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Agron Lasku

Partner

Agron advises ICT, Telecom, Media, Travel and Transportation companies, as well as the Public Sector, on strategy, growth, innovation, transformation and digitalization.

Areas of Focus

Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
CEMS M.Sc. in International Management
Stockholm School of Economics
Master in Finance, Investment and Business Administration

Past Experience

Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Account Manager and Project Leader

Agron is a Partner at Arthur D. Little, based in Stockholm, serving clients globally on strategy and organization within a wide range of industries, including Telecommunications, Information Technology, Transportation, Media, and the Public Sector. 

He is a revenue-oriented professional, experienced in building best-practice digitalization strategies that deliver or exceed committed strategic and financial targets. Agron works continuously in cross-functional settings to create, manage and empower winning teams who deliver sustainable change together with C-level executives, managers, and operative specialists. 

Agron has a passion for education, digitalization, and helping people. He is responsible for Arthur D. Little’s global Digital Education initiative and has led multiple digitalization projects for both the private and public sectors. Since 2007, Agron has driven a charity project helping children and schools in northern Albania. 
Agron is a thought leader and published author in the field of digitalization. He is also a mentor and coach for colleagues and start-up companies’ management teams.

Examples of his work include:

  • Project leader for a growth strategy for a leading Nordic Media Conglomerate 
  • Project leader for the development of a global Smart-City strategy for a world-leading ICT company
  • Project leader for an analysis of key change mechanisms of the ICT impact on society to envision the digitalized society of 2020 for a world-leading ICT company
  • Project leader for a Pan-Nordic telecommunication services procurement strategy and implementation for 15 portfolio companies for a leading Private Equity firm 

OEMs: Time for a connectivity management sourcing strategy refresh?
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
OEMs: Time for a connectivity management sourcing strategy refresh?
In this Viewpoint, we discuss the impact that the transition from classic subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to embedded SIM (eSIM) cards will have on the Internet of Things (IoT) value chain. The eSIM is changing the roles of a variety of players in the IoT ecosystem. With the cellular IoT landscape at an inflection point, we believe IoT OEMs should rethink their connectivity management sourcing strategies to offer more competitive value propositions.
Find out more
RETHINKING PRODUCT CONNECTIVITY
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Rethinking product connectivity
In a data-driven world, product manufacturers have a stark choice – either digitize to become more flexible and customer-centric or be sidelined by nimbler competitors. They need to embrace the transformative opportunities that data and the Internet of Things bring to add value to their offerings and change their business models. All businesses understand the vital importance of collecting, analyzing, and acting on data to enable: New business models, such as offering as-a-service or outcome-based pricing, and entering the Industrial Metaverse
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Excelling in a software-driven future
Excelling in a software-driven future
Agron Lasku, Michael Kolk, Martin Glaumann, Michael Papadopoulos
Software is rapidly becoming a critical asset as industries converge and perception of value shifts from hardware to software. Surgeons, for instance, can perform lifesaving surgeries via virtual reality (VR). But such a revolutionary procedure demands zero risk for error or downtime in connectivity, leading to new network requirements. Retail and commerce has also conjoined with computing, logistics, and finance for seamless online shopping.
Find out more
The Digital Nation – Lessons in building a successful digital economy
Martin Glaumann, Johan Treutiger, Agron Lasku
The pandemic has turbocharged digitalization across industries and countries, stress testing existing national strategies and bringing any gaps and shortcomings into sharp focus. Drawing on the example of digital leader Sweden, this article focuses on the wider lessons that every country can learn, and the capabilities required to build effective and successful digital nations moving forward.
Find out more
Public sector, Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Accelerating post-pandemic e-learning
Agron Lasku, Dr. Raymond Khoury
An opportunity to establish a sustainable digital education system
Find out more
Healthcare & life sciences
Now is the time for healthcare providers to get into IoT
Dr. Ulrica Sehlstedt, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Sean McDevitt, Agron Lasku
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Seizing the IoT opportunity in the 5G era
Agron Lasku, Sean McDevitt, Hariprasad Pichai, Lars Lind, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman
In light of accelerated industrial digitalization, there is a consensus that the IoT market has significant, yet untapped, potential. This potential seems more reachable with the arrival of 5G capabilities such as vastly improved speeds and reduced latency, all of which are poised to accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions across industry sectors. Over the next few months, Arthur D. Little will publish a series of viewpoints with insights on how to capture and scale this opportunity.
Find out more
Realizing the potential of the Internet of Things with 5G
Agron Lasku, Hariprasad Pichai, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Sean McDevitt
Despite the hype, the Internet of Things (IoT) has yet to deliver its promised benefits to industrial companies. The advent of 5G removes many of the technical barriers to its successful adoption, accelerating digitalization. However, as this article explains, realizing the potential of the IoT requires businesses to focus first on their needs and then on the available options to implement the best solutions for future success.
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Unleashing value from intelligent automated processes
Agron Lasku
Robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) are complementary – when implemented together they enlarge the scale of value that can be created. AI can add intelligence to automated processes, enabling companies to extract insight on which they can base data-driven business decisions. AI capabilities can also enhance automation in which RPA falls short, as it can be used to digitize and structure data, which RPA systems subsequently act upon. AI-powered RPA offers powerful opportunities and will affect communication service providers (CSPs) in the near future. Arthur D.
Find out more

Agron is a Partner at Arthur D. Little, based in Stockholm, serving clients globally on strategy and organization within a wide range of industries, including Telecommunications, Information Technology, Transportation, Media, and the Public Sector. 

