Today, there are two jobs available per every unemployed person. With many of those open positions falling in the skilled labor industry, how is anything getting made? That’s where global automation innovator, Integrated Systems, Inc. comes in. If the job is dull, dirty or dangerous, ISI sees opportunity for automation.

Leading companies from Tesla to John Deere, bring ISI into their plants to help automate operation systems to improve efficiency. They develop customized solutions for each client, innovating robotically-based tools to integrate into the manufacturing process. Originally a welding integrator, ISI evolved from a company specializing in custom machinery to eventually become the global supplier of robotically-based automation systems that they are today.

Bob Brown, the owner of ISI, has a unique strategy to inspire consistent creativity and innovation within his team and keep the company and its sustainable solutions evolving. In this episode of Of Note, listen as Bob Brown joins our hosts Kim Christ and Joseph Nother to break down how he manages innovating robotically-based automation systems for a company that’s everything but automated. Learn from his early days of entrepreneurship, willingness to fail and take risks, and the leadership traits behind it all.