything else
- Lunch & Learn, 12.03.2026, Zoom: Datentreibers Benjamin and Georg will show how you could create custom software from your strategy documents.
- AI in Marketing, 02-03.04.2026, Athen: On Day 1, Martin will moderate a game round Playing AI to Win the Marketing and on Day 2, he will facilitate a Lean Marketing Data & AI Strategy session.
Of course, the Datentreiber team and expert network are also available for individual appointments: as keynote speakers, training instructors, workshop facilitators, and strategy consultants. Talk to us!
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