AI workshops · In-house, NZ-wide

AI workshops for NZ teams

A hands-on day for your team, on your own tools and your own work. Nobody watches slides for long: everyone leaves with AI set up and workflows they built themselves.

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  • 5.0on Google
  • 50+businesses helped
Blake Harkness running a hands-on Claude session in Christchurch, beside a slide titled Real Example: Client Project Management
A hands-on Claude session, Christchurch.

Your team learning AI on its own work

A hands-on half or full day, in-house anywhere in New Zealand. Everyone gets set up properly, builds workflows for their own role, and leaves with safe-use guidelines the team has agreed.

Reviews

Teams after the workshop

5.0 average on Google

We brought Blake in to run an AI workshop for our team, and it was excellent. He struck a great balance between explaining concepts clearly and keeping things practical, encouraged questions and made the whole session feel very engaging.

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Highly recommend if you're looking to upskill your team on AI in a way that actually sticks.

Captivate TechnologyDil KhosaBusiness Operations Manager, Captivate Technology

Blake ran a couple of sessions for my team. He was fantastic; he made it really simple for the whole team to understand, regardless of their previous AI experience.

CohesiveShaun BoldockGeneral Manager, Cohesive

Blake is amazing, his knowledge of AI is really impressive. He helped us become more confident with AI and showed us how to use it in our business.

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The training sessions were great, and he's very approachable and always happy to help. He also presented at our networking event and received fantastic feedback from everyone.

2Secure SecurityMukul DangDirector, 2Secure Security
The day

What a team workshop actually looks like

This is AI for Your Team, our full-day format. It can also run as two or three shorter rounds.

  1. 60-90 min
    Team foundations

    What AI is good and bad at, live demos on your own examples, ground rules.

  2. 45 min
    Set up and connect

    Everyone's account set up properly and connected to your tools.

  3. 45 min
    Map the use cases

    Small groups by role pick the repetitive jobs worth handing over.

  4. 2-3 hrs
    Hands-on build

    Each person builds workflows on their real work, with help at the desk.

  5. Close
    Guidelines and a champion

    Safe-use rules agreed, an internal champion named, a backlog for next.

    A person decides
Named proof

A workshop that turned into six connected tools

The title slide of the AI Discovery Workshop for Trap and Trigger Ltd, Friday 17 April 2026, Upper Hutt
The workshop deck, built for their team.
Trap and TriggerConservation and pest control · Upper Hutt

Trap and Trigger: team trained, Claude connected to 6 of their tools

An Upper Hutt conservation contractor, trained on Claude in a half-day workshop, then connected to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Docs, Site App Pro and PayHero - health and safety compliance is now one question away.

1
question to see which health and safety forms are in or missing
6
connections: 3 built-in Google ones, plus Sheets and Docs, Site App Pro and PayHero
4 hrs
of hands-on training on the team's own tasks
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Blake has become our go-to for everything AI in our business - from setting up Claude and training our team, to building integrations like our PayHero setup that we had struggled with ourselves.

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He is a genuine sounding board, hits his timelines, and hands over tools that work with clear instructions. We would happily recommend Blake and Harkness AI to any business looking to get real value out of AI.

Nick Zaloumis Director, Trap and Trigger Ltd
In the room

Real rooms, real teams

Blake Harkness teaching a small group seated at tables in Hamilton, with a My Journey slide on the screen beside him
Graduating into a World of AI, Hamilton.
A room of B&B and boutique accommodation owners raising hands during an AI session at the Bed & Breakfast Association NZ conference in Christchurch
Bed & Breakfast Association NZ conference, Christchurch.
An Engineering New Zealand audience in Christchurch listening to a session on AI for engineering workflows
Engineering New Zealand, Christchurch.

Teams and rooms we have trained

  • Captivate Technology
  • Cohesive Construction
  • 2Secure
  • Trap and Trigger
  • Maugers Contracting
  • Whale Watch Kaikōura
  • Bed & Breakfast Association NZ
  • Shakti
Questions

What people ask us

How long is an AI workshop?

Most run as a half day. Build Your Claude Brain is 4 hours, AI Foundations for Business Owners is 3-4 hours, and AI for Your Team is a full day on site or two to three shorter rounds spaced out so the learning sticks.

How much does an AI workshop cost in NZ?

It depends on group size, format and how much tailoring is involved. Tell us about the team on a free call and we will come back with a plan and a fixed price.

Can you run the workshop at our office?

Yes. Private workshops run at your office anywhere in New Zealand, online, or a mix. We build the day around the tools your team already uses.

Is it Claude or ChatGPT training?

We teach on the tool that fits your business, which is most often Claude because it connects well to email, files and systems like Xero. The habits carry across tools.

What will the team be able to do afterwards?

Each person leaves with their own AI account set up correctly and connected to your systems, role-specific workflows they built themselves, agreed safe-use guidelines, and a prioritised backlog of what to build next.

Book a workshop for your team

Tell us how many people, which tools you run and what you want them doing differently. We will come back with a plan and a price.

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Last updated 6 October 2026