What makes Lucido’s AI presentations unique?
Lucido's presentations are unique due to their storytelling approach, blending complex AI concepts into engaging narratives that resonate with the audience, avoiding dry, technical presentations. They provide a balanced mix of theoretical introductions, ensuring foundational understanding without overwhelming with technical jargon, and practical use cases, illustrating real-world applications. Lucido also emphasizes responsible AI usage, offering guidelines and frameworks for ethical implementation. Currently, presentations are tailored towards SMEs, leveraging industry-specific examples from experiences at companies like Silverfin, Proximus and Zoovu.This deep understanding of day-to-day operations allows for highly relevant content. Lucido recognizes the universal applicability of AI.
How can Lucido help my business leverage AI?
Lucido helps businesses leverage AI through a multi-faceted approach. This includes inspirational presentations that spark interest and understanding, detailed online resources like articles and videos that delve into specific AI tools, and hands-on consultancy for AI tool implementation. Lucido assists in both the theoretical understanding and practical application of AI tools within existing workflows, providing tailored advice and support.
What industries does Lucido specialize in?
Lucido specializes in supporting SMEs, with a strong focus on data privacy and compliance. We address key concerns such as GDPR and ISO certifications, which are especially critical for small and medium-sized enterprises. Based in Belgium, Lucido operates with a deep understanding of European regulations and the local business context. While our core expertise lies in helping SMEs adopt AI responsibly, our approach is adaptable to other industries, given the universal relevance of AI.
Can Lucido customize talks for specific company needs?
Yes, Lucido offers tailored presentations to meet specific company needs. These presentations can range from theoretical overviews to practical workshops. Lucido also provides workshops on specific tools and moderates AI-related discussions. Presentation durations can vary from half an hour to three hours or half a day, depending on client requirements. Lucido also offers moderating services for conversations and panels about AI, including philosophical discussions and societal impacts.
What real-world examples does Lucido share in presentations?
Lucido shares real-world examples by demonstrating existing AI tools and showcasing how companies are applying AI. Tools like NotebookLM, SANA.AI, Silverfin, N8N, Zapier, Wispr Flow and AnyLLM are highlighted, along with broader tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Sora, SunoAI, Odeo, ReCraft, Flux, and Minimax. Lucido also references companies like LegalFly, Yuki, and gust.ai, illustrating practical AI implementations within specific industries. This includes a “day in the life” approach of how you can utilize these tools.
How can Lucido help overcome AI adoption challenges?
Lucido provides comprehensive support to overcome AI adoption challenges. This includes inspirational sessions, detailed resources, and practical implementation guidance. Lucido ensures companies not only understand AI but can also effectively integrate it into their operations, providing the necessary tools and knowledge to succeed.
What’s the typical format of a Lucido session?
A typical Lucido session begins with establishing credibility and authority. It then transitions into relatable storytelling to engage the audience. Sessions include day-in-the-life scenarios, practical tool demonstrations, use cases, and discussions on the EU AI Act and prompting techniques. Interactive elements like quizzes are used to maintain engagement and energy.
Are Lucido’s talks available in multiple languages?
Lucido offers presentations in Dutch and English. While French presentations are not currently available, they may be offered in the future. Support materials and online content are also available in both Dutch and English, ensuring accessibility for a wider audience.
How does Lucido measure the impact of its sessions?
Lucido measures impact through direct feedback, word-of-mouth referrals, and the number of follow-up engagements. Building confidence, streamlining processes, and establishing efficient workflows are also considered measures of success, especially in the initial stages of the business.
What feedback have clients given about Lucido’s presentations?
Clients provide positive feedback, appreciating the blend of storytelling and practical examples. They find Lucido approachable and value the collaborative partnership approach, noting the provision of good feedback and openness to suggestions.
What are Lucido’s key success stories?
Key success stories include presentations for Silverfin, social secretariats, UCLL, and BNP Paribas, showcasing Lucido’s ability to tailor content to diverse audiences and deliver impactful insights.
How can Lucido help my team become AI-ready?
Lucido helps teams become AI-ready through educational presentations, workshops, and guidance on AI risks, safe usage, and effective prompting, providing a comprehensive understanding and practical skills.
What makes Lucido different from other AI consultants?
Lucido differentiates itself through its youth, innovation, pragmatism, and hands-on experience in building AI platforms from early stages. Lucido lives and breathes AI, staying ahead of trends and ensuring practical, applicable solutions. This includes my background and experience at Clever and Proximus, building chatbot platforms from the early stages of NLP.
Can Lucido provide ongoing support after a session?
Yes, Lucido offers ongoing support, including tool setup, onboarding, and strategy development, ensuring clients can effectively implement and sustain their AI initiatives.
How does Lucido stay up-to-date with AI trends?
Lucido stays updated through YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), books (like Yuval Noah Harari's and Ethan Mollick's), podcasts (business, product development, technical AI), and personal networks, ensuring they are always informed about the latest AI developments and can provide cutting-edge insights.
What are the most common AI misconceptions Lucido addresses?
Lucido addresses misconceptions about AI limitations, practical applications, and the necessity of human input, providing clarity and realistic expectations.
How does Lucido ensure data privacy in AI solutions?
