Overview
Think AI only improves efficiency? Think again.
AI is making its way into every corner of the workplace - from automated scheduling to chatbots answering HR questions to AI-driven performance tracking. For employers, it promises cost savings and efficiency. But for employees, especially in blue-collar jobs, it often feels like surveillance, mistrust, and dehumanization.
And when employees feel like cogs in a machine, engagement drops, turnover rises, and your productivity suffers.
If you've ever:
- Rolled out a new HR or operations system only to hear employees say, "Are you replacing us with robots?"
- Seen trust and morale drop after introducing automated monitoring tools
- Struggled to explain how AI benefits employees, not just the company
- Worried that AI-driven decisions may not reflect the reality of your frontline workers’ experience
- Wanted to modernize your HR processes without alienating your workforce
you’re not alone - and you’re right to be cautious.
Here’s the reality: AI can absolutely improve the employee experience - if it’s implemented thoughtfully. When done poorly, it breeds resentment, inequity, and resistance. But when done well, it can help your blue-collar workforce feel valued, heard, and supported.
Areas Covered in the Session
This webinar shows you how to make AI work for your employees, not against them. You will learn how to:
- Recognize the unique challenges of using AI in a blue-collar, frontline workforce
- Identify where automation helps employees (not just managers) by reducing repetitive or frustrating tasks
- Communicate clearly about what AI does - and what it doesn’t - to build trust and transparency
- Balance efficiency gains with preserving dignity and respect for workers
- Monitor for bias and inequities in how AI impacts diverse employees on the shop floor, in warehouses, and in the field
- Collect employee feedback and adjust implementation to meet their needs
- Train managers to use AI responsibly and reinforce human connection in daily operations
Don't let AI undo your culture or drive your best people away.
Improve efficiency. Build trust. Create a workplace where people - and technology - thrive.
Reserve your spot now and learn how to integrate AI into your blue-collar workforce the right way.
Who Will Benefit
This webinar is essential for anyone responsible for managing people and technology in a hands-on, operational environment:
- Human Resources Professionals - If you’re introducing AI-driven tools to a frontline workforce
- Business Owners and Executives - If you want to improve operations without destroying morale
- Managers and Supervisors - If your team is skeptical of new technology and you need to win them over
- Operations and Compliance Professionals - If you’re tasked with balancing efficiency, fairness, and employee satisfaction
If you’re responsible for your employees, your company, and your culture, this webinar is for you
Speaker Profile
Suzanne Lucas spent 10 years in corporate HR where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers. She left the corporate world to advise people and companies on how to have the best Human Resources departments possible.
Suzanne integrates best practices with innovative ideas and humor, including using improv comedy as a tool for leadership development.
Suzanne’s writings have been published at CBS News, Inc. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and many other sites. She’s been named a top influencer in HR. You can read her archives at EvilHRLady.org or check out her Tedx Talk: Forget Talent and Get to Work.