SPEAKER · PANELLIST · ADVISOR

THE CHALLENGER / 01

MATHIASKARLSSON.

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How would you think if you knew what is already possible?

I work with AI in practice and explore what it changes for companies and people. On stage and in the leadership room I make what is happening understandable, challenge old truths and open up new ways of thinking.

Meet me on stage What I see happening

ON STAGE RIGHT NOWThe Hard Part Has MovedKeynote · 45 min · About the talk

Mathias in a panel conversation on stage in purple light

OLD TRUTHS. NEW CONDITIONS.

“This is how we have
always done it.”

It may have been exactly right. Until now.

HIRED BY, AMONG OTHERS

DS SmithAlmiHushållningssällskapetJönköpings läns museumVärnamo NäringslivNivikaPinewoodErtecoEntreprenörinvestBSV ArkitekterEwes GroupVandalorumGjuteriteknikGårö PlåtprodukterReal Revision RedovisningReklamiaMigrScanpack Pioneers

Afterwards they say this.

We have now had Mathias from Mindact with us several times, for different audiences, andevery time the audience has been just as fascinated.Partly by the subject, which is of course highly topical, but above all by Mathias's delivery. A very good talk with a mix of information, practical examples and a lovely touch of humour.

Fredrik JohanssonDS Smithtranslated from Swedish

The audience was completely floored.
Angelica SvenssonVärnamo Näringslivtranslated from Swedish
Nobody in the audience was left unmoved.
Carl-Otto OhlssonErtecotranslated from Swedish

01 / WHO IS UP THERETwenty years. Both sides of the table.

MATHIAS KARLSSON

Easy to follow.
Hard to shake.

I have spent twenty years understanding technology and what people can do with it. It taught me to question what we take for granted.

What happens to your business when what used to be impossible becomes easy — and you keep making decisions the way you always have?

I have worked the support desk, sold the systems, set the strategy and built the solutions. Today I am co-founder of Mindact.

That experience means I see the technology from several sides at once: what it can do, how it actually gets used, and what it means for the people who have to decide.

To me, mindset is about noticing when our own assumptions have quietly become a limitation. We can be so busy improving what we already do that we miss the chance to do something else entirely. That is where I want the conversation to start.

WHAT I SEE HAPPENING

We change the technology.
Then it changes the conditions.

01The pace
A strategy can be well thought through and still rest on possibilities that have already changed. The ability to learn and reconsider becomes part of what makes a company competitive.
02The work
If a task that took two days can be done in ten minutes, more changes than the time it takes. What do we charge for? Which skills matter now? And what do we use the freed-up time for?
03The agents
When AI is given a mandate to carry out tasks for us, the division of labour becomes a leadership question. What do we delegate, which decisions need a human, and who is accountable when something goes wrong?
04The systems
We are used to adapting the business to the systems we buy. When building our own becomes straightforward, we have to reconsider what we buy ready-made, what we build ourselves, and what we need at all.
05Control
An answer can sound convincing and still be wrong. The more decisions we hand to AI, the more our ability to judge the result matters. Delegating a task does not delegate the responsibility.
06Mindset
You can become more efficient and less relevant at the same time. If we use AI to do today's work faster, we also have to ask whether it is the same work customers will need tomorrow.

You do not need to know exactly how the future turns out.

But you do need to notice when your decisions rest on a reality that has changed.

WHY I AM UP THERE

The more you understand,
the more you can change.

I would like to gather a whole city in one room. The business owners, the teachers, healthcare and the people who make the decisions. Because what is happening with AI raises questions that concern all of us: what we need to learn, how we are going to work, and what we want to use the possibilities for.

That is why I am on stage. I want to make the shift understandable enough that more people can take part in the conversation and influence where it goes. Anyone who leads other people also has to be able to give them something to go on.

My ambition is that people leave with more curiosity, better questions and the nerve to try something they had written off.

02 / ON STAGEFrom the stage. To reality.

It should land.
And stay with you.

For the leadership team that needs to think ahead. For the customer event that should raise new questions.
For the kickoff that should get people seeing possibilities together.

