AI Reality Check
The first, safe step toward an AI-ready organization

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers enormous opportunities, but it also raises many questions. What is and isn’t allowed? Where do you start? And how do you ensure that employees actually use AI responsibly? Many organizations are already experimenting with AI, but lack coherence, direction, and guidance. The AI Reality Check was developed as an accessible entry point: a concrete, well-defined first step that allows you to quickly gain insight, manage risks, and build trust, without immediately embarking on a large or complex project. 

Drawing on our many years of experience across various companies, we offer practical advice and guidance backed by sound theory. This allows your organization to build knowledge immediately and integrate new working methods into existing processes in a sustainable way. 

Our approach: insight, experience, and focus

We begin with a brief intake session to gain a clear understanding of your organization’s context, goals, and concerns. Based on this, we tailor examples, case studies, and key focus areas to your specific practices and industry. This isn’t a generic training program—it’s relatable and practical. The AI Reality Check is structured in logical layers, so that awareness, application, and in-depth exploration reinforce one another: 

  1. AI Literacy Training – The Essential and Necessary Foundation 
  2. Interactive workshops – applying the concepts to roles, teams, and processes 
  3. Prompting & Deepening – Practical Application and Initial Use Cases 
  4. Finally, we’ll work together to assess where you stand and determine the appropriate next steps 

AI literacy training

not just as a tool, but as a foundation for responsible and future-proof AI use. During the training: 

  • Gain a clear understanding of what AI is, how it works, and what its limitations are 
  • Do you understand what the EU AI Act and other regulations actually mean for your organization? 
  • Become aware of key considerations regarding ethics, privacy, security, and liability 
  • Learn when (and when not) AI should be used 
  • Build your demonstrable AI literacy in accordance with laws and regulations 

The training is interactive, practical, and carefully defined in scope. Participants receive a certificate of completion. This ensures that your organization immediately meets key legal and organizational requirements. 

Workshops: From Knowledge to Application

Once we’ve covered the basics, we’ll work together to identify where AI can actually provide support or automate tasks. In interactive workshops, we’ll apply AI to specific tasks: 

  • By role, team, or management level 
  • With a focus on workload, quality, and collaboration 
  • Without the scare stories: what can be automated, and where does human judgment remain essential? 
  • This is often where the enthusiasm comes from: participants recognize their own work and immediately see where AI can add value

Prompting & Deepening

In the in-depth (prompting) workshop, we make AI truly practical: 

  • Hands-on experience with commonly used tools, including Microsoft 365 applications 
  • Learn to write better prompts using practical techniques 
  • Identifying the first relevant use cases for your organization 
  • Depending on the need, this layer can be expanded with further development or pilot projects. 

Knowledge alone is not enough. Anyone who wants to implement AI on a structural basis must also adapt their work habits, collaboration, and decision-making processes. 

What are the benefits of the AI Reality Check?

Upon completion, you will have: 

  • Understanding Your Organization's AI Maturity 
  • A clear understanding of both opportunities and risks 
  • First concrete applications and use cases 
  • Direction and focus for next steps 
  • A secure, compliant foundation for continuing to work independently with AI 

Learn more

Curious about what the AI Reality Check can do for your organization? Please contact one of our colleagues at max.severijns@valid.nl or hylke.botma@valid.nl