Speaking
Talks on AI strategy, digital transformation, and the systems-thinking behind durable enterprise change. Available worldwide for keynotes, panels, and board off-sites.
Enquire about speakingEach one is built on a book, so the room leaves with the argument and the tools behind it.
The question isn't whether to use AI. It's what your organisation must become when intelligence is suddenly abundant. Strategy, governance, architecture, adoption and measurement, and a plan for the first ninety days. For boards and executive teams.
From AI Don't Make You Smarter
Who you have to become when a digital coworker does the work you used to do. How to brief it, how to read work you did not watch being made, and how to stay the accountable half. For leaders and knowledge workers.
From pilot to production. Practical frameworks for enterprise AI adoption that deliver measurable ROI — not pitches, but patterns drawn from real engagements.
Leading change through technology adoption. Capability building, change management, and where the real friction lives.
Building scalable systems with ERP, CRM, and AI integration in complex organizations. Where AI lives and gets governed.
Industry-specific perspective on customer experience, operations optimization, and what agentic commerce changes.
Invited speaker at Microsoft Norway's internal all-hands meeting in Oslo, presenting Columbus's Frontier approach to Agentic AI alongside Gjert Hammersland and Didrik Nettelhorst Krog.
Featured stage session at the Nordics' largest retail and e-commerce conference, exploring how AI is transforming retail across customer experience, logistics, pricing, and product development — and how Nordic retailers are moving from experimentation to measurable business value.
Presented strategies for leveraging AI within Dynamics 365 ecosystems, focusing on practical implementation patterns and integration approaches for Nordic enterprises.
Presented insights on AI adoption strategies for Nordic businesses, focusing on practical implementation approaches and measuring ROI in enterprise AI projects.
Shared practical approaches for integrating AI capabilities with Infor M3, including automation opportunities and intelligent process optimization.
Keynote presentation on emerging AI trends and their practical applications in enterprise environments, with focus on Nordic market opportunities.
Explored the dual nature of AI in cybersecurity - both as a defensive tool and potential attack vector - with practical guidance for enterprise security strategies.
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Magnus Oxenwaldt is VP Group AI at Columbus Global, author of AI Don't Fix Stupidity and AI Don't Make You Smarter, and host of the Future Bytes podcast. He helps leaders turn AI from a slide into a system.
Magnus Oxenwaldt is VP Group AI at Columbus Global, where he leads the AI practice and the company's own AI-first transformation. He has spent nearly thirty years in technology leadership: IT manager, eight years as CTO, five as Chief Commercial Officer, then executive consultant and enterprise architect across ERP, customer engagement and integration.
He is the author of two books on AI at work. AI Don't Fix Stupidity asks what a company has to become when intelligence is suddenly abundant. AI Don't Make You Smarter asks who you have to become inside it. Every week he hosts Future Bytes, a podcast on the AI news that matters for business. He holds a master's degree in marketing economics.
