We help Nordic leadership teams and managers lead their organizations through the AI transformation.
Your board asks for an AI plan, and employees want to know what AI means for their jobs. In our workshops, the leadership team agrees on a direction and tries AI hands-on, and managers learn to bring their teams along. Think Big Leaders runs AI workshops for leadership teams and managers in Stockholm, across Sweden, in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo, and elsewhere in the EU. You get clarity on the way forward and a set of frameworks and tools to lead your teams.
Led by Amir Elion, founder of Think Big Leaders
Does this sound familiar?
Leaders tell us about a growing pressure to move ahead with AI.
- The boardasks what your AI plan is and when it will show results.
- Employeesare already trying AI on their own, and want to know what it means for their jobs.
- Customersexpect faster, more personal service, and some ask how you use AI.
- Competitorsannounce AI services and new ways of working, and it's hard to tell how far ahead they are.
Inside the company, that often looks like this:
- AI pilots in different parts of the business, but no shared priorities
- Leaders expected to lead a change they have not tried themselves
- Employees unsure what AI means for their jobs, waiting for a signal from the top
- Managers who want to talk with their teams about it, but don't know where to start
We help the leadership team agree on an answer it can give all four, and then lead the change inside.
Leading the change at each level
| AI for leadership teamsLeading the AI transformation | AI for managersLeading change in the age of AI | AI for individual leadersExecutive AI advisory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right for you if | Your leadership team needs to agree what the AI transformation means for your business | You run a manager program, or your managers need to lead their teams through the change | You want to strengthen your own understanding and confidence, or a workshop for the whole leadership team is more than you need |
| Who | The leadership team, typically 5 to 15 people | Middle managers and team leads, as a cohort | A CEO or another C-level leader, one to one |
| Format | 3 to 4 hours, a full day, or a program over a few months | A full day, or a module in your manager development program | One-to-one sessions over a few weeks |
| You leave with | Agreement on the direction, and job aids and frameworks with examples from your industry and company | A way for managers to talk with their teams about AI, one experiment for the next month, and job aids for leading the change | A clearer view of what the AI transformation asks of you, and more confidence to lead it |
| About the leadership team workshop | About the managers workshop | About executive AI advisory |
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How we work
AI transformation means different things in different companies. Before we design anything, we discuss and decide on the right audience, where your organization is with AI today, and what transformation should mean for your business. We then bring the relevant frameworks and methods to get you where you need to be.
- PlanningA 30-minute call, then discovery calls with the stakeholders, where you can share any AI work and programs you have already done. For longer programs, we may also hold preparation calls with participants.
- Inspiration and activationHow AI is changing work in your industry, shown live and tried hands-on.
- Discovery and directionWhat changes, what stays, and which challenges need new ways of working.
- Implementation and adoptionLeaders and managers take the change to their teams, with optional follow-up sessions to support you and address challenges.
Who you work with
Amir Elion
Founder, Think Big Leaders
Amir leads the engagements himself. Before founding Think Big Leaders, he led the Digital Innovation Program for the Nordics at AWS (Amazon Web Services). He has been a guest lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics and leads the AI thematic group at Innovationsledarna, the Swedish Innovation Managers Association.
The specialists we bring in
When an engagement needs more people or a specific expertise, Amir brings in specialists he has worked with long enough to know what they are good at. We name them before they start.
Malcolm Larri
Leadership and organizational culture
Coach and facilitator for 25 years, conference host including TEDx Stockholm, and a teacher of presentation skills at Berghs School of Communication and Hyper Island.
Stefan Moritz
Future readiness
30 years in service design, customer experience and the future of work, including at McKinsey, where he founded the design fiction practice.
Fernanda Torre
AI governance and sustainability-driven innovation
Co-author of "AI Leadership for Corporate Boards" (2025), co-founder of Boards Impact Forum, and on the faculty of the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship.
Michael Herkommer
AI governance and strategic risk
Former CIO and interim CISO, who founded the AI Office for Almi and now works on AI governance as his main practice.
Joost de Leij
Strategy facilitation for leadership teams
Founder of Limelights in Amsterdam, which facilitates strategy for C-suites, boards and senior teams, and runs AI Labs for Leaders.
Formats and prices
- Short session
- 3 to 4 hours. SEK 50,000 to 70,000.
- Full day
- About 9 to 5. SEK 80,000 to 120,000.
- Program
- Several sessions over a few months, for example a leadership team workshop, a manager workshop and follow-up sessions. SEK 150,000 to 300,000.
- Executive AI advisory
- One-to-one sessions for a CEO or another C-level leader over a few weeks. Fixed price after the planning call.
Prices exclude VAT and travel outside Stockholm. Within each range, the price depends on how much we adapt the content to your industry and company. Follow-up sessions are priced by what they include. You get a fixed price after the planning call.
You can start with a short session for the leadership team and add the manager workshop later.