Helping teams successfully adopt AI — every time.
I'm Hank Barker. Hands-on workshops, implementation support, and tools built to make AI actually stick — for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and the agents built on top of them.
- Years training
- 3+
- Professionals trained
- Thousands
- Businesses implemented
- 50+
- Negative reviews
- 0
Trusted by
- Macomb Community College
- Mott Community College
- Oakland University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- …and many more
What I do
Three ways teams work with me.
Hands-on workshops
Live, no-fluff sessions where your team learns by building. Tailored to your tools, your data, and your day-to-day work.
AI implementation
I help integrate AI into your existing systems — from prompts and assistants to multi-step agents in Zapier or running on-device.
Strategy & consulting
Where to start, what to skip, and what's worth investing in. Clear plans your leadership can act on this quarter.
Tools I've built
Katie AI
An AI coaching and adoption platform.
Katie AI helps teams actually adopt AI — coaching users in the moment, surfacing the right prompts, and turning training sessions into ongoing habits. Built from years of running hands-on workshops with real teams.
- →In-context AI coaching for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini
- →Prompt libraries and playbooks built for real workflows
- →Adoption tracking so leadership sees what's working
Watch a quick intro to Katie AI ↑
Latest on YouTube
Watch what I'm working on.
Wall of appreciation
Thousands trained. 50+ businesses. Zero negative reviews.
Workshops, implementations, and tools — across community colleges, universities, and businesses of every size.
"Hank's workshops are the rare kind people actually talk about afterwards. Our team left with real workflows, not just demos."
"Practical, hands-on, and tuned to where we actually were. Easily the most useful AI session we've run."
"Hank cut through the hype and showed us where AI fits into how we already work. Highly recommended."
"Engaging, knowledgeable, and incredibly responsive. We came away with a clear plan and the skills to execute."
Resources
Stuff worth saving.
- ↗
Anthropic — Prompt Engineering Guide
The canonical guide for getting better results from Claude and similar models.
- ↗
OpenAI — GPT Best Practices
Useful patterns for prompting ChatGPT and the GPT API family.
- ↗
Google — Gemini Prompting Guide
Google's official prompting playbook for Gemini in Workspace.
- ↗
Learn Prompting (open course)
Free, structured course covering everything from basics to advanced patterns.
- ↗
ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship chat assistant — still the daily driver for many teams.
Recent presentations
What I've been talking about.
2026 · Recent keynote
AI Agents: From Hype to Practical Builds
A working breakdown of what an AI agent actually is, where they pay off today, and the simplest path to ship one without burning a quarter on R&D.
2026 · Industry workshop
AI for Manufacturing
Hands-on session for manufacturing teams — where AI is actually helping on the floor, in operations, and in front-office work.
2026 · Education workshop
AI for Teachers & Students
Practical AI for the classroom: what teachers can lean on, what students should learn to use well, and the policies that keep it honest.
2026 · Private workshop
AI for Everyday Work: A Hands-On Intro
A 90-minute, no-fluff intro covering ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini — when to reach for each, and how to prompt them well.
From the blog
A weekly read.
Jun 2, 2026
Welcome to PriorAIty
Why I'm starting this blog, what to expect, and the one idea I keep coming back to when teams ask me where to begin with AI.
May 26, 2026
Picking your first AI tool (without overthinking it)
ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini — which one should your team start with? Here's the short answer I give clients.
May 19, 2026
Agents that actually ship
Most 'AI agents' I see in the wild are stuck in a demo loop. Here's the simple framing I use to ship ones that don't.
Ready to start?
Let's figure out where AI actually moves the needle for your team.
30 minutes, free. I'll walk away with a sense of where you are, and you'll walk away with a clearer next step — workshop or not.
Book an intro call →