AI Saleslabs

AI Foundation Session

Stop running isolated AI pilots. Build commercial growth with AI.

Work with experienced business and AI experts to find out where AI genuinely strengthens your sales and marketing organisation. With a clear business case, concrete priorities and internal buy-in.

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  • Allianz
  • Vodafone Business
  • Signify
  • Roche
  • Lyreco
  • Stedin

Everyone is experimenting with AI. But who is really profiting?

AI initiatives are popping up everywhere: a tool here, a pilot there, an enthusiastic colleague trying something out. What is usually missing is a shared commercial strategy. The result:

Fragmented initiatives

Isolated pilots and tools without coherence and without demonstrable return.

No convincing business case

Money is being invested, but nobody can substantiate what it delivers.

Teams don't know where to start

Sales and marketing see the possibilities, but lack direction and priorities.

Which partner really adds value?

Every vendor promises results. Without your own framework, comparing them is almost impossible.

No buy-in or ownership

Without a shared direction, AI remains the project of a few enthusiasts.

Everyone starts to look alike

The same tools, the same copy, the same approach. Your distinctiveness disappears.

Before you invest in AI again, the business case has to add up

We turn it around

First understand the business. Then decide where AI genuinely adds value.

We start with your organisation, your commercial objectives and your existing processes. Only then do we look at technology. No technology for technology's sake and no off-the-shelf solution that everyone implements, but a commercial foundation that fits your market, your audience and your distinctive strengths.

  • Understand: ambitions, audience, sales process and current initiatives
  • Prioritise: where AI delivers the most commercially
  • Decide: one shared direction, backed by a first business case
Participants of an AI Saleslabs masterclass with their certificates

The AI Foundation Session

A strategic session with experienced business and AI experts, together with your commercial leaders. Not a technical AI workshop, but a commercial exploration. Together we map out:

Where are the biggest commercial opportunities for AI?

Which sales and marketing processes can be smarter?

Which existing AI initiatives have real potential?

How do we make the business case and expected return transparent?

Which applications deliver the most value in the short term?

How do we build internal support for the next investment?

How do we preserve and strengthen what makes us distinctive?

How do we make sure people actually start using AI?

Discover what AI can really deliver for your organisation

No investment risk if our approach isn't the right fit. The session does ask something of your organisation: time, the right people at the table and openness about your commercial challenges.

At least four participants

Relevant employees and decision-makers from your organisation.

The right mix at the table

Preferably representatives of commercial, sales, marketing and management.

Explore together

Together we explore the opportunities and a possible follow-up approach.

No costs if it isn't a fit

If you decide after the session that our approach doesn't fit and you don't want to continue, we charge nothing.

Talk to our clients

By arrangement, one or two conversations with clients who went through a similar programme.

What does the session deliver?

No upfront promises about returns, but a well-founded starting point for making good decisions.

Insight into commercial AI opportunities

Where AI can add the most value in your market, sales process and customer contact.

Priorities for sales and marketing

Which applications first, which later, and which not (yet).

A first, substantiated business case

With explicit assumptions, so you can weigh return and investment honestly.

More buy-in from leadership and teams

A shared view among the people who have to decide and deliver.

Direction for tooling and vendors

Criteria to choose AI solutions, vendors and implementation well.

A practical follow-up plan

Concrete first steps, with clear ownership and a logical sequence.

We don't start with the technology. We start with your business.

Business experts, not tool vendors

Our experts combine years of experience in business, commercial processes, sales and marketing with the practical application of AI. We know how organisations work, where commercial bottlenecks arise and how technology can accelerate growth.

That is why we look at AI the way a leadership team does: what does it deliver, what does it ask of the organisation and how do you bring people along?

We deliberately focus on the commercial organisation. AI questions in, for example, HR or IT we leave to specialists in those fields. That keeps us focused, and gives you a partner who knows what they're talking about.

Toni van Dam addressing a room of commercial professionals

AI should increase your distinctiveness. Not erase it.

Everyone gets access to the same AI tools. As a result, marketing, sales approaches and customer communication risk looking more and more alike. We focus on what makes your organisation unique:

Market and competitive position

Where you win, where you lose, and why.

Audience and customer relationships

What your customers expect from you and what keeps them with you.

Your commercial story

The story that sets you apart: strengthened, not flattened.

Your own processes and knowledge

The expertise competitors can't simply copy.

Room to grow

Where AI can help you grow faster and more effectively.

Tailored over standard

A tailored strategy matters more than blindly rolling out generic tools.

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In practice

Commercial transformation is what we do. A selection of programmes we ran with sales organisations.

Talk to organisations that went before you

Want to hear how others approached it? By arrangement, we organise one or two reference calls with clients who went through a similar programme, depending on their availability and consent.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Introduction

    We discuss your commercial challenges, ambitions and participants.

  2. Step 2

    AI Foundation Session

    With at least four stakeholders, we bring together opportunities, priorities, business case and buy-in.

  3. Step 3

    Concrete direction

    We determine which next steps add value and whether working together is a good fit.

  4. Step 4

    Only continue if it adds up

    If our approach isn't a fit and you decide not to continue, we charge nothing for the Foundation Session.

Frequently asked questions

Who takes part in the session?

At least four relevant employees or decision-makers from your organisation, preferably from commercial, sales, marketing and management. That creates a shared view and buy-in from the start.

Is this a technical AI workshop?

No. The session is strategic and commercial. We look at your market, audience, processes and objectives, and only then decide where AI adds value. No technical background is needed.

What does the AI Foundation Session cost?

If you decide after the session that our approach doesn't fit and you don't want to continue, we charge nothing for the Foundation Session. For any follow-up, we agree on the investment upfront, during the introduction.

Can we talk to organisations you have helped?

Yes, by arrangement. We are happy to organise one or two conversations with clients who went through a similar programme, depending on their availability and consent.

What happens after the session?

You have insight into the commercial AI opportunities, clear priorities, a first business case and concrete first steps. Together we decide which next steps add value and whether further cooperation is a good fit.

Do you also support AI in HR, finance or IT?

No. We deliberately focus on the commercial organisation: sales, marketing and commercial growth. That is where our expertise lies.

Finally make AI an investment with a clear purpose

Plan an AI Foundation Session and discover where AI can accelerate your commercial organisation.

Condition: at least four relevant employees or decision-makers take part in the session, preferably from commercial, sales, marketing and management. If our approach isn't a fit and you don't continue, we charge nothing for the Foundation Session.