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Manufacturing Greatness | Productivity | Retention | Profits | Continuous Improvement | Safety | Workforce Development | Labor Challenges | Skills Gaps | Industry 4.0

Manufacturing Greatness | Productivity | Retention | Profits | Continuous Improvement | Safety | Workforce Development | Labor Challenges | Skills Gaps | Industry 4.0

By: Trevor Blondeel
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Whether you're a plant manager, operations manager, or frontline supervisor, you'll discover practical strategies for lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. We cover critical topics like workforce development, employee retention, safety culture, and change management—helping you navigate challenges like labor shortages, skills gaps, and the evolving manufacturing landscape including Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. Trevor Blondeel invites guests from the manufacturing industry (and beyond!) to have candid discussions about leadership and share stories from a place of experience, transparency, and authenticity. You'll find new ways to manufacture greatness by leveraging resources you already have acheiving greater retention, productivity, and profits.© Manufacturing Greatness 2026 Economics Management Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • The Team Member You've Quietly Given Up On with Nir Eyal │ Talent Development │ Ep. 181
    Jun 24 2026

    🎁 Free: 10 great questions to ask your leadership and drive engagement → manufacturinggreatness.com/subscribe

    Connect with Trevor:

    LinkedIn 👉 linkedin.com/in/trevorblondeel

    Website 👉 manufacturinggreatness.com

    What if the team member you've quietly given up on is the one your plant needs most? Trevor sits down with Nir Eyal, author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief and the global bestsellers Hooked and Indistractable, to apply the three powers of belief (attention, anticipation, agency) to manufacturing talent development. The judgment trap stops development cold. This conversation breaks it open. Manufacturing team leadership starts with the beliefs you carry about the people on your floor.

    Connect with Nir:

    Website 👉 nirandfar.com

    Book 👉 geni.us/beyondbelief

    Free belief change guide 👉 nirandfar.com/beyond-belief-live LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nireyal

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    35 mins
  • It's Thursday and the Report Isn't Done. Where Did It Break? │ Manufacturing Team Leadership │ Ep. 180
    Jun 17 2026

    🎁 Free: 10 great questions to ask your leadership and drive engagement → manufacturinggreatness.com/subscribe

    Connect with Trevor:

    LinkedIn 👉 linkedin.com/in/trevorblondeel

    Website 👉 manufacturinggreatness.com

    It's Wednesday afternoon and the report due tomorrow isn't going to be in on time. Do you push harder, or fix what actually broke? Trevor takes a real plant scenario, a report feeding a hiring decision, and walks it back through three gaps: how you showed up, whether "done" was ever clear, and what happens when no one follows up. You'll hear why chasing harder is manufacturing midness, and the one move that keeps next Thursday from looking like this one: question yourself first.

    Applies the Manufacturing Greatness model from Episode 170 👉 https://mindfulnessmanufacturing.libsyn.com/manufacturing-leadership-development-the-3-conversations-that-fix-accountability-alignment-and-results-170

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    10 mins
  • The Most Important Leader Has No Title with Jason Hopper │ Manufacturing Team Leadership From the Floor │ Ep. 179
    Jun 10 2026

    🎁 Free: 10 great questions to ask your leadership and drive engagement → manufacturinggreatness.com/subscribe

    Connect with Trevor:

    LinkedIn 👉 linkedin.com/in/trevorblondeel

    Website 👉 manufacturinggreatness.com

    What if the most important leader on your shop floor doesn't have the title? Trevor sits down with Jason Hopper, a thirty-year manufacturing veteran who rose from the floor into team leadership and then chose to go back to the floor, on what good leadership actually looks like to the people being led. They get into the trap that catches almost every leader, why safety has to mean stopping, and the coaching, trust, and patience that keep good people in the role.

    🎧 Mentioned in this episode: Episode 14 with Horst Prelog and Scott Turner, on slowing down to go fast (June 3, 2020). Listen 👉 https://mindfulnessmanufacturing.libsyn.com/horst-prelog-and-scott-turner-part-1

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    29 mins
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