Stan Van Gundy was president of basketball operations and head coach of the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the Orlando Magic from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the NBA Finals in 2009.

In this episode, Stan talks about his passion for politics, how to set the direction of your team from the beginning, why you should accept and even welcome big egos, and why his mindset will be a lot different if he ever gets the opportunity to coach again.

There’s a global footprint of over 350 million workers in manufacturing alone today. When you think about field service techs, that number expands even further.

Despite all the advancements in robotics and automation, most of the jobs held by these frontline workers will still be around several years from now. Still, we shouldn’t leave human workers with out-of-date technology.

Today’s guest is Chris Kuntz, VP of Marketing at Augmentir. Chris talks about AI, augmented reality, and the industrial shop floor.

In 3-5 years, every manufacturing industry is at risk of being disrupted if they’re not using this technology:

Additive manufacturing.

So says today’s guest: Ryan Martin, CEO of Midwest Composite Technologies. In this one, Ryan talks about putting the customer first in your product development as well as why all manufacturing companies should be looking in the rearview mirror if they’re not using additive technology.

To reach out to Ryan, email him at [email protected].

Today’s buyer's are empowered with information. That changes the way they buy things. Which changes the way we need to sell things.

Thanks to inbound selling, there’s a way for sales professionals to stay relevant with the empowered buyer of the 21st century. And for industrial and manufacturing companies, inbound selling can be a competitive differentiator. 

Brian Signorelli, Sales Director, Global Sales Partners at HubSpot came on the latest episode of the Industrial + Manufacturing podcast to talk about all things inbound selling. We covered topics like: how inbound selling differs from outbound selling, why industrial and manufacturing companies should care about inbound selling, and how to measure the effectiveness of inbound selling. 

You’ve likely got a team of really intelligent engineers, designers, and problem solvers on the shop floor. You excel there, attacking different problems to make things more profitable, hold a tighter tolerance, or to improve the product itself. But for a lot of companies, digital transformation on the sales and marketing side is lagging.

On this episode of the Industrial + Manufacturing podcast, I’m joined by Shawn Fitzgerald, Chief Marketing Officer at Thomas. We’re talking through everything you need to know about the digital transformation to really be able to excel in your marketing efforts with your customers and future employees, as well. 

We discussed topics including: the opportunity in digital transformation for industrial and manufacturing companies, how you can think about integrating millennials into your workforce, and practical tips you can implement to use your marketing efforts to attract both leads and employees.

Pull the phone out of your pocket. Look how much it’s changed how you buy everything.

Industrial and manufacturing companies are no different—especially as you think about millennials coming into decision-making positions. You’re dealing with people who have grown up accustomed to search technology and using the Internet to make their decisions.

The customer today has changed—so growth strategies have to change as well.

In this episode we introduce the first co-host of the Industrial & Manufacturing Podcast: Todd Hockenberry, Founder of Top Line Results. Todd talks about his series on the show, #Growth, and shares what listeners can expect.

In the very first episode of this show, James Carbary explains what you can expect from this series.