EBG | Xperience
Where Nordic Procurement Leaders Share How They’re Building Organizations That Can Act
What is EBG | Xperience?
A Nordic peer-learning series where procurement leaders tackle the strategic challenges that prevent organizational transformation. Not conferences. Not best practices. Just honest conversations about what’s actually working—and what isn’t.
The Journey So Far
2025: Understanding What Needs to Transform
Three cities explored different dimensions of procurement transformation: AI adoption in Copenhagen, risk management in Gothenburg, and strategic capabilities in Stockholm.
Key learning: Procurement leaders aren’t lacking skills—they’re lacking empowerment. Organizations have built capabilities but haven’t evolved the structures that enable teams to act.
2026: Enabling Action in Complex Organizations
Building on 2025 insights, we shift from what to transform to how to enable it. Same three strategic challenges across both cities, different practitioner voices, cumulative Nordic learning.
Focus: Building teams that can act, managing complexity you can’t control, making technology work for you.
2027 and Beyond…
The conversation continues as Nordic procurement leaders shape the future together.
For Procurement Leaders Who Need Their Organizations to Act
Your teams are skilled. Your challenges are clear. But somewhere between capability and execution, momentum stalls. How do you give teams the mandate to act? How do you prioritize when everything is critical? How do you invest in technology when you’re already underwater?
(30 per city)
Three Strategic Challenges (Both Cities)
- Building Teams That Can Actually Act — Empowerment, not just capability
- Managing Complexity You Can’t Control — Authority vs. accountability
- Making Technology Work for You — AI and automation when underwater
2026 Workshop Cities
Exploring What Needs to Transform
5.5/6 average rating across 86 participants in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Copenhagen
In 2025, we explored three different dimensions of procurement transformation across three Nordic cities. Each city tackled a distinct strategic challenge facing modern procurement organizations.
2025 Workshop Cities & Topics
Key Insights from 2025
- 78% at “developing” digital maturity — skilled but stuck in the messy middle
- 0% consider themselves AI leaders — everyone is learning together
- “We all struggle with the same issues” — most common takeaway
- Empowerment gaps > skill gaps — capability exists, governance hasn’t caught up
What Makes EBG | Xperience Different
Practitioners share realities
Procurement leaders share what they’re actually wrestling with—not polished case studies.
Diagnostic, Not Prescriptive
Interactive mapping exercises help you see where your organization actually is.
Peer Learning, Select Presentations
Roundtable discussions where you tackle strategic dilemmas together.
Permission to Be Imperfect
Shared challenges, not success stories. Honest conversations about uncertainty.
Who Attends EBG | Xperience
- Chief Procurement Officers
- Heads of Procurement
- Procurement Directors
- Senior Leaders responsible for procurement transformation
One practitioner per company to ensure diverse peer perspectives.
Note: These workshops are designed for practitioners navigating transformation in their own organizations. Consultants and system providers interested in supporting EBG | Xperience should contact Lars Bjärkerud separately.
EBG | Xperience 2025 Was Made Possible By
Leading organizations who supported peer learning across Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Copenhagen
Practitioner Speakers from (to mention some):
Expert Partner Organizations
Interested in Supporting EBG | Xperience 2026?
Join leading organizations in enabling peer learning across the Nordic procurement community. Partnership opportunities available for the two-city 2026 series.
- Access to decision-makers: CPOs and procurement directors from 80+ Nordic companies
- Thought leadership positioning: Share practical insights with engaged practitioner audiences
- Authentic peer environment: No competing vendors, focused on practitioner learning
- Multi-city visibility: Partner across Stockholm and Malmö or support individual cities
- Proven format: 5.5/6 rating from 2025 participants – professionals want to attend
Want to share your experiences/questions?
Anna Bjärkerud
Founder, EBG | Network
anna(at)ebgnetwork.com
+46 73 581 93 02
Consultants & system providers?
Lars Bjärkerud
Partner, EBG | Network
lars(at)ebgnetwork.com
+46 73 350 03 43
Part of the EBG | Network Nordic procurement community since 2010