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What Does Kesko's Integrated Data Balance Sheet Teach Us About Data Leadership?
How does Kesko turn data into strategic capital? Read the 4 key lessons from Kesko's Integrated Data Balance Sheet and learn how to lead data successfully at the CXO level.

Mikko Merisaari
5 days ago5 min read


Neve Transformed Its Integrated Data Balance Sheet into a Strategic Management Tool
How a Rovaniemi-based energy and network services group revamped its Integrated Data Balance Sheet using Functos' integrated methodology and turned data into visible management capital. The role of data in value creation is at the heart of management — without forgetting compliance and risk management. The starting point: when the first Integrated Data Balance Sheet didn't tell the most important story Neve is an energy and infrastructure services group owned by the City of R

Mikko Merisaari
May 304 min read


Valuing your Data Capital: Integrated Data Balance Sheet reveals how much would your data cost tomorrow?
Many organizations say data is important, but few can articulate what data actually does to the business. Even fewer manage data with the same seriousness as other intangible assets. The guest in the opening episode of the third season of the Data Capital podcast is Mikko Merisaari from Functos Oy. The episode explores integrated data accounting and how to make data a visible, manageable and business-supporting asset. The discussion will explore how to assess the value of dat

Mikko Merisaari
May 41 min read


Sustainability is dead. Long live sustainability!
When a dead king was laid to rest in the tomb and a new one was crowned, it was customary to proclaim: " Le roi est mort, vive le roi. " This was intended to signify that the old era had ended and a new one was beginning. Fifty years ago, the Club of Rome's The Limits to Growth said it all: unlimited growth on a finite planet is not possible. The Brundtland Commission nailed sustainable development in 1987 and the UN Global Compact institutionalized the role of business in 19
mikkomerisaari4
May 42 min read


Where to start when the Board and Management Team asks for AI agents and data-driven management?
Functos blog guest Toni Keskinen , 180ops In recent years, companies have focused on building large-scale Big Data and bringing their...

Toni Keskinen
Oct 11, 20256 min read


Kesko's Integrated Data Balance Sheet 2024: Data as Strategic Capital Across All Business Sectors
Kesko published its fourth Integrated Data Balance Sheet.
Functos' methodology shows how data and AI create strategic
value across K Group's business sectors since 2019.

Mikko Merisaari
Apr 24, 20255 min read


The Silent Treatment: Why Listed Companies Struggle with Retail Investor Dialogue
Tuoreen Luottamus ja Maine 2024 -tutkimuksen mukaan suomalaiset pörssiyhtiöt saavat yksityissijoittajilta heikoimmat arvosanat...

Mikko Merisaari
Sep 5, 20243 min read


We moved to Ruoholahti, Helsinki - welcome to visit!
From September onwards, Functos will operate at the intersection of maritime charm and urban vibrancy, in the easily accessible...

Mikko Merisaari
Aug 30, 20241 min read


Kesko's new Data Balance Sheet offers clear view of K Group's data and its utilisation
Kesko's integrated data balance sheet has been published as part of the annual report for the third time and more comprehensively than...

Mikko Merisaari
Mar 27, 20244 min read


OP Financial Group and Kesko are the first to report on the utilization and value of data
Media release 6/6/2023 The increasing use of data and especially artificial intelligence in companies' products and services raises...

Mikko Merisaari
Oct 9, 20233 min read
Be compliant, ethical and fair data economy citizen - and have an impact
Over the years, my views on sustainable and ethical data and AI have evolved both personally and professionally. This fall, I've...

Mikko Merisaari
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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