The Future of Intralogistics featuring Siemens’ Joel Thomas and Markus Thiel

by | Aug 4, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Transformation, Podcast, Robotics, Supply Chain

 Digital, real, real, digital. It sounds simple, but it’s rewriting how a warehouse gets designed. Joel Thomas has spent over a decade in the Intralogistics space and now leads OEM Sales Data Center and Life...

297: Defense Spending, Contract Manufacturing, and Navigating Regulated Industries with Fathom CEO Rush LaSelle

by | Jul 28, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Cybersecurity, Podcast, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing

 Fine tuning manufacturing like a guitar – that’s the kind of parallel you can expect from this episode.  This week Chris sits down with Rush LaSelle, CEO at Fathom, recorded on site at their Hartland,...

What is Software-Defined Automation? The Future of Flexible Control Systems

by | Jul 21, 2026 | Automation, Digital Transformation, Podcast, Show Notes, Smart Manufacturing, Technology

 Two worlds that have never previously spoken the same language are now building the same machine.  This week Chris sits down with David Nichols, CEO, Co-Founder and Engineer at Loupe, an alum of the show making his...

296: The Art of Building in the Age of AI with Baukunst Co-Founder Tyler Mincey

by | Jul 17, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Investment, Leadership, Podcast, Show Notes, Smart Manufacturing

 What does it take to build something well, on purpose, in a world that keeps pushing you to move faster?  This week Chris sits down with Tyler Mincey, Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a San Francisco and...

AI in Manufacturing: What’s Broken, What’s Working, and How Manufacturers Can Succeed with AI featuring PTC’s Joseph June

by | Jul 10, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Transformation, Podcast, Show Notes, Smart Manufacturing

 What if your AI strategy doesn’t need more agents, just a better plan?  This week Chris sits down with Joseph June, who leads AI strategy at PTC to talk about what companies are getting wrong with AI –...

From a Sabbatical to Building the First Full-Stack Industrial AI Company with Andres Naranjo, CEO of Software Toolbox

by | Jul 7, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Podcast, Smart Manufacturing

 Andres Naranjo sailed a race around the world, wrote Japan’s digital agenda, and spent his sabbatical teaching himself AI from scratch. This week Chris sits down with Andres, CEO of Software Toolbox, to hear some...

293: Manufacturing Leadership That Works with Author and Geislinger CEO Jason Woodard

by | Jun 23, 2026 | Culture, Leadership, Operations, Podcast, Podcasting, Show Notes

 Your frontline team can only perform as well as the processes they’re handed. So why are so many leaders still blaming the wrong people instead of listening to the ones closest to the problem?  In this weeks’...

292: What Manufacturers Can Learn from Silicon Valley

by | Jun 16, 2026 | Automation, Leadership, Podcast, Recruitment, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing

 Growing your own machinists and orchestrating robots across four continents, is this what the future of manufacturing looks like?  This live episode from Hapa’s Brewing in the Bay Area features two panels of people...

Factory Orchestration: How Manufacturers Are Connecting People, Processes, and Data with Harmoni Co-Founder David Caputo

by | Jun 12, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Operations, Podcast, Smart Manufacturing, Technology

 What if the biggest efficiency problem in your factory isn’t your machines, it’s the dead time you waste before you even get to one.  Workers queuing at ADP and ERP terminals every morning. A wing rib scrapped...