He is a revenue-oriented professional, experienced in building best-practice digitalization strategies that deliver or exceed committed strategic and financial targets. Agron works continuously in cross-functional settings to create, manage and empower winning teams who deliver sustainable change together with C-level executives, managers, and operative specialists. 

Agron has a passion for education, digitalization, and helping people. He is responsible for Arthur D. Little’s global Digital Education initiative and has led multiple digitalization projects for both the private and public sectors. Since 2007, Agron has driven a charity project helping children and schools in northern Albania. 
Agron is a thought leader and published author in the field of digitalization. He is also a mentor and coach for colleagues and start-up companies’ management teams.

Examples of his work include:

  • Project leader for a growth strategy for a leading Nordic Media Conglomerate 
  • Project leader for the development of a global Smart-City strategy for a world-leading ICT company
  • Project leader for an analysis of key change mechanisms of the ICT impact on society to envision the digitalized society of 2020 for a world-leading ICT company
  • Project leader for a Pan-Nordic telecommunication services procurement strategy and implementation for 15 portfolio companies for a leading Private Equity firm 

OEMs: Time for a connectivity management sourcing strategy refresh?
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
OEMs: Time for a connectivity management sourcing strategy refresh?
In this Viewpoint, we discuss the impact that the transition from classic subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to embedded SIM (eSIM) cards will have on the Internet of Things (IoT) value chain. The eSIM is changing the roles of a variety of players in the IoT ecosystem. With the cellular IoT landscape at an inflection point, we believe IoT OEMs should rethink their connectivity management sourcing strategies to offer more competitive value propositions.
Find out more
RETHINKING PRODUCT CONNECTIVITY
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Rethinking product connectivity
In a data-driven world, product manufacturers have a stark choice – either digitize to become more flexible and customer-centric or be sidelined by nimbler competitors. They need to embrace the transformative opportunities that data and the Internet of Things bring to add value to their offerings and change their business models. All businesses understand the vital importance of collecting, analyzing, and acting on data to enable: New business models, such as offering as-a-service or outcome-based pricing, and entering the Industrial Metaverse
Find out more
Excelling in a software-driven future
Excelling in a software-driven future
Agron Lasku, Michael Kolk, Martin Glaumann, Michael Papadopoulos
Software is rapidly becoming a critical asset as industries converge and perception of value shifts from hardware to software. Surgeons, for instance, can perform lifesaving surgeries via virtual reality (VR). But such a revolutionary procedure demands zero risk for error or downtime in connectivity, leading to new network requirements. Retail and commerce has also conjoined with computing, logistics, and finance for seamless online shopping.
Find out more
The Digital Nation – Lessons in building a successful digital economy
Martin Glaumann, Johan Treutiger, Agron Lasku
The pandemic has turbocharged digitalization across industries and countries, stress testing existing national strategies and bringing any gaps and shortcomings into sharp focus. Drawing on the example of digital leader Sweden, this article focuses on the wider lessons that every country can learn, and the capabilities required to build effective and successful digital nations moving forward.
Find out more
Public sector, Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Accelerating post-pandemic e-learning
Agron Lasku, Dr. Raymond Khoury
An opportunity to establish a sustainable digital education system
Find out more
Healthcare & life sciences
Now is the time for healthcare providers to get into IoT
Dr. Ulrica Sehlstedt, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Sean McDevitt, Agron Lasku
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Seizing the IoT opportunity in the 5G era
Agron Lasku, Sean McDevitt, Hariprasad Pichai, Lars Lind, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman
In light of accelerated industrial digitalization, there is a consensus that the IoT market has significant, yet untapped, potential. This potential seems more reachable with the arrival of 5G capabilities such as vastly improved speeds and reduced latency, all of which are poised to accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions across industry sectors. Over the next few months, Arthur D. Little will publish a series of viewpoints with insights on how to capture and scale this opportunity.
Find out more
Realizing the potential of the Internet of Things with 5G
Agron Lasku, Hariprasad Pichai, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Sean McDevitt
Despite the hype, the Internet of Things (IoT) has yet to deliver its promised benefits to industrial companies. The advent of 5G removes many of the technical barriers to its successful adoption, accelerating digitalization. However, as this article explains, realizing the potential of the IoT requires businesses to focus first on their needs and then on the available options to implement the best solutions for future success.
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Unleashing value from intelligent automated processes
Agron Lasku
Robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) are complementary – when implemented together they enlarge the scale of value that can be created. AI can add intelligence to automated processes, enabling companies to extract insight on which they can base data-driven business decisions. AI capabilities can also enhance automation in which RPA falls short, as it can be used to digitize and structure data, which RPA systems subsequently act upon. AI-powered RPA offers powerful opportunities and will affect communication service providers (CSPs) in the near future. Arthur D.
Find out more

More About Agron
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    CEMS M.Sc. in International Management
  • Stockholm School of Economics
    Master in Finance, Investment and Business Administration
  • Handelsbanken Capital Markets
    Account Manager and Project Leader