Blue Collar AI HQ

Seattle, WA · Training for supervisors and middle managers

I speak fluent foreman & C-suite.

Most AI experts have never worked a shift. I have, for 25 years. Blue Collar AI HQ trains supervisors and managers in any industry to use AI and the core management skills nobody ever taught them, in plain English, on the work they actually do.

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Blue Collar AI HQ logo: a hard-hatted worker in front of a gear and circuit lines
25 yrsrunning field operations
44,000+inspections managed a year
Black BeltLean Six Sigma
Infraday PNW2026 speaker

THE PROBLEM

Nobody trains the middle.

Executives get the AI strategy decks. Crews get the tools. The people who turn one into the other get a promotion and a "good luck."

Supervisors and middle managers write the reports, run the meetings, handle the discipline, and answer to both directions. They are also the layer most companies skip when they roll out new technology.

That is the layer I train.

  1. ExecutivesGet the strategy deck
  2. Supervisors & managersGet skipped
  3. Crews & frontlineGet the new tools

THE FLAGSHIP

The AI-Enabled Supervisor.

A 90-minute working session built on real supervisor tasks, not AI features. Five workflows, in the order a shift actually goes.

  1. 1

    Capture

    Turn voice memos, photos and scribbled notes into usable records.Shift reports, incident write-ups, punch lists

  2. 2

    Communicate

    Say it clearly to the crew, the customer and the boss.Emails, crew updates, executive summaries, hard conversations

  3. 3

    Plan

    Build the schedule, the manpower plan and tomorrow's checklist.Work plans, materials lists, meeting agendas

  4. 4

    Troubleshoot

    Work a problem from several angles before you commit.Root causes, compare options, question the manual

  5. 5

    Govern

    Know what never goes into an AI tool, and how to check what comes out.Privacy, hallucinations, safety, human sign-off

Management basics ride along. The same sessions cover the skills AI can't do for you: running a good meeting, documenting fairly, and leading people who used to be your peers. Workshops can be tuned for union and non-union workplaces.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Start free. Go as deep as you need.

No Shit Guide

FOR ANYONE LOCKED OUT OF THE AI CONVERSATION

50 corporate, tech and AI buzzwords translated into plain English. Free, instant, no credit card.

Free

Supervisor Starter Packet

FOR NEW AND NEWLY PROMOTED SUPERVISORS

Three ready-to-use documents so you stop starting from a blank page.

Coming soon

Supervisor Survival System

SELF-PACED, WITH UNION DYNAMICS

The HR 101 and day-to-day leadership material most supervisors learn the hard way.

Coming soon

Team workshops

FOR UTILITIES, CITIES, CONTRACTORS, MANUFACTURING, ANY INDUSTRY

The AI-Enabled Supervisor delivered to your people, on your own forms, reports and problems. Pilot sessions available now. Priced per engagement.

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Speaking

CONFERENCES, ASSOCIATIONS, MAGAZINES AND EVENTS

Practical, funny, a little loud, and always with a prop. Keynotes and breakouts on AI for the people who run the work.

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Consulting

FOR LEADERS WHO WANT A PLAN, NOT A PITCH DECK

Process review, AI adoption for operations teams, and supervisor development programs.

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SPEAKING

Book me for your stage.

Practical, funny, a little loud, and always with a prop. I talk to the people who run the work about using AI without the hype, and I leave the room with something they can use Monday morning.

RECENT STAGEInfraday PNW 2026, Seattle

  • AI for the Person Running the Shift

    Real supervisor tasks, done faster with AI: reports, plans, crew communication and the safety rules that keep you out of trouble.

  • Supervisor, Manager, Director

    What each level actually owns, where the handoffs break, and how to lead across all three.

  • The Silver Tsunami

    Your most experienced people are retiring. How to capture what they know before it walks out the door.

FORMATS  Keynote · Breakout · Panel · Half-day workshop

GOOD FIT  Utilities, public works, municipalities, contractors, trade and industry associations, manufacturing

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THE FREE GUIDE

Get your decoder ring.

50 things Silicon Valley discovered, named and sold back to the people who were already doing them.

  • Corporate and HR buzzwords in plain English
  • Tech terms your crew actually needs to know
  • Startup culture decoded, including the BS
  • AI terminology without the gatekeeping
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ABOUT

Bernard Morris.

I have spent 25 years running field operations, 15 of them in management, at Southern California Edison and now Seattle Public Utilities. Forty-four thousand inspections a year across twenty-six thousand square miles taught me what actually works when a plan meets a crew.

I'm a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with no computer science degree and no coding background. When AI showed up, I didn't wait for someone to explain it. I started building, then started teaching the people who were told to "just figure it out."

Blue Collar AI HQ is an independent business and is not affiliated with my employer.

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Tell me about your crew, your industry and what keeps your supervisors up at night. I'll tell you straight whether I can help.

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