CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026

RONI: What You Lose by Not Investing in AI – With Sam Zolfagharian

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Sam Zolfagharian on RONI - the Risk of Not Investing. Why AI payback takes 3-5 years, and which metrics to track until it arrives.

September 21, 2026
Aarni Heiskanen - AEC Business

Sam Zolfagharian returns to the AEC Business Podcast for her second appearance. She is an AI strategist, keynote speaker, and the author of two books, Disrupt It and Future by Design. She spoke at the AI in AEC conference in Helsinki in March, and we picked up the conversation where that keynote left off.

The starting point was a question her clients keep raising. Executives are being asked by their boards about the return on their AI investments, and many of them do not have an answer they trust. This episode is about what to measure instead, and when the dollar figure finally becomes the right number to look at.

Mr. Heiskanen may be contacted at aec-business@aepartners.fi


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