Our CEO wrote a book on AI in ecommerce. Here's why it's a perfect handbook for you.

Jonas Wärngård, CEO and founder of Nordic Web Team, is releasing his first book this spring: "Tre personer levererar som tio — Så bygger svenska e-handelsteam ett operativsystem för AI" (Three People Deliver Like Ten: How Swedish ecommerce teams build an operating system for AI). It's a practical guide for leaders who've bought into AI but are still waiting for the results to show up.

AI is how we work, not something we add at the end

At Nordic Web Team, AI isn't a feature we bolt on at the end of a project. It's embedded in how we think, build, and deliver. Every engagement is AI-augmented, from the first line of code to the ongoing optimization of a live store. We use AI for code generation and review, automated testing, SEO content, and product data enrichment. For our clients, that translates into faster delivery and storefronts equipped with AI-powered search, personalization, and customer service.

That position didn't come from a keynote or a quarterly memo. It came from years of doing the work, and from figuring out, together with our team and our clients, what actually moves the needle versus what just sounds good in a LinkedIn post.

Much of that learning has been led by our CEO and founder, Jonas Wärngård. Now he's put it on paper.

Why this book is different

There is no shortage of AI books right now. Most fall into one of two camps. Future-facing manifestos about where AI is heading, or tool-specific guides that go stale the moment a new model drops.

Jonas wrote the book he couldn't find. One focused on what actually works in practice, in real ecommerce teams, today.

The premise is simple, and it's grounded in something most leaders are quietly experiencing but not talking about:

"Everyone talks about the AI revolution as if buying licenses is the same as changing how a team actually works. It isn't."

Jonas Wärngård

A study from METR found that developers using AI without structure became 19% slower, while believing they were working faster. Klarna went from "AI replaces customer service" in 2024 to rehiring humans in 2025. The LinkedIn feed is full of "10x productivity" posts, but most teams aren't feeling it yet.

The book is written for the people sitting in the middle of this gap. The ones who've bought the tools, tried to embed AI into the workflow, and are still asking why nothing is really changing.

What's inside

Instead of prompts to copy or technical deep-dives, the book gives you a framework for assessing where your team actually stands and how to move it forward:

  • The AI Maturity Pyramid. Five levels, from basic tool use to autonomous operations, and how to move your team up step by step.

  • Why context beats more tools. Why most teams are solving the wrong problem when they add another license.

  • The four-part multiplier model. Tools, context, workflow, and culture multiply with each other. Miss one and the whole equation collapses. The book walks through how to strengthen each.

  • Timebox-based requirements. How to steer AI projects toward outcomes rather than specifications.

  • Persistence as a cultural norm. The underrated factor that separates teams that succeed from teams that quietly give up.

  • Real cases. From Klarna, Shopify, and Nordic ecommerce companies that have actually done the work, not just talked about it.

Who it's for

The book is written for CEOs, CTOs, ecommerce leaders, and product managers who want to understand AI as an operational force rather than a buzzword. If you've felt the gap between AI's promise and AI's delivery in your own organization, this is written for you.

Jonas brings three angles on the same industry to the writing. Consulting work through Nordic Web Team, product development through Junipeer (his ERP integration platform), and Frntkey (his frontend-as-a-service company). Three vantage points on ecommerce, which is part of why the book separates what genuinely works from what just sounds good.

When can you get it?

The Swedish edition releases in Spring 2026 as both an e-book and a printed edition, available through Bokus, Adlibris, and Akademibokhandeln. An English edition titled "Outsize" will follow a few months later.

Subscribers get notified first and receive a meaningful discount on the launch.

If you've been waiting for an AI book written from the ecommerce trenches rather than the consultant deck, this is the one to pre-register for.

👉 Register for early access and launch discount

A note from us at Nordic Web Team

We're proud of the work Jonas has put into this. The frameworks in the book are not theoretical. They're the same principles we apply every day when we build and optimize stores for our clients. If anything in here resonates and you'd like to talk about what AI-augmented ecommerce could look like for your business, get in touch.

Marta Sakalouskaya
Marta Sakalouskaya
Marketing and Communications