From researching change, to standing in the middle of it

I am a researcher and psychologist, with a PhD in work and organizational psychology from the University of Oslo. The main focus of my own research has been how organizational change — particularly unpredictable restructuring processes — affects employees' psychosocial working environment and health, where we found negative effects that persisted for several years. Effects like these have obvious knock-on consequences for turnover and ultimately for the bottom line — something I believe is still underestimated when organizations plan change. The findings have been taken up by leaders who want to carry out change processes more effectively, for the better for both people and the bottom line.

After the doctorate, the road led from the researcher's role to founder and COO of the AI company seeyouAI, where I worked with the same dynamics of change, but now as a participant and from the inside — at higher speed, under unpredictability and change, and breaking new ground. Followed by a steep learning curve.

Today I am helping to build new AI companies, starting from the same fundamental question: how can we best make sure that change and development lead to something better rather than something worse? And given that AI is one of the largest changes the labour market has ever seen, these are, to put it mildly, interesting times.

Here I share the occasional thought on relevant research, experiences from leadership and founding work in both established and newly started companies, and reflections on what it takes for most of us — people and businesses alike — to see and make use of the enormous opportunities AI represents.

I find every point of intersection between AI and the human variables genuinely exciting, and I share some thoughts in the hope that they may be of interest to others too — and to show that the most rewarding thing is to find your own, unique path in a world full of possibility.