<p>John Hooker unpacks why automation still breaks on the human layer, how closed systems and missing data cripple optimization, and why every refinery runs differently. A sharp look at AI’s limits, tribal knowledge disappearing, and the messy reality of modernizing oil and gas.</p>

John Hooker unpacks why automation still breaks on the human layer, how closed systems and missing data cripple optimization, and why every refinery runs differently. A sharp look at AI’s limits, tribal knowledge disappearing, and the messy reality of modernizing oil and gas.

Episode 7
When Machines Can’t Talk: John Hooker on Control Systems, AI Gaps and the People Problem

The Innovation Blueprint brings together leaders from oil &amp; gas, pharma, and manufacturing for candid conversations about the hidden inefficiencies costing their industries millions. We skip the corporate spin to explore the real operational challenges, the opportunities everyone else overlooks, and the solutions that shouldn't work but do.

No vendor pitches. No consultant speak. Just honest insights from executives who've found massive value where others weren't even looking.

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The Innovation Blueprint brings together leaders from oil & gas, pharma, and manufacturing for candid conversations about the hidden inefficiencies costing their industries millions. We skip the corporate spin to explore the real operational challenges, the opportunities everyone else overlooks, and the solutions that shouldn't work but do. No vendor pitches. No consultant speak. Just honest insights from executives who've found massive value where others weren't even looking.

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Episode 7 When Machines Can’t Talk: John Hooker on Control Systems, AI Gaps and the People Problem

Episode 7 When Machines Can’t Talk: John Hooker on Control Systems, AI Gaps and the People Problem