Human in the lead
Development for people in a changing working lifeAI changes the way we work.
People change the future.
At BestBrains Academy, we help leaders, teams and organisations use AI with confidence, curiosity and good judgement.
Practical learning. Real conversations. No hype.
In focus / Featured course
AI Practitioner
Learn to use it confidently, creatively and responsibly in your everyday work.
- Practical, hands-on exercises concretizing your own AI tasks
- Design an AI workflow chosen by you with the AI Practitioner Certification
- Learn advanced prompting through individual adapted prompt exercises to your specific working context
- Use what you learn immediately after the course
The people behind the course
Created by Jesper Thaning & Heidi Kristensen
Our signature AI Practitioner course is developed in-house by Jesper and Heidi. Built on years of experience and countless hours of curiosity, experimentation and collaboration, it’s a course they continue to refine as AI – and the way we work with it – evolves.
BestBrains Academy’s own certificate when you complete the course.
Our people & philosophy
We teach what we have tested ourselves.
Different minds. Shared values.
We’re a diverse group of partners with complementary backgrounds, expertise and interests.
What brings us together is a shared set of values – curiosity, collaboration and a belief that meaningful development starts with people.
We challenge each other, learn from each other and bring different perspectives to the table.
Good things happen when we learn together.
Please reach out to event@bbacademy.dk for a group discount, if you are a group of 3 or more.
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The people behind BestBrains Academy
Curious minds.
Real people.
Five partners. Different perspectives. A shared belief that people should always be in the lead.
Bent Jensen
Agile leadership coach and SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC)
A pioneer in applying agile methods in Denmark, leading agile teams since 2000.
More about Bent
For the last ten years, Bent has been coaching and mentoring leaders and organizations to achieve the benefits of lean and agile thinking and methods, with clients in Denmark and internationally. He has assisted a large number of companies with transformation programmes and supported Enterprises in their transformation to an Agile and Lean approach. Bent has always been focused on the intersection between self-organization and management, between efficient development and innovation, and how to push the methods to their limits.
bent.jensen@bbacademy.dk
+45 60822111
Heidi Hedegaard Kristensen
AI Trainer & Advisor
Helps leaders and professionals use AI effectively and responsibly, drawing on 25+ years of experience in technology, leadership and organizational change.
More about Heidi
Passionate about helping people learn, grow and thrive.
Heidi has spent more than 25 years working with software development, leadership and organizational change in large international companies.
Throughout her career, she has built and led teams, supported people and teams in growing, and helped organizations adopt agile ways of working. She brings firsthand experience of what it takes to turn organizational change into everyday practice.
Today, she brings this experience into AI training and advisory, helping leaders and professionals apply AI to their own work and discover where it can make a real difference.
Having experienced major organizational changes from the inside, Heidi knows that introducing new technology is only part of the challenge. How people understand, adopt and use it matters just as much.
She is particularly interested in how AI changes the way we think, make decisions and work together – and how we can use it without losing the human skills that matter most.
Jesper Thaning
AI Trainer and Advisor (SPC)
Helps teams and leaders use AI responsibly and effectively, drawing on 20+ years of experience helping organizations adopt lean and agile ways of working.
More about Jesper
With a little help from AI, Jesper has picked up coding again after 20 years – alongside his consulting and teaching. He now combines hands-on exploration of AI with two decades of experience helping organizations adopt lean and agile ways of working.
His experience spans the journey from early ideas and prioritization to development, testing and deployment. Having trained and coached numerous teams and organizations, he helps bridge business and IT through effective product ownership. Today, he builds on this experience to help teams and leaders use AI responsibly and effectively in their everyday work.
jesper.thaning@bbacademy.dk
+45 60820706
Rikke Veng
Academy Events – Sale and Administration
The first person you get in contact with when registering for a class or a meetup at BestBrains Academy.
More about Rikke V.
Besides providing excellent service, Rikke’s ambition is to create and support an ideal environment for learning – a place where people like to come, engage, and have fun. Many years of experience in the restaurant business, combined with an MSc. from IT University, gives Rikke a solid foundation for organizing and running events.
rikke.veng@bbacademy.dk
+45 71992872
Rikke Myung
Partner & Experience Strategist
Rikke stands for a unique blend of creative thinking, aesthetic sense, and business acumen.
More about Rikke M.
With a strong background in experience design and event management, she crafts meaningful learning environments and builds bridges between people, ideas, and opportunities.
She plays a key role in shaping our direction, communication, and customer experience – with a particular focus on where technology meets human connection. Her work at BBA also feeds into her tech startup, Eversay, inspired by years of hands-on experience with events, co-creation, and innovation.
