197 episodes

On The Manufacturing Executive podcast, we’ll explore the strategies and experiences that are driving midsized manufacturers forward. You’ll hear conversations with passionate manufacturing leaders who have compelling stories to share about their successes and struggles. You’ll also hear interviews with B2B Sales and Marketing experts about what’s working on the business development front and how to make these ideas actionable. Episodes will feature topics related to industrial marketing and lead generation, manufacturing sales strategy, technology, and industrial sector innovation.

The Manufacturing Executive Joe Sullivan

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 130 Ratings

On The Manufacturing Executive podcast, we’ll explore the strategies and experiences that are driving midsized manufacturers forward. You’ll hear conversations with passionate manufacturing leaders who have compelling stories to share about their successes and struggles. You’ll also hear interviews with B2B Sales and Marketing experts about what’s working on the business development front and how to make these ideas actionable. Episodes will feature topics related to industrial marketing and lead generation, manufacturing sales strategy, technology, and industrial sector innovation.

    How Curiosity Drives Smart Business Decisions w/ Jim Vaselopulos

    How Curiosity Drives Smart Business Decisions w/ Jim Vaselopulos

    There's nothing easy about being a leader, whether you're leading a marketing agency like me or a manufacturing organization like many of you.

    Founder and CEO of Rafti Advisors, Jim Vaselopulos, is an advisor to business leaders and host of a leadership podcast that's been running since 2016.

    In this episode, he'll draw on his experiences guiding B2B manufacturing leaders as we talk about:

    – Letting curiosity drive smart business decisions

    – Applying principles of root cause analysis across different parts of your business

    – Changing your relationship with time

    • 32 min
    The Real Reason Manufacturers Are Missing with Gen Z w/ Jacob Sanchez

    The Real Reason Manufacturers Are Missing with Gen Z w/ Jacob Sanchez

    The more manufacturing leaders you talk to, the more opinions and perspectives you'll hear about why we're struggling to pull young Millennials and Gen Zers into the industrial sector workforce:

    – General awareness issues

    – A perception of dirty, dark and dangerous jobs

    – Negative associations among youth (and their parents) with a career path other than "go to college and get a white-collar job"

    In today's conversation, you'll hear directly from the source.

    Jacob Sanchez is a Gen Zer whose energy and passion alone make this episode worth listening to.

    He's been in the manufacturing workforce since he was fifteen years old and his perspective about why we're missing the boat with Gen Z will get you thinking.

    • 42 min
    5 Key Principles for Creating a Culture of Initiative w/ Jason Riley

    5 Key Principles for Creating a Culture of Initiative w/ Jason Riley

    If you were to interview a variety of successful manufacturing leaders and analyze their respective approaches to effective leadership, I think you'd find a lot less directing than you would enabling.

    In this episode, Jason Riley, COO of the additive manufacturing company Fabrisonic, draws on his experience both as a military leader and a manufacturing leader to break down what he refers to as "5 Key Principles for Creating a Culture of Initiative".

    We'll talk about what it means to lead with intention, delegate, empower decision making, maximize collaboration and create meaningful process documentation.

    • 44 min
    Reengineering the Design Review w/ Adam Keating

    Reengineering the Design Review w/ Adam Keating

    New product development today is more complex than ever before. With teams spread out across the country (or the globe), decentralized product data, supply chain challenges and more demanding customers, design engineering is just plain hard.

    Adam Keating, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLab, has been building the software and the company that's working to solve these problems.

    In this conversation, he'll dive into the challenge and hand and how they're addressing it.

    • 32 min
    How to Be a Leader of Significance w/ Mosongo Moukwa

    How to Be a Leader of Significance w/ Mosongo Moukwa

    When people talk about you years down the road, what will they say? "Oh yeah, he (or she) was a good manager or employee?"

    Or will there be something more?

    In this conversation, manufacturing leader and author, Mosongo Moukwa, talks about how to leave a meaningful and lasting mark on your organization. Or in his words, how become "a leader of significance."

    • 27 min
    Cultivating Veteran Champions in Manufacturing w/ Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz

    Cultivating Veteran Champions in Manufacturing w/ Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz

    From skills to work ethic to understanding chain of command, veterans bring so much potential to the manufacturing workforce.

    In this episode, Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz will talk about how manufacturing leaders can go from unaware how to tap into the veteran community to being veteran-friendly to being veteran-READY.

    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
130 Ratings

130 Ratings

Shawn Fitz ,

A Must For US Manufacturing Leaders

Joe and his team do a great job of surfacing interesting, informative and helpful interviews with impactful business leaders and business models. As fast as things are changing right now, manufacturing leaders need podcasts like the Manufacturing Executive to cut through the clutter and keep up with what matters most.

AshleyKWinch ,

Go ahead and hit subscribe!

If you’re a leader or decision maker in the manufacturing space, do yourself a favor and subscribe.

Joe does an incredible job interviewing industry titans and there is always something to take away from each episode!

mvelasco07 ,

Highly recommend!

The Manufacturing Executive is a great listen for anyone involved in the manufacturing space. The interviews that Joe leads are engaging, and his expert guests offer up actionable advice and insights into the industry. You're guaranteed to learn something new every episode - can't recommend it highly enough!

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