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2016: My Favourite Quote of the Year!
Here's my favourite quote from 2016. It comes from Tesla Motors, and hence, Elon Musk, in a SEC filing on August 5th, having to do with the Tesla Model 3. A car that does not yet…
Keynote Case Study: Amsted Industries: Heavy Industry Was Running On Data, Resilience And Speed.
Jim Carroll's keynote for Amsted Industries challenged Amsted Industries and its peers in heavy industry to modernize infrastructure, talent and decision-making for a faster, more…
Keynote: Amsted Rail, St. Louis, MO - Additive, Materials, IOT and Manufacturing
What do you do when you are a foundry-based manufacturing organization with 125 year old processes involving metal furnaces? Align to the future, by adopting 3 pillars for…
Keynote: Amsted Rail, St. Louis - The Future of Manufacturing : 3D Printing, Advanced Materials and IoT
This was an internal leadership meeting; this organization is a manufacturer in the rail industry. This wasn’t a big event, but it really hit me at an emotional level. My wife and…
3D Printing Michelangelo's David in Concrete! - What's Your Boldest Goal?
It is perhaps the most staggering piece of artwork in the whole of human history, renowned for its accuracy in the depiction of the human body. Anyone who has seen it up close…
Customized Keynotes: The Fall of 2016 (so far)
One thing I always stress to potential clients is that they are getting much more than just a keynote or presentation for a leadership group -- they are getting highly customized…
Innovation, the Future, and Returning America to Optimism
We live in interesting times, to say the least. It's a time in which some people see the future, and see despair. I see the future and see nothing but opportunity. And that's the…
Keynote: Philadelphia Manufacturing Summit, Philadelphia, PA - The Reality of the Reinvention of Manufacturing
Another manufacturing themed event; this one with 500 manufacturing execs from throughout the region. There was a palpable buzz in the room — it was another event that affirmed to…
Video: "Manufacturing Innovation - A Reality Check"
A clip from a talk I did at the massive IMTS manufacturing show. How manufacturing is really reinventing itself.
Keynote: Alignex Customer Event - The Future of Manufacturing - Minneapolis, MN
Alignex provides 3D manufacturing and engineering solutions - and given the absolutely massive acceleration of these technologies and concepts within the manufacturing sector…
Keynotes: The Disruption and Reinvention of Manufacturing
While the popular media and opportunistic politicians portray a picture of a sector in crisis, smart manufacturing executives are furiously busy with innovation, reinventing their…
Video: The Future of Manufacturing
The other day, my son and I visited Agnora, a world class innovator in the architectural glass industry. They produce the glass you see in Apple Stores, at the TKTS ticket booth…
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