Your team is using AI.
Are they trained?
Probably not — and since February 2025, EU law has expected businesses to make sure staff using AI are properly trained. Most Irish SMEs turn out to be lower-risk than they fear — but almost none have actually checked. We help you find out where you stand, train your team properly, and put simple guardrails in place.
First cohort opens Q1 2027 · places are limited — Bayside is a solo consultancy and every assessment is done properly, not at volume.
years in enterprise IT stand behind every session.
EU AI Act risk tiers, each explained in plain English.
ways we help: practical AI training, and EU AI Act readiness.
is when the AI literacy obligation became law — not a future deadline.
Your team already has access to AI. They just don’t know how to use it yet.
Someone on your team has probably already pasted a work email into ChatGPT to help draft a reply — quietly, without telling anyone. That’s not a problem in itself. It just means AI is already inside your business, arriving faster than any policy or training around it, and nobody’s checking whether what came back was actually any good.
of Irish SMEs cite a lack of AI skills as the main barrier to getting value from the technology.
a week is a realistic time saving per person once everyday AI habits click into place.
is often all it takes to move a team from hesitant to genuinely productive.
The AI literacy obligation is already live. Most businesses haven’t heard of it.
Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires organisations to make sure staff using AI tools have adequate AI literacy — an understanding of what the tools do, and the risks involved. It’s been the law since February 2025. There’s no fine attached to this specific obligation for most SMEs, and no cliff-edge deadline racing towards you — but it’s already live, and it’s exactly where our two services meet.
EU AI Act Readiness
Understand what applies to your business, document what you’re actually using, and prepare for compliance — in plain English, with no false urgency and no scare tactics.
See all four tiers explained Pillar oneTeam AI Training
Half-day and full-day team workshops. Practical and hands-on, built around your real work — not instant mastery, but a solid, practical understanding your team can keep building on.
See training options One to oneExecutive AI Coaching
Four weeks, an hour a week, for busy leaders — mapping where AI removes low-value work from your own week, then extending it safely across your team.
See the four weeksNo technical background needed
Designed for non-technical people, whatever the starting point.
Tailored to your sector
Retail, hospitality, trades, professional services — every example is one your team recognises.
Take-home toolkit
A prompt library, quick checklists and session materials, so the learning sticks.
Half-day & full-day formats
Depth scales with the format — you pick what fits the team’s week.
What’s this actually worth to your team?
Drag the slider to your team size. The estimate uses the 3–5 hour weekly saving teams typically report once everyday AI habits stick.
Illustrative estimate based on typical outcomes after training — actual results vary by team and role.
hours back, every week
hours back, every month
working days back, every month
Real skills, applied to your real work.
Hours back every week
Automate the repetitive writing, summarising and admin that quietly eats your team’s day.
No jargon, no code
Designed for non-technical people. We demystify the tech and build confidence, whatever the starting point.
Your tools, your tasks
Hands-on with the tools your team already has, working through your actual documents and scenarios.
Confidence & guardrails
What to trust, what to double-check, and how to stay safe with data — plus what the EU AI Act actually asks of you.
Tailored to your sector
Retail, hospitality, professional services, trades — every example is drawn from work your team recognises.
A take-home toolkit
A prompt library, quick checklists and session materials so the learning sticks long after the day ends.
Three simple steps, no pressure.
Join the waitlist
A short form — tell us a little about your team, or your AI Act questions. Two minutes, no obligation.
We’re in touch, personally
As a solo consultancy we take on a limited number of clients at a time, so a real conversation follows — not an automated reply.
Tailored delivery
Training, an AI Act readiness assessment, or both — built around your business, your sector and your actual day-to-day work.
What we cover.
A grounding in the fundamentals, then straight into practical, hands-on use. Depth scales with the format you choose.
01
The AI landscape, plain and simple
What these tools actually are, what they’re good and bad at, and where they fit in a real business.
- What ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude actually are — and how they differ
- Where AI is a strong fit for your work, and where it isn’t
- The real cost of getting it wrong vs. the upside of getting it right
02
Prompting that gets usable results
The core skill — how to ask so you get accurate, on-brand output instead of generic filler.
- The structure behind a prompt that works first time
- How to fix a bad result instead of starting over
- Building your own reusable prompt templates
03
Everyday wins
Email, reports, meeting notes, research and summaries — the tasks that quietly consume the working week.
- Drafting and rewriting emails in your own voice
- Summarising long documents and meeting notes in seconds
- Research that would normally eat an afternoon
04
Sector-specific workflows
Deeper, repeatable processes tailored to how your business actually operates (full-day focus).
- Mapped to your actual sector: retail, hospitality, trades, professional services
- Repeatable processes your team can reuse every week
- Built from your real documents, not generic examples
05
Accuracy, privacy & responsible use
Spotting mistakes and bias, protecting client data, and the essentials of the EU AI Act.
- Spotting hallucinations and confidently wrong answers
- What’s safe to paste into a public AI tool — and what isn’t
- The essentials of the EU AI Act, in plain English — see the full breakdown →
06
Building the habit
How to keep momentum after the session so AI becomes part of the routine, not a one-off novelty.
- A simple weekly routine that keeps skills sharp
- How to bring new starters up to speed fast
- Where to go next once the basics are second nature
Ready to find out where you stand?
Taking bookings from Q1 2027 — register your interest now, for training, an AI Act readiness assessment, or both. We’ll get back to you personally to figure out what’s right for your business.