STEDIN CASE STUDY
How Stedin Scaled AI-Augmented Software
Development in Months — Not Years
Discover how Stedin partnered with DevOn to build safe, effective AI skills across 300+ practitioners and accelerate the energy transition.
The Challenge
Stedin plays a critical role in powering the Netherlands — especially as the energy transition accelerates. To boost productivity and operational efficiency, they wanted to bring the power of AI-augmented software development to hundreds of employees.
But they faced obstacles
Large enterprise inertia — slow governance cycles delay innovation
Lack of internal capacity
to train at scale
Teams with varying AI skill levels — from zero to advanced
The Solution
Stedin partnered with DevOn to co-design a hands-on rollout focused on quick wins instead of slow, top-down mandates.
Key components included:
Practical, role-specific training tracks
20+ live training sessions over 3–4 months
Strong collaboration with leaders and stakeholders
Licensing strategy that fueled early adoption
Bottom-up strategy that accelerated learning & adoption
The Impact
The results speak for themselves:
300+ participants trained with extremely positive feedback
AI adoption driven by excitement, not enforcement
Broad engagement-developers and non-developers alike
Rapid scaling-program delivered in months, not years
Governance aligned without slowing progress
About the Creator
Shaun McGirr
Shaun McGirr is a data & AI leader with 20 years of varied experience across official statistics, academia, consulting, automotive, and software. He achieved minor stardom in the 2019 documentary Data Science Pioneers, coining the phrase “things that happen 35% of the time, happen ALL the time” to explain why quite likely outcomes are often dismissed out of hand.
