Expose the Math: How Elkem Scaled Trusted Value Selling

Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 11:00 AM EST

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Show customers your math, then invite them to break it.

AI can generate a value proposition and an executive presentation in minutes. But speed alone does not earn customer trust. Trust comes from transparency, shared assumptions, and collaborative value discovery.

Many sales organizations still lead with product and service features designed to convince customers. The most successful value-selling organizations do something different. They expose the math: the assumptions, formulas, value and cost drivers, and the risks and uncertainties behind the business case. Then they invite the customer to challenge it.

In this webinar, Ole Iacob Prebensen, former Commercial Manager at Elkem, joins Bob Kramich, President & COO of LeveragePoint, for a candid conversation about the Elkem MICRODENSE success story and how Elkem built a value-based methodology into its organization. Ole Iacob will share how one platform became the system for trusted, enterprise-wide value selling and customer value management training for Elkem’s global team, and where AI fits in. AI does not replace expertise. It removes the administrative burden so commercial teams can spend more time validating assumptions and building customer trust.

You will learn:
• Why transparent, challengeable value models build more credibility than polished feature presentations
• How combining AI with robust, approved value methodologies lets you scale value selling consistently across products, regions, and customers
• How one consistent message built on approved value drivers replaces locally made versions and assumptions, inside your organization and across your customer base
• What changed commercially at Elkem, including double-digit margin improvement, less discounting, and larger deal sizes

Ole Iacob Prebensen

Ole Iacob Prebensen

After serving as an officer in the army for more than a decade, Ole Iacob held numerous global positions in the oil & gas industry for almost 30 years, including Manager Technical Services Worldwide and Director of Business Line at an oil service company. His career has been defined by a focus on optimizing customer outcomes. Ole Iacob recently retired as Commercial Manager at Elkem ASA, where he led the implementation and training of Customer Value Management across the organization. His background in operational leadership and global commercial roles gives him a systems-level perspective on what it takes to make value selling work across a global organization.

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