Business models and investments
Assess how AI could affect the company's offering, costs and competition. Identify which assumptions in an investment proposal need testing.
For boards and board directors
AI training for boards and directors
I help board members understand AI tools and use that experience in their strategic work and oversight. Book Johannes Sundlo for a briefing, a practical board workshop or a session tailored to the questions on your board's agenda.
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I have served on several boards and know how boards work in practice.
The short answer
What does AI training for boards cover?
AI training for boards with Johannes Sundlo helps directors understand AI tools by using them, so they can assess management's AI proposals and oversee the risks. You can choose a private board briefing with demonstrations and discussion, a practical workshop where directors use the tools on a prepared scenario, or ongoing support as new decisions come up. The session covers how AI could affect the business model and investments, how to test management's claims about AI, and what the board should monitor and when exceptions need reporting. We use prepared material that fits your information rules. I have served on several boards and advise CxOs at multinational companies, mainly in Europe and the US. Leadership teams rate my workshops 4.97 out of 5 on average across 13 teams. Sessions are quoted after a short conversation about the board's agenda.
- Briefing, workshop or ongoing support
- English or Swedish
- Prepared material
- Quoted per board
Understand what the board needs to assess
Management's claims about AI
Review what supports the conclusions, what has been tested in the business and what information the CEO and executive team need to add.
Accountability and reporting
Clarify which issues the board should monitor and when exceptions need reporting. Distinguish board oversight from management's responsibility for implementation.
Fit the session to your board's agenda
A private AI board briefing
A focused session with demonstrations and discussion of your questions. We review the board's experience and upcoming decisions before I prepare the session.
A practical board workshop
Directors use the tools, examine a scenario and discuss what the experience means for their board work. We use prepared material that fits your information rules.
Ongoing support
Return to the questions as new decisions or proposals arise. We agree on the scope and the questions you would like me to help the board work through.
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From previous participants
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Time well invested and training that is hands-on!
Try the tools before assessing what others say about them
I don't think you can lead an organisation today without understanding the tools. Trying them gives board members experience to draw on when scrutinising AI investments, changes to the business model or reporting on AI use and risk.
In a workshop, you can review an AI analysis of a fictional company. We compare its conclusions with the source material, look for added assumptions and identify what management needs to explain before a decision. Your industry and the board's agenda guide our choice of scenario.
What we work on
A working session for your board
Build personal experience
Directors try an AI tool and compare the responses with a prepared brief. We examine errors and uncertainty that are easy to miss.
Assess a strategic choice
You review a proposal in the context of your company's situation and develop questions about costs, implementation and dependencies.
Develop questions for management
We develop questions about results, abandoned trials and risk ownership, and discuss what reporting the board needs over time.
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Johannes Sundlo
I have more than 15 years of experience in HR and leadership, including at Spotify. My work covers AI training, advice and organisational change with leaders and organisations. I deliver talks and training in English and Swedish.
Planning AI training for your board
Do board members need a technical background?
No. We start at a level that fits the group and use examples you can follow without technical experience. The exercises focus on understanding, reviewing and asking questions.
Why should board members use the tools themselves?
Trying a tool gives directors experience of its capabilities and limitations. That helps them formulate more specific questions when management presents an AI-assisted paper or proposes an investment.
Can we use confidential board material?
We can run the training with fictional or prepared briefs. If you want to use your own material, we first need to agree on handling and tools under your organisation's confidentiality and information rules.
Does the training cover legal compliance?
We can discuss the risk and accountability questions the board needs to ask management and the company's specialists. Legal assessment of your business needs to be handled with your legal advisers.
Can you tailor a session for our board retreat?
Yes. Tell me about the company, your board's AI experience and the questions on its agenda. We agree on format, language and scope together. I provide a quote for the session we discuss.
Johannes Sundlo
Which AI questions are on your board's agenda?
Leave your contact details and we'll discuss your board's questions and a session for your next board retreat or training day.
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johannes@sundlo.comFrequently asked questions
What should a board know about AI?
Enough to judge management's proposals. That means knowing what the tools can and cannot do, which assumptions in an AI investment need testing, and which risks the board should monitor, while implementation stays with management.
Is it a lecture or hands-on?
Either. A briefing combines demonstrations and discussion. In a workshop the directors use the tools themselves on prepared material.
How do we book a session?
Send a short note about the board's agenda and upcoming decisions. We go through them together before I prepare the session.