Lucido ensures data privacy by adhering to GDPR compliance and ISO certifications, and by working with partners to develop secure solutions, prioritizing data protection and regulatory adherence.
What’s Lucido’s approach to AI ethics?
Lucido adopts an ethical approach by avoiding tools developed under suspicious conditions and respecting copyright. They also consider transparency, bias mitigation, and fairness, ensuring responsible AI implementation.
Can Lucido assist with AI tool integration?
Yes, Lucido provides support and assistance with AI tool integration, facilitating seamless adoption and implementation.
What’s the next step after attending a Lucido session?
The next step involves implementing the learned strategies and potentially engaging Lucido for further support and integration assistance, ensuring continued progress and success.
Who is Michiel beyond the slides?
I’ve lived on both sides: corporate (Silverfin, Proximus) and startup (Clever). I know the practical constraints of SMEs, the speed of SaaS, and the human side of change management. Add in Toastmasters public speaking experience and a hands-on love for AI tools, you get someone who can translate complex tech into stories people actually remember.
What is the long term vision?
Lucido starts with AI awareness and practical training but will grow into a broader “future-of-work” consultancy, helping companies with automation, data privacy, and emerging tech beyond AI.
Why are you working with SMEs?
Lucido is pivoting to a broader office-based audience: HR, marketing, customer success, and SaaS product teams. Anywhere repetitive tasks + curiosity about AI meet, Lucido fits.
Are your sessions online or in person?
Both work. Online sessions include live demos and interactive polls; in-person sessions add energy, Q&A depth, and hands-on activities.
Do you have Industry-Specific Scenarios
Yes, Lucido already customizes “day in the life” demos for accountants. The same approach can be built for law firms, logistics, or even creative agencies.
What is your style?
Casual, conversational, and story-driven, no jargon overload, no “AI apocalypse” doom talk. Humor and real-life examples keep it relatable.
How interactive are your sessions?
Quizzes, live prompting exercises, tool demos, and audience polls break up long sessions. People leave with actual tool setups, not just slide decks.
What formats do you offer?
Lucido can combine talks with:Hands-on tool testing, Internal hackathons, Live workflow building sessions
How do you deal with AI fatigue?
Lucido avoids “just another AI talk” syndrome by focusing on practical, safe, and tailored use cases instead of generic hype.
What do you think about the future of work?
Agentic AI systems, AI + automation in SaaS, and AI-enhanced knowledge management will reshape office work. Lucido plans to integrate these into talks and workshops.
Will we soon be out of job because of AI
Lucido stresses: automate the boring, elevate the human. Creativity, strategy, and relationships remain human strengths.
Does Lucido currently have any partnerships?
Lucido doesn’t have formal partnerships right now, but we’re open to collaborating with AI tool vendors, SaaS providers, or industry experts if it helps bring more practical and relevant examples to our clients.
Are you open to AI tool partnerships?
Yes. We’re interested in exploring partnerships for co-branded training, early-adopter programs, or joint workshops in the future when the right opportunities come along.
Could others deliver Lucido-style sessions in the future?
Potentially. We’re considering a “Lucido playbook” so others can deliver sessions using the same style and quality standards while keeping the brand experience consistent.
How does Lucido handle pricing?
Pricing is fully tailored. Each engagement is designed around the client’s specific goals, session scope, and any follow-up support needed — so you only pay for what’s truly valuable to you.
How quickly can clients see results?
Many clients go from “AI curious” to testing real tools in a single session. With follow-up support, basic workflows can often be live shortly after.
What’s your professional background?
I started in customer success and operations at Silverfin, a SaaS platform for accountants, where I learned the practical realities of scaling software, automating workflows, and balancing tech with human adoption. Before that, I had early exposure to AI and chatbot platforms at Clever and Proximus, back when NLP was still niche.
Why did you start giving AI talks?
Because I saw the gap: companies were drowning in buzzwords but starving for practical, real-world examples. My goal was to make AI feel less like sci-fi and more like a set of tools people can use on Monday morning.
How would you describe your speaking style?
Story-driven, practical, and interactive. I use humor, real-life examples, and live demos to keep things engaging, no jargon overload, no “AI apocalypse” doom talk.
Do you only talk about AI?
AI is the main focus now, but I’m equally interested in automation, data privacy, and the future of work in general. Lucido is evolving to cover those broader topics too.
What makes you different as a speaker?
I mix corporate experience, startup scrappiness, and deep curiosity about emerging tech. Add in public speaking practice from Toastmasters and you get talks that are both professional and approachable.
How do you stay up to date on AI and tech trends?
YouTube channels like Matt Wolfe, podcasts on tech and product development, X (formerly Twitter), books like Ethan Mollick’s, and a lot of hands-on experimenting with tools.
What’s your long-term vision?
To build a consultancy that helps businesses adapt to new tech without losing their human side. And to keep speaking, because sharing ideas is the best way to sharpen them
Outside of work, what do you enjoy?
Diving, fitness, cooking, Toastmasters, reading, and occasionally over-engineering side projects with AI just to see what’s possible.
Any fun or random facts?
I make my own chocolates, love experimenting with cocktails (especially coffee liqueurs), and once infused a Negroni with coffee using a Bialetti just to see if it worked. It did.
