01The practice
Three streams, one way of working.
Every engagement starts from the same place: find the structure underneath the problem, then design against it.
Executive AI Coaching
One-on-one with the person setting the direction, on live tasks, until AI judgment is firsthand rather than delegated.
For CEOs and owners
How the coaching worksOrganization, business models & strategy
Governance and business models that survive AI disruption, rapid growth and market complexity, and long-term plans built for deep change.
Viable System Model · Flourishing Business Canvas
The advisory recordCarbon accounting & life cycle assessment
Greenhouse gas inventories, full life cycle studies, and independent critical review of work before it is published.
ISO 14040/44 · GHG Protocol
The carbon and LCA record02Flagship · for CEOs and owners
Executive AI Coaching
For CEOs and owners who set the direction on AI, and want to have used it seriously first.
One-on-one, on real deadlines: the board presentation due Friday, the partner response that keeps getting postponed.
Where adoption stalls, the cause is usually how the job is designed, not the person in it.
Panos is a consummate AI coach. ... He listens to my needs, and brainstorms better ways to express what they really are. Then he opens up possible ways that AI can help ... far beyond what I thought was possible.
- 1The same work, fasterThe deck drafted in minutes instead of over the weekend.
- 2Better workThe deck tests three scenarios instead of defending one.
- 3Work that wasn't possible beforeThe board questions a live model in the meeting. The deck stops being the product.
Illustrative: the board deck due Friday.
03Selected work
One engagement from each stream.
Also worked with
- Business model and organizational design
- BMO, Vivenda, MEDASSET, Apigea, Nisa Homes, Wuxly
- Strategy
- Grivalia Properties, PoliSpark
- Carbon accounting
- Strathallen, Grivalia Properties
- Life cycle assessment
- Ingredion, International Paper, ThredUp, Hanes, Rent the Runway, Copernicus Educational Products, StackTeck
04About
The person behind the practice.
I'm Panos Panagiotakopoulos, an environmental engineer with a PhD in sustainability, cybernetics and systems thinking. I have run Close the Loop since 2010, first from Athens and since 2016 from Toronto.
From 2024 to 2026 I co-led a generative AI adoption initiative at Seneca Polytechnic. I teach sustainable business design in OCAD University’s Strategic Foresight & Innovation graduate program, and co-founded the cleantech startup CarbonOne and the AI literacy venture AskRight.
Connect on LinkedInCredentials
- PhD in sustainability, cybernetics & systems thinking
- 20+ years advising organizations in Canada & Europe
- Co-founder, CarbonOne and AskRight
Affiliations
- Seneca Polytechnic Co-lead, generative AI adoption initiative, 2024 to 2026
- OCAD University Adjunct Professor, Strategic Foresight & Innovation
- Professional Engineers Ontario P.Eng., licensed in Ontario