223: The State of Automation Halfway Through the Decade

by | Feb 11, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Education, Events & Conferences, Leadership, Podcast, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology

Take your mind back to five years ago. Many of us were celebrating the start of what we thought would be an exciting decade for automation. And well… it’s certainly been different and not quite how most of us expected. Now, we sit squarely in the middle of a decade...

212: Manufacturing’s Transformative Impact on Rural Economies and Population Growth with Angie Stenger, Executive Director of Northeast Nebraska Growing Together

by | Nov 19, 2024 | Culture, Digital Transformation, Education, Entrepreneurship, Podcast, Recruitment

Manufacturing is a key industry that can revitalize communities, but what about in more rural locations? How do smaller communities compete with the big cities for talent, innovation, investment and growth? We head to Northeast Nebraska for this episode to speak with...