KROON ACADEMY
New technology works as well as the team using it.
Optimising and innovating always come with growing pains. Part of that is knowledge: what the tools can do moves faster than what a team knows about them. Kroon Academy closes that gap. Your team keeps up, stays competitive and works within the rules. And curiosity is reason enough. Optimisation and innovation are only as good as the people using them. This is a first look at the topics we cover: short videos of about 40 seconds, a short series per topic, with a self-check after each one.
- All
- How AI really works 10 videos
- AI and the rules 10 videos
- From Excel and email to workflow 10 videos
- Getting your data in order 10 videos
- Choosing and owning software 10 videos
- Secure and resilient 10 videos
- Cloud without surprises 10 videos
- From idea to product 9 videos
- Network and workplace 3 videos
- Embedded and IoT 6 videos
01 · Basic
How AI really works
From 'what is a language model' to 'why our ChatGPT pilot did not stick', in ten 40-second episodes. No hype, one idea each.
0:37Ep. 1What is a language model?
0:37Ep. 2Why AI sounds so sure
0:41Ep. 3What is RAG?
0:38Ep. 4Searching by meaning
0:41Ep. 5Ask your own documents
0:38Ep. 6Chatbot or agent?
0:39Ep. 7A human at the controls
0:39Ep. 8Fine-tuning or your own documents?
0:36Ep. 9Where does your model run?
0:38Ep. 10Why the ChatGPT pilot did not stick
02 · Basic
AI and the rules
The AI Act, Article 4 AI literacy and GDPR-proof AI in plain language: what a company of 10 to 100 people has to arrange, and what it does not.
0:39Ep. 1What is the AI Act?
0:39Ep. 2The four risk classes
0:40Ep. 3AI literacy: Article 4
0:37Ep. 4How to show it
0:41Ep. 5The AI register
0:36Ep. 6GDPR-proof AI: four checks
0:38Ep. 7'EU-hosted' is not the whole answer
0:39Ep. 8DPIA: when you need one
0:37Ep. 9Oversight that actually works
0:36Ep. 10An AI policy on one page
03 · Basic
From Excel and email to workflow
Where the hours leak, which process to automate first, and how to keep a person in control. The way Optimi works, taught as a method.
0:41Ep. 1Where the hours go
0:40Ep. 2Measure before you build
0:39Ep. 3Picking your first process
0:39Ep. 4Rules where you can, AI where you must
0:38Ep. 5What a connection does
0:42Ep. 6OCR versus AI reading
0:37Ep. 7The queue for doubtful cases
0:37Ep. 8A workflow must never fail silently
0:41Ep. 9A working prototype in 10 working days
0:37Ep. 10Measure before and after
04 · Basic
Getting your data in order
From loose exports to one version of the truth: master data, one source per field, pipelines, warehouse and migration, and why this decides whether AI works.
0:38Ep. 1Why your numbers do not match
0:39Ep. 2What master data is
0:38Ep. 3Count before you clean
0:36Ep. 4One source per piece of data
0:37Ep. 5Checks at the moment of entry
0:43Ep. 6Who owns this number?
0:37Ep. 7What a data pipeline is
0:38Ep. 8Why a spreadsheet is not a data warehouse
0:37Ep. 9Migrating data without losing any
0:42Ep. 10Is your data ready for AI?
05 · Basic
Choosing and owning software
Buy, connect or build; who owns the code; how to choose a supplier and renew old software without stopping the work.
0:41Ep. 1Buy, connect or build?
0:39Ep. 2The hidden cost of 'free' Excel
0:38Ep. 3Who owns the code and the data?
0:40Ep. 4Choose on facts, not on the best demo
0:38Ep. 5Making Exact, AFAS or Odoo work with the rest
0:39Ep. 6Renewing old software while work goes on
0:43Ep. 7When your developer leaves
0:41Ep. 8A portal instead of your inbox
0:38Ep. 9Maintenance: who calls whom
0:39Ep. 10Recap: what first, what can wait
06 · Basic
Secure and resilient
Back-ups you can restore, access per person, NIS2 and ISO 27001 without panic.
0:35Ep. 1A back-up only counts once you have restored it
0:38Ep. 2Recovery time, in plain language
0:41Ep. 3What a penetration test is, and is not
0:37Ep. 4Access to exactly what you need, nothing more
0:37Ep. 5Does NIS2 apply to you?
0:40Ep. 6Reporting an incident within 24 hours
0:41Ep. 7What ISO 27001 actually asks of you
0:40Ep. 8SPF, DKIM, DMARC: mail that arrives
0:44Ep. 9Hear it from us, not from your customers
0:38Ep. 10Recap: one server down, the work goes on
07 · Basic
Cloud without surprises
What the cloud is, how you move without downtime, and a bill you can explain.
0:37Ep. 1The cloud in plain language
0:39Ep. 2Moving to the cloud without stopping the business
0:41Ep. 3A cloud bill you can explain line by line
0:37Ep. 4Hybrid: keep local what must stay local
0:37Ep. 5A cloud nobody shares with you
0:36Ep. 6Three clouds, one overview
0:34Ep. 7Code that only costs money when it works
0:38Ep. 8Storage without buying disks
0:37Ep. 9The same desk at the office, at home and on site
0:38Ep. 10Recap: a set-up you can explain, extend and pay for
08 · Basic
From idea to product
Feasibility, MVP, prototype, electronics, firmware, certification and small-batch production.
0:41Ep. 1Is your product idea feasible?
0:37Ep. 2The smallest version customers really use
0:36Ep. 3A working prototype before you order a batch
0:35Ep. 4A circuit board that works, can be made, and stays yours
0:36Ep. 5AI that runs on the device itself
0:35Ep. 6CE marking without surprises at the test lab
0:37Ep. 7A parts list that is still available next year
0:39Ep. 8From hand-built prototype to a batch you can deliver
0:36Ep. 9Recap: keeping a product alive after launch
10 · Basic
Embedded and IoT
Sensors, firmware, machines and test set-ups: electronics that measure, control and report.
0:40Ep. 1Sensors that measure what happens and report it automatically
0:39Ep. 2Firmware that keeps your device working for years
0:36Ep. 3Machines that keep working and report what they did
0:38Ep. 4Connect an older machine without replacing it
0:35Ep. 5A robot that works in production instead of standing unused
0:34Ep. 6Test every device automatically with a report for each serial number


