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Aarish Shah interviews Drew Allen about the skills crisis in manufacturing and the need for creativity and technical expertise on the factory floor.

What if the future of manufacturing is actually a return to the past? In this episode, Aarish sits down with Drew Allen, CEO of Grace Technologies, to explore why American and Chinese manufacturing dominance came from operators who also designed the machines and what happened when we lost that craft. They dig into: - How the PLC dumbed down the factory floor operator - Why creativity needs to be democratised beyond the R&D lab - Why hard technology has finally become a serious investable asset class - The skills gap threatening Western industrial resurgence - Why the UK keeps building world-class companies and then losing them - How adventure lies on the other side of yes Drew leads Grace Technologies, an electrical safety and predictive maintenance company operating across 60 countries, sits on the advisory board of Atom Power Inc., and hosts his own podcast, The Factory Futurist. Find Drew Allen online at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allendrew/ Twitter: https://x.com/GraceTechIA Grace Technologies: https://gracetechnologies.com This episode is sponsored by EmergeOne, fractional CFOs for venture backed tech startups from Seed to Series B. Get in touch at…

People in this episode

Host: Aarish Shah

Guest: Drew Allen

Topics covered

• manufacturing
• skills gap
• industrial resurgence
• technology investment
• creativity in manufacturing

Keywords

• manufacturing
• skills crisis
• hard technology
• industrial
• entrepreneurship
• predictive maintenance
• American manufacturing
• creativity
• EmergeOne

Sponsors

EmergeOne

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grace Technologies, Atom Power Inc.

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