CURRENT KEYNOTEAI · DISRUPTION · VALUE

The Hard Part Has Moved

When technology stops being the bottleneck

Mathias speaking in front of a projected slide asking “Has the code cracked for you yet?”, with the audience in the foreground

Spread across the quotes

1,000,000kr

The gap between the highest and the lowest quote on the same brief.

What happens to the value of our work when something that took months can be done in an afternoon?

You have decisions to make about AI. The suppliers have answers. But how do you know they are answering the right questions? When more becomes possible you need to be able to judge what is worth doing, what to pay for and what you actually need.

In “The Hard Part Has Moved” I show how AI changes what it takes to build, buy and develop a business. With concrete examples and humour I look hard at old truths about time, price and competence.

You get new perspectives on what you buy, what you can achieve yourselves and where your own knowledge makes the biggest difference. That gives you common ground for the conversation about what to do next.

Format: Keynote
Length: 45 minutes
Suits: Conferences, customer events, kickoffs and leadership teams
Shape: Examples and perspectives adapted to your audience

01The priceWhat are we paying for when the work goes faster?
02The shiftWhen more becomes possible, what becomes hard?
03The interplayWhat happens when AI goes from helping to doing?
04The valueWhere does human judgement make the biggest difference?

If the same result can be made in a fraction of the time — what is it worth then?

HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER

Four ways to
work together.

Talk

45 minutes

For the conference, customer event or kickoff where you want to spark curiosity and get people thinking bigger. I make AI and what it leads to understandable, with concrete examples, humour and perspectives that challenge the familiar. The content is adapted to your audience.

Panel and stage conversation

Participant or moderator

I bring technical knowledge, a view of what is coming and questions that take the conversation further. What does this mean in practice? Which assumptions need testing? As a panellist or a moderator I make complex questions accessible and make room for different perspectives.

Workshop

Half a day or a full day

What do the possibilities mean for you specifically? We work with your challenges, test familiar assumptions and explore how AI can change the work. Together we identify what is worth trying and which steps you need to take to move on.

Advisory and implementation

Through Mindact

For you who have to decide about AI and need to be able to judge the advice you are given. I help you test proposals, ask suppliers better questions and prioritise what is worth doing in your business. Together with my team at Mindact we can also go further with training, strategy and building solutions.

From “what if”
to “try it here”.

I build in order to understand what is possible and what actually works. My own products and experiments give me experience to bring into talks, conversations and advisory work.

PERSONAL PROJECT / 01

MACOS · PRODUCTIVITY

MindClip

A tool for Mac that makes what you copy searchable and easy to find again. MindClip started in an everyday friction: information we had in front of us a moment ago should not have to be hunted down a second time.

MY ROLE / IDEA & DEVELOPMENT Download for Macmindclip.pro

PERSONAL PROJECT / 02

The best conversation of your week isn't in your calendar.

IOS · HUMAN CONNECTION

WeWalk

How do we make it easier to actually talk to each other? WeWalk makes room for conversation while we are moving. An idea about lowering the threshold to getting in touch, and letting more of those meetings fit into an ordinary day.

MY ROLE / IDEA & DEVELOPMENT Live on the App Storewewalk.se

PERSONAL PROJECT / 03

She doesn't exist. The music does.

MUSIC · AI EXPERIMENT

Iris Selis

An AI-created synth-pop artist with a released EP. Through Iris Selis I explore what makes music move us, and what questions arise when the artist behind it is invented. What do we experience as genuine, and what responsibility comes with creating the illusion?

MY ROLE / IDEA, PRODUCTION & RELEASEThe story and the music

04 / IT STARTS WITH HELLO

A good idea
starts with hello.

Are you looking for a speaker for your next event, a voice on the panel, or someone to think an important decision through with?

Tell me what you are planning and what you want it to lead to. We will find the right shape together.

You do not need a finished brief to get in touch.

mathias@mindact.ai +46 (0) 709 95 00 50

MATHIASKARLSSON.

Easy to follow.Hard to shake.

We change the technology.Then it changes the conditions.

The more you understand,the more you can change.

It should land.And stay with you.