Introduction
The Industrial Movement Podcast
Episode 00: Show Notes
Recognizing the lack of a community where manufacturing leaders can share ideas and engage
with each other, Morty Hodge and Greg Smith decided to start this podcast. In this introductory
episode, they explain how they realized the need amongst leaders in manufacturing for a
podcast like this, and the revelation that many of the challenges that they face are consistent
from company to company. To find out more about our hosts and their experience in
manufacturing, as well as what you can expect from future episodes, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
• The reason Morty and Greg started this podcast: the lack of a community where
manufacturing leaders can share ideas and engage with each other.
• The realization that many of the challenges that manufacturing leaders face are consistent
from company to company.
• The types of interviews and solo-casts that you can expect from the podcast in the future.
• An introduction to Greg and his background in manufacturing.
• An introduction to Morty and how he started Hodge Compressor.
• Some of the big companies that will be represented by guests in future episodes.
Tweetables:
“What we found out working with our customer base who is 80% manufacturers, is that there’s
no community, or not very many communities, for manufacturing leaders to share ideas, engage
with each other, just bounce ideas off of.” — @mortyhodge [0:00:27]
“Manufacturing is so critical in this country to keep our economy going.” — Greg Smith [0:03:34]
“Manufacturing in America is what built this country, made this country strong, and as we
continue into the next few decades and century, we really need to bolster manufacturing in
America to continue our place in the world.” — @mortyhodge [0:06:52]
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