A CEO's field report, not a product demo

Your leaders hear about AI everywhere, often from people selling it. I bring something else: the account of a CEO who put AI to work in his own company and on his own job, with figures, failures included.

Founder of 2 companies with no outside funding, which have generated several hundred million euros in sales opportunities for their clients. I founded Oliverlist in 2016; today it manages more than 100 people day to day. Since July 2026, I have built 84 agents and 13 applications on my own, and they now back me up every day as a CEO.

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AI as the CEO's right hand

What I no longer do myself, and what does it for me: a 60-day cash forecast updated every week from 3 banks, about 190 checks every night with only anomalies escalated, meetings run by Nora, an AI agent that publishes the minutes, and 4 inboxes sorted about 30 seconds after each email arrives. What is left for me: deciding.

What worked, and what did not

At Oliverlist, the tripling of revenue per person between 2019 and 2023 came from automation, not from generative AI. The voice agent for client calls is on hold. The net effect of the appointment-setting agent is still being measured. And AI has to be measured: on prospect reply sorting, 99% right on urgent replies, 77% on positive ones, and about 4 real errors a day found by an audit of 7,612 replies.

The 5-layer method

Connected data, agents, controls, your decision, continuous improvement. I show what each layer looks like on my side, and what must be in place before moving to the next. The details are on the method page.

Choosing your first projects

Which tasks to hand over first, how to choose them, how to tell whether it works. Simple criteria, such as frequency, available data or a result you can check, and concrete examples: overdue-invoice reminders, email triage, meeting minutes.

Formats

1. Keynote. For a conference, a company gathering or a CEO network. A talk built on real examples, followed by questions. Length adapted to your program.
2. Leadership workshop. With your executive committee, or your family council in a family business. After the field report, we turn to your company: where leadership time goes, which tasks to hand over first, who will own them.
3. Q&A session. For a CEO forum or a business club. A short introduction, then your questions, on your own cases.

I speak in English or French.

Preparation and fees

Each session is prepared with you: the audience, its industries, what it already knows about AI. I sell no software during the session, and nothing is resold afterwards. Fees are quoted per session. To check a date, book 30 minutes or email thibault@vivasync.io.