Digitalization is reliant on a workforce that's willing to accept the change. To discuss how manufacturers can bridge that gap and gain buy-in from their workforces, Amanda Del Buono interviews Jonathon Hensley, founder and CEO of Emerge Interactive, a company that assists organizations in achieving digital transformation.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/manufacturing-tomorrows-workforce/advice-for-gaining-buy-in-to-digital-transformation/

Learn more about Jonathon’s new book, “Alignment”: https://www.emergeinteractive.com/podcast/

Amanda Del Buono interviews Jay Richards, a member of the founding team and senior consultant at Denison Consulting, a consulting firm that helps its clients improve their culture and build leadership development. They discuss leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and then step back to take a broader look at leadership development in U.S. manufacturing.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/manufacturing-tomorrows-workforce/leadership-during-covid-19/

Visit Jay's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJix0XVFhLJvqO1EFIw_Z8w 

Illustrating the success of apprenticeship programs, Putman Media intern Alexandra Ditoro interviewed Melody Whitten, director of development for 58 Inc., a part of Shelby County Alabama's Economic Development Committee (http://58inc.org/). Whitten explains how the local organization built an apprenticeship program and how this program is helping local manufacturers build their own talent pipelines. Whitten also offers advice to manufacturers considering implementing an apprenticeship model.

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Amanda Del Buono interviews Joe McMurry, peer group solutions consultant for the Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership, about how manufacturers can reduce turnover by improving their employee retention strategies.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.controlglobal.com/podcasts/manufacturing-tomorrows-workforce/what-you-need-to-know-to-retain-employees/ 

While many are able to work from home during the current pandemic, field service workers by nature don't have this option. In this special edition episode, Amanda Del Buono is joined by Stacey Epstein, chief marketing officer and customer experience officer at ServiceMax, to discuss how organizations and individuals can stay safe while keeping essential equipment up and running.

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Visit the new Field Service Job Finder from ServiceMax and Krios at https://www.fieldservicefinder.com/

Peter Coleman, president and CEO of Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance, joins Amanda Del Buono to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is challenging the manufacturing industry and its workforce.

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Amanda Del Buono is joined by Terry Iverson, founder of ChampionNow!, a nonprofit organization with the goal of changing the image of manufacturing in the eyes of the next generation of workers. They discuss attracting the next generation of workers and changing their perception of manufacturing as well as in their parent's eyes.

In line with the podcast, Iverson is offering 30% off his book "Finding America's Greatest Champion," here https://championnow.org/podcast/

Randy Heisler, vice president of Life Cycle Engineering, a consulting firm serving private industry, public entities and government organizations, chats with Amanda Del Buono about retirement and how manufacturers can better prepare for their retiring workforce and manage new workers.

Alexandra Ditoro, a current journalism student at Loyola University in Chicago, builds on our last podcast about the academic-practice gap with her interview with Jack Ferguson, a recent graduate of Clemson University and a seal reliability engineer at SEPCO. Alexandra and Jack discuss Jack’s transition from a student to a practitioner, what he felt confident about and what he maybe didn’t feel so confident about as he started his career.

Amanda Del Buono interviews R. Russell Rhinehart, CONTROL magazine columnist, engineering coach and professor at the Oklahoma State University’s School of Chemical Engineering, about the academic-practice gap. Russ explains what the gap is, why it exists and if it can be closed.

Read Rhinehart's column on ControlGlobal.com: http://bit.ly/2HnSWsZ