Link Lounge:
Agentic AI at Work: Husqvarna Group
Reducing downtime and scaling expert knowledge are two of the more persistent operational challenges facing supply chain leaders.
Husqvarna Group partnered with Microsoft to pilot an AI companion at three factories and saw:
Peggy’s Blog:
Building Communities on Different Planets
In July 1969, the world watched in awe as a human walked on the moon, and Neil Armstrong uttered the words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Much has changed in the past five decades, and now space travel may continue in new and different ways—and man may be responsible for the construction and development of new communities on different planets.
NASA’s Artemis campaign aims to explore the moon for scientific discovery and prepare for human missions to Mars, with lunar bases planned by 2030 and round trip to Mars in 2039. I will admit I have many reservations—and others have the same concerns—especially since two astronauts were recently stranded on the International Space Station for nine months when their spacecraft had technical issues.
Laura’s Blog:
Building a Better Workforce
We have a tall task in front of us in the United States, as the country journeys down the path to rebuild American infrastructure—from modernizing energy systems to expanding transportation networks and beyond. Still, the question remains: Do we have the workforce to get it all done?
Here in my home state of Illinois, we have some new compelling data. New research out of La Grange, Ill., makes a case for the role of pre-apprenticeship programs in not only filling critical labor shortages in construction, but in reshaping the industry to be more inclusive, more skilled, and more sustainable for the future.
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