AI strategy and human-centered systems consulting

Bring expert AI judgment to systems that people can actually use.

I help businesses and organizations make better decisions about AI, operations, and workflow design—drawing on expert AI practice, corporate-sector experience, major international education projects, and an MLIS foundation in information systems and knowledge design.

Portrait of Odin Halvorson

What this supports

Systems thinking for real organizations

The goal is not a stack of abstract recommendations. The goal is a working system your people can actually maintain: clearer priorities, better decisions about AI, less duplicated effort, cleaner handoffs, and tools that strengthen the work instead of distorting it.

Systems mapping

Look at the full picture—people, tools, timing, responsibilities, and friction points—before changing any one part in isolation.

AI strategy and implementation

Bring expert guidance shaped by major international AI projects in the education sphere, corporate-sector experience, and a practical focus on what people can truly use.

Small-business efficiency

Reduce operational drag, simplify recurring work, and make the day-to-day more coherent without turning the organization into a machine people resent.

Human-centered implementation

Design changes around actual capacity, communication habits, and trust so the system can hold under ordinary pressure.

How I work

Practical consulting, not theater

Some engagements need a clear outside read on what is not working. Others need a steady partner who can turn AI ambition, process friction, or team confusion into concrete decisions, structures, and next steps that hold over time.

Diagnostic review

A focused look at the current system, where it is creating drag, and which changes are likely to matter first—especially when AI, knowledge flow, or coordination have become bottlenecks.

Advisory support

Ongoing thinking partnership for leaders, teams, and organizations making decisions around AI adoption, process design, learning systems, or technology change.

Implementation shaping

Help turning good intentions into rhythms, documents, handoffs, and expectations people can actually use in real operational settings.

Why this approach

Expertise paired with a humane lens

Whole-system analysis

Problems are usually less isolated than they first appear, so the work starts by understanding the surrounding structure.

Expert AI judgment

Experience across major international AI efforts in education and work in corporate contexts helps separate meaningful change from trend-chasing.

MLIS-informed systems view

An MLIS background strengthens the way I think about knowledge flow, information design, and how people actually find and use what they need.

Human-centered by default

Good systems should make people more capable and less fragmented, not more managed, more performative, or more exhausted.

Next step

Start with the friction that keeps costing time, clarity, or trust.

If an AI initiative feels vague, a workflow keeps breaking down, or the organization is working too hard for too little return, that is usually the right place to begin. We can look at the full system around it and decide what kind of support will actually move things forward.