For leadership teams · Copilot · ChatGPT · Claude

AI workshop for the
leadership team

You leave the room with five decisions on direction, ways of working, follow-up, ownership and ground rules. These are the decisions the rest of the organisation is waiting for.

Two hours to a full day · On-site or online · Decision protocol within 48 hours

Organisations we've trained and guided
NCC CDON.com Scania Hemnet Vardaga Ambea Humana Ersta Diakoni Friluftsfrämjandet Göthes Säkerhet Särnmark Assistans Rättighetsbyrån Björnentreprenad PratPR Örebro Hockey Swedlock UHR BEAB NCC CDON.com Scania Hemnet Vardaga Ambea Humana Ersta Diakoni Friluftsfrämjandet Göthes Säkerhet Särnmark Assistans Rättighetsbyrån Björnentreprenad PratPR Örebro Hockey Swedlock UHR BEAB
Why the leadership team

Your people are already testing. The question is where you're going

The licences are there, a few enthusiasts have come far, and the rest try when they get the chance. What's missing is direction.

What should get better?

Without a stated focus, AI becomes scattered experiments that no one can follow up.

Who is allowed to change a way of working?

People are encouraged to experiment but it's often unclear who has the mandate to change a process.

When will people find the time?

New ways of working take time to practise and the calendars are already full.

None of these questions can be solved further down the organisation. That's why we start with the leadership team.

The core of the workshop

Five decisions, in order

We take them in this order because the first one shapes the rest.

01

Focus

What should AI improve for you first? More time with customers, higher quality in delivery, shorter lead times or less admin.

02

Shared ways of working

Which three to five use cases should apply to everyone? An agreed minimum level that can actually be communicated.

03

Follow-up

Which metrics do you connect to focus and ways of working, who follows up, and how often?

04

Ownership

Leadership owns direction and budget. Who owns execution, with what mandate and how much time?

05

Ground rules

What is allowed, sensitive and forbidden? Which tools meet your information security requirements, and when should a human check the result?

What you get

Decisions and documents you can communicate

A written twelve-month direction
Agreed shared ways of working
Metrics with named owner and cadence
Assigned ownership with mandate and time
Ground rules in a first version
Six-month priority order with what, who and when
Decision protocol within 48 hours

You also get a shared vocabulary, which shows up the first time someone has to explain the decision to their own team.

How it works

Three steps from first call to decisions

1

Preparation

A call with you and usually a short survey to the participants. I need to know your licence environment, how far your capabilities have come and what you want to be able to decide.

3

Protocol and follow-up

You get the decision protocol within 48 hours. For the full-day format we meet again after six to eight weeks to see what has happened in day-to-day work.

Two hours

Shared situational picture and the focus decision.

Four hours

All five decisions in a first version.

Full day

Deeper decisions, six-month priority order and a follow-up session after six to eight weeks.

You use the tools yourselves

The workshop is hands-on with your own tasks — not demos.

A leadership team that has actually tried the tools can judge what's reasonable to expect from their people and finds it easier to say no to the wrong idea. Employees also notice when leadership uses what it asks others to use.

Angelika Strandberg · GrowingSmart
Before and after

The workshop is the middle step of a longer shift

Before

Curiosity

The organisation builds a shared picture of possibilities, risks and the current state.

After

Shift

New ways of working take hold through practice, follow-up and time in daily work.

If you want support for the next phase as well, we'll plan it together. The SPARK framework is the most common continuation.

Engagements we've done

Two leadership teams, two formats

Industrial company

Part of the leadership kick-off

The AI work became its own block in the leadership team's kick-off. The group left with a shared starting point and material built on their own tasks that they could work with internally.

Audit firm

Two days for the whole firm

Two days for the whole firm, with alignment in leadership first. We evaluated on-site and followed up a few weeks later to see what had survived contact with day-to-day work.

Who runs the workshop

Angelika leads the room, Helena on larger formats

Angelika runs the workshop. For full-day and two-day formats, we bring in Helena to work in parallel on group exercises and depth.

Angelika Strandberg

Angelika Strandberg

AI strategist & change leader · GrowingSmart

Angelika combines deep business understanding with practical AI expertise. She runs the workshop and handles preparation calls and protocols herself. Named Valuemaker of the Year at the #AddHer Awards 2025.

Helena Bombas Holmström

Helena Bombas Holmström

AI strategist & organisational developer · Embracion

Helena joins for full-day and two-day formats. Her strength is building organisational AI capacity — how the decisions travel from the room into new ways of working.

Frequently asked questions

Questions we get often

Quick answers to the things people usually wonder about.

We have Microsoft 365 and Copilot. Is that enough?
Often it goes a long way. Many organisations pay for more than they use. We go through where what you have is enough and where it hits its limits, so you avoid buying more in vain. The workshop is tool-agnostic and works for Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude.
Half our leadership team is sceptical about AI. Is that a problem?
No, bring the scepticism. It often points to real risks that need to be on the table. No one has to pretend to be more convinced than they are.
We don't know where to start with AI. Is the workshop right for us?
Yes, that is exactly what the workshop is for. You leave the room with five decisions on direction, ways of working, follow-up, ownership and ground rules.
Where is the workshop delivered?
On-site with you or online. GrowingSmart is based in Stockholm and delivers workshops across Sweden and internationally. If your team disagrees strongly on AI, I recommend meeting in person — disagreement is easier to work through in a room than in a chat.
How long is the workshop?
Three formats: two hours for a shared situational picture and the focus decision, four hours for all five decisions in a first version, or a full day with a six-month priority order and a follow-up session after six to eight weeks.

Shall we talk through what this could look like for you?

Book twenty minutes and I'll ask the questions I need to understand scope and come back with a proposal on format and price.