PREMIUM Project 2026-2027: Stryker

Develop a practical, research-backed change and adoption framework to help Stryker embed AI and digital technologies into its supply chain operations, building employee trust, readiness and sustained adoption while enabling responsible and scalable transformation.
  • stryker

    The Project:


    How can a global MedTech company make AI adoption truly human-centred, practical and scalable?

    Stryker is a global medical technology company committed to making healthcare better. Within our supply chain operations, we are working on several digital and AI-enabled initiatives, from automation and intelligent document understanding to learning platforms and AI-assisted workflows. 

    The challenge is no longer only whether the technology works, but how people understand it, trust it, adopt it, and use it sustainably in daily operations.


    We invite a PREMIUM student team to develop a science- and business-backed change and adoption blueprint for AI and technology adoption in supply chain operations. 
    The team could combine academic research, interviews, surveys, benchmarking and co-creation workshops to identify what enables successful adoption, what barriers employees experience, and which practical interventions help teams move from awareness to confident usage.

    The expected outcome is a practical framework, toolkit and implementation strategy that can be adapted across future digital projects. 
    Students will work on a real transformation topic with access to business context, committed stakeholders and regular feedback from Stryker. They will gain exposure to supply chain operations, AI adoption, change management, organisational behaviour and the people side of technology transformation in an international MedTech environment.
     

  • The Client:


    Stryker is a global medical technology company driven by its mission: ‘together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better’. Stryker offers innovative products and services across MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics, helping improve outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals worldwide.

     The company combines high performance with a strong people-focused culture built around integrity, accountability, talent development and collaboration. In Europe, Stryker’s supply chain and operations teams are actively advancing digital transformation, process excellence, automation and responsible AI adoption to improve service, quality, efficiency and scalability.

     

    We would value a diverse team with strong interest in organisational change, AI adoption, human behaviour, business transformation and practical research methods. Experience with interviews, surveys, data analysis, design thinking or change management would be helpful. 
  • Research Oriented

    In this project, the focus is on “discovering something new”


     
    Co-Creator Client

    This client might join the team for brainstorm sessions, meetings, and preparatory sessions. The co-creator is more actively involved in/during the project execution.