CLAUDIA
OLSSON
Innovation leader in the field of
Digital transformation, AI & Future Skills
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Claudia Olsson is an international expert in digital transformation, AI and future skills. She is the founder and CEO of Stellar Capacity, a global education company helping leaders build digital and AI capabilities for the future of work, and co-founder of SpeakCharlie, advancing global talent mobility and intercultural competence.
Claudia serves on the Board of Medicover, one of Europe’s leading healthcare and diagnostics companies, and has contributed to national and EU-level digital policy through roles with the Swedish government’s Digitalization Commission, the European Commission, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council.
She holds degrees in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics, Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, and an Executive MBA from the Wharton School.
Recognized as one of Sweden’s most visionary voices in technology, she focuses on keeping humans at the center of progress and preparing leaders to create meaningful, lasting impact in a digital world.
Claudia holds a really inspiring, fast paced and insightful talk from the leading edge of technological evolution and entrepreneurship. She doesn’t just stack examples on top of each other, but dissects and draws conclusions and insights and presents some overarching trends and forecasts of the future. As the digital revolution has merely just begun, everyone in business (and society!) needs to get prepared to seize the coming wealth of opportunities. Claudia's talk is one such preparation.
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Speech topics
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Generative AI and the Impact on Businesses and Organizations
Generative AI is changing how decisions are made, products are built, and organizations grow. Claudia explains how these technologies reshape value chains and redefine leadership in the digital economy. Drawing from current AI breakthroughs, she connects innovation to real business outcomes and human impact. She addresses the questions leaders must now face: How do we align AI with human values? How do we lead in organizations where data, creativity, and ethics must coexist? Key Takeaways: - Understand how generative AI reshapes industries and operating models. - Learn strategies for integrating AI while keeping human judgment at the core. - Explore how governance and ethics frameworks guide responsible innovation. - See how forward-looking organizations balance automation with adaptability. - Gain tools to position your organization for long-term, human-centered progress.
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The Future of Work: Leading in the Age of AI
AI is redefining what work looks like and what leadership demands. Claudia examines how intelligent systems reshape roles, workflows, and decision-making, and what this means for organizations that want to stay relevant. She highlights the new leadership skills that matter most and challenges leaders to rethink development, structure, and culture so that technology strengthens, not replaces, human potential. Key Takeaways: - Understand how AI transforms work, talent, and leadership. - Learn the core skills leaders need to thrive in AI-driven environments. - Explore strategies for balancing automation with human growth. - See how forward-looking teams use AI to enhance collaboration and creativity. -Gain insight into emerging roles shaping the workforce of the future.
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Digital Leadership - How to Lead Successfully in the AI Era
Leadership is changing faster than technology itself. As AI reshapes every function of business, leaders must learn to guide teams that combine human intuition with machine intelligence. Claudia defines what effective leadership looks like in this new reality. She shares how successful leaders build adaptive cultures, drawing on real cases from global organizations. She shows how to align data-driven decision-making with human values and how to lead teams that think critically with, not against, technology. Claudia’s insights equip leaders to: - Redefine leadership for a hybrid human - AI environment. - Build organizations where innovation and accountability grow together. - Develop digital fluency and emotional intelligence as core leadership traits. - Design systems that keep ethics and empathy at the heart of transformation. Claudia leaves audiences with a clear message: the best digital leaders do not chase technology - they elevate people through it.
Global Digital Trends: What’s Shaping the Next Decade
Digital transformation is not unfolding the same way everywhere. Claudia draws on her international work across Europe, Asia, and North America to show how nations and industries interpret innovation through their own social and cultural lenses. With experience from the World Economic Forum and the Trilateral Commission, Claudia connects local initiatives to global shifts. She explains how organizations can anticipate disruption, bridge digital divides, and build strategies that thrive across borders. What Audiences Gain: - A global view of digital transformation and its regional differences. - Insight into policy, culture, and governance trends shaping technology adoption. - Understanding of how global innovation networks influence business and leadership. - Tools for building culturally aware, internationally scalable digital strategies.
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From hierarchies to wirearchies - Leading digital transformation
Digital transformation is not only about technology. It is about rethinking how organizations make decisions, collaborate, and deliver results. Drawing on her experience with the Swedish Defence and global institutions, Claudia shows how traditional hierarchies evolve into flexible, network-based systems that drive speed, security, and innovation. She shares what successful transformation requires: a shift in mindset, not only in tools. Through concrete examples, Claudia explains how to build trust in distributed decision-making, break down silos, and develop teams that learn and adapt continuously. Key Insights: - Understand how networked leadership models replace rigid hierarchies. - Learn how defense-level precision and adaptability apply to civilian organizations. - See how culture, collaboration, and learning sustain transformation at scale. - Gain strategies to align digital tools with mission, values, and security.
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Innovation to solve grand challenges
Innovation is more than invention. It is the practice of seeing problems differently and turning insight into progress. Claudia shows how true innovation connects human need, technology, and collaboration to solve real challenges. Drawing on her work across government, industry, and education, she explains how organizations create conditions where innovation thrives. Her message is clear: progress depends on mindset as much as method. Key Takeaways: - Understand how innovation drives measurable impact across sectors. - Learn how to reframe challenges to uncover new opportunities. - Explore how digital tools and human creativity combine to create change. - See how leaders build cultures where experimentation meets accountability. Claudia helps leaders design innovation that serves people, strengthens systems, and delivers lasting value.
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IN THE MEDIA
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