AI training & consulting for Michigan teams.
I’m Hank Barker. I help businesses, educators, and workforce teams learn AI on the work they actually do. Hands-on workshops and practical adoption consulting, in person and virtually.
- Service area
- Michigan
- Delivery
- In person & virtual
- Training
- Hands-on practice
- Consulting
- Clear next steps
Trusted by
- Macomb Community College
- Mott Community College
- Oakland University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- …and many more
Where to start
Start free. Go further only if it's worth it.
Almost everything here is free and ungated. The paid work only makes sense once you already know how I teach.
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Free videos
Daily posts and walkthroughs on YouTube and LinkedIn.
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Free guides
Deep, practical write-ups you can download and keep.
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Weekly AI guide
One use case a week, plus what's genuinely worth knowing.
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Free live session
A live training every couple of weeks. No pitch.
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Discovery call
Thirty minutes to see whether there's a fit.
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Training & consulting
Workshops, programs, and implementation that sticks.
Free guides
Start with these.
AI for Teams · 10 min read
Before your team starts using AI
Connect AI to a business outcome, build a usable policy, train people on their work, and review a pilot before expanding.
AI Agents · 10 min read
Give your AI helper a job
Four useful assignments for Dots and Muse, with setup references, source rules, approval limits, and a reusable review record.
AI Workflows · 10 min read
Teach AI its part of your workflow
Map the process, define the AI role and output standard, then use varied tests, specific corrections, and a saved operating record.
Free training sessions
Watch how I teach.
I run live sessions every couple of weeks and post every recording. Nothing gated, no pitch at the end.
Working together
Two ways in.
Training makes your people capable. Consulting figures out where to point them. Most teams start with one and grow into the other.
Training
Hands-on workshops where everyone in the room is using the tools on their own real work.
- Free Training Session60 minutes · live
- AI Foundations WorkshopHalf day · on-site or virtual
- Role-Based Workshop Series3–6 sessions
- Team Enablement Program6–12 weeks
- Train-the-TrainerCustom
Consulting
Finding where AI actually pays off in your business, in what order, and what has to be true first.
- AI Discovery Session60–90 minutes
- AI Readiness Assessment2–4 weeks
- AI Roadmap2–3 weeks
- ImplementationProject-based
- Fractional AI AdvisorMonthly
Tools I've built
Katie AI
An AI coaching and adoption platform.
Katie AI helps teams adopt AI by 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 ↑
Let's figure out where AI actually moves the needle for your team.
Thirty minutes, free. I'll walk away with a sense of where you are, and you'll walk away with a clearer next step — engagement or not.