Tobias Ahlin Bjerrome

Innovation processes behind Spotify's and Minecraft's successes

Tobias Bjerrome Ahlin is a designer, engineer, and speaker from Gothenburg, Sweden, that has reached an international audience through his lectures in 20 countries.

From Oulu to Tokyo, New York, and back, Tobias speaks about the very latest within creativity, AI, and machine learning. Technological innovations transform the way we work, live, and lead, and Tobias speaks about these transformations with rare insight into what’s happening behind the scenes. He currently works as a Principal Design Engineer at GitHub, the world's largest development platform, which, among other things, has launched the popular generative AI product GitHub Copilot together with OpenAI. Before his time at GitHub, Tobias was the Experience Design Director at Mojang, where he led the interaction design for the world’s best-selling game of all time – Minecraft. Prior to that, he was an early employee at Spotify, where he worked closely with the leadership team.

With his experience from startups that have all transformed their respective industries, Tobias shares new ways of thinking differently; how to innovate, build creative cultures, and use new technology in groundbreaking ways. Examples of lectures with Tobias Bjerrom Ahlin:

The Art of Having Bad Ideas
How can we become more creative together? Tobias Ahlin leans on research blended with his experience from major success stories and explores how we can build innovative cultures, inspire each other, and systematize mistakes with experimental processes. In an interactive lecture, Tobias guides the audience through an inspiring journey that demonstrates how to implement processes that encourage creativity and critical thinking, in environments where we can't always afford to make mistakes.

The Great AI Transition
AI is here to stay—but how do we use it correctly, efficiently, and ethically? What can we do, and what should we avoid? In this lecture, Tobias explores the opportunities and limitations of AI, and how we can prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities that AI offers. Tobias provides an overview of groundbreaking tools and examines how they can affect various industries and societal functions. With practical examples and use cases, he demonstrates AI's potential to transform productivity, creativity, and decision-making, but also highlights the risks, shortcomings, and ethical dilemmas we must keep in mind to achieve a responsible and sustainable application of AI.

Technology's New Frontiers: The Latest in AI
In "Technology's New Frontiers: The Latest in AI," Tobias takes the pulse of the very latest advancements in AI and machine learning, and explore how the latest developments can transform and inspire companies at the forefront of their industries. By highlighting practical applications and observable effects in society, Tobias paints a picture of how companies and organizations can utilize AI not just to adapt to a new era, but how they can lead the development within their industries, where old business models are challenged, and new ones are enabled. The lecture is continuously updated in line with the rapid development of AI, and can be adapted to different business areas and industries.