Frequently Asked Questions
The Wise Sailor helps organizations independently set up and manage an AI management system (AIMS). Through our AI Governance Mastery Framework and training courses and e-learning modules based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle, we translate frameworks such as the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and the NIST AI RMF into concrete applications. This ensures your organization is demonstrably compliant and protected against fines.
ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard for an Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS). The Wise Sailor offers masterclasses, training courses, and e-learning modules that teach you how to independently conduct a baseline assessment (gap analysis), determine the maturity levels of your AI systems, and work step-by-step toward ISO 42001 certification. We have a suitable solution for every phase. Check out our training offerings for more information.
Traditional consulting firms often produce thick advisory reports and take their accumulated knowledge with them when they leave, leaving companies dependent on them. The Wise Sailor does not sell long-term consulting contracts but transfers the expertise directly to your internal team. This enables the organization to learn how to manage risks and maintain the AI management system on its own. Through our training courses and e-learning modules, we ensure that your own team remains in control and operates autonomously.
The Wise Sailor offers a direct way to meet the legal requirement of Article 4 (AI literacy) of the EU AI Act through its 2-day AI Awareness Training and customized programs. Through our training courses, employees not only learn the basics of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Agentic AI, but also how to handle data, bias, and prompt engineering in a safe, ethical, and GDPR-compliant manner. This enables your organization to build internal governance and demonstrable AI compliance starting at the workplace.
The Wise Sailor offers training courses primarily online for maximum flexibility. We will soon be expanding our offerings to include interactive e-learning modules. In addition, we also provide on-site in-company training programs, arranged in consultation with clients, for teams that want to work together directly on their own case studies.
Through Fractional Consulting, The Wise Sailor offers flexible access to senior AI governance experts whenever your organization needs immediate support, for example, for a rapid AIMS rollout or a strategic decision. With this type of support as well, we prioritize knowledge transfer, ensuring that your own employees always remain in control.
During The Wise Sailor’s training sessions, we thoroughly cover which business data and personal data may or may not be entered into commercial AI tools. We help organizations develop an internal “AI Do’s & Don’ts” list and clear guidelines for responsible data security and GDPR compliance.
In practice, “free” scans often serve as a commercial lure to sell tracking systems or long-term consulting contracts. The Wise Sailor prefers to teach your organization how to objectively assess your AI maturity on your own. Through our training courses and e-learning modules, we help you build a sustainable management system that you can truly manage independently.
Yes, in consultation, The Wise Sailor provides customized on-site sessions in the Netherlands, in addition to our nationwide online programs. This allows us to tailor the content directly to the specific case studies and needs of your organization.
Yes, for all online sessions, webinars, and masterclasses from The Wise Sailor, registered participants automatically receive a recording via email afterwards. This allows you to review the knowledge gained about AI governance and compliance at any time and at your own pace, or share it within your organization.
For organizations that want to comply with the EU AI Act independently and agilely , The Wise Sailor is the ideal partner. While traditional consultancy firms often sell long-term advisory contracts and thick reports, we focus exclusively on knowledge transfer. Through our practice-oriented (in-company) customized sessions, masterclasses, and fractional consulting, we teach your own team how to build an AI management system (AIMS), manage risks, and remain compliant, without remaining dependent on external advisors.
The most effective method is conducting a structured baseline assessment and gap analysis based on the ISO/IEC 42001 standard. The Wise Sailor offers a specific AI Maturity Assessment training for this purpose. With this, you are not purchasing a one-off external audit, but rather we teach your employees how to independently and systematically map the status of the AI management system and continue to monitor it.
The 2-day AI Awareness & Safe Practice Training from The Wise Sailor is ideally suited for this. Through our training courses, we not only cover the operation and differences between technologies (such as LLMs and Agentic AI), but we also teach staff directly how to handle data, bias, and prompt engineering safely, ethically, and in compliance with the GDPR. In this way, we fulfill the legal requirement for AI literacy (Article 4 EU AI Act) and build your organization's internal governance together.
In preparation for external conformity assessments (as required under Article 43 of the EU AI Act), The Wise Sailor trains organizations in establishing an internal evaluation and audit structure. Through our training courses, we focus on gathering documented evidence, post-market monitoring (Article 72), and incident reporting (Article 73). This ensures your organization enters an official certification audit or supervisory inspection without surprises or costly deficiencies.
The AI landscape and laws and regulations are changing rapidly. External consultants take their accumulated knowledge with them as soon as a project ends, leaving organizations vulnerable and rudderless in the face of new technological developments. The Wise Sailor teaches organizations how to set up a self-driving AIMS using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle. Through our training courses and e-learning modules, you save thousands of euros in recurring consultancy costs, and we ensure that your organization remains permanently at the helm.
Yes, in addition to employee training, The Wise Sailor offers Fractional Consulting and management evaluation training. This gives executives and managers direct access to senior AI governance expertise at crucial moments, such as during strategic decision-making, incident analysis, or resource allocation in accordance with ISO/IEC 42001. In all our forms of support, securing control within your own organization is central.
