AI case study

Odense KommuneWorkplace productivity

Staff were already using AI—public, unsanctioned, uncontrolled. Copilot replaced the shadow and recovered hours lost to manual coordination.

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Key results

Annual Cost Savings
DKK 5.1M
Monthly Meeting Summaries
422

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The story

Context

The municipal authority for Denmark's third-largest city, delivering public services to 213,000 residents through a workforce of more than 14,000 employees.

Challenge

Employees spent considerable time finding information scattered across systems and files, and manually coordinating and summarizing meetings and...

Solution
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Scope & timeline

  • 58.6x growth in email drafting usage via Copilot
  • ~1/3 of Copilot-licensed employees use it daily
  • 26.5x growth in AI coaching usage via Copilot
  • 25x increase in time spent using Copilot

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The company

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Odense Kommune

odense.dk

Municipal government administration for the city of Odense, Denmark.

IndustryGovernment & Public Sector
LocationOdense, Denmark
Employees5K-10K
Founded1970

The implementation partner

Role in this case study

Helped Odense Kommune develop a business case, governance, and adoption plan for Copilot.

IndustryTechnology
LocationHellerup, Capital Region, Denmark
Employees251-1K
Founded2024

The vendor

Enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and consumer electronics platform.

IndustrySoftware & Platforms
LocationRedmond, WA, USA
Employees100K+
Founded1975

Use case

Odense Kommune's Workplace productivity is part of this use case:

Workplace AI
203 case studies(+226% YoY)
Proven impact?
Average
3.1Typical
3.1Typicalwithin Government & Public Sector
3.1Typicalwithin Knowledge Management

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