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9.2.25 | Episode 935
Peggy unpacks how agentic AI (artificial intelligence) is poised to transform the manufacturing industry—and why 97% of industrial manufacturing CEOs say digital and tech transformation is now a top priority. With the sector facing a perfect storm of labor shortages, rising costs, and geopolitical pressures, she explains how AI agents can unlock smarter, more adaptive operations on the factory floor.
She also discusses:
The role of both virtual and embodied AI agents in reshaping industrial work.
A five-step plan for manufacturers to pilot, scale, and succeed with agentic AI.
The long-term opportunities for near-autonomous factories.
What You Might Have Missed:
Peggy and Jonathan Eig, author, talk about his book King, A Life, and what he learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while writing the book. He says King was a person who had a lot of troubles and failures, and was prone to depression, and yet he continued to believe in God and America and believed it was worth all the sacrifice.
They also discuss:
The recently released pages of FBI files and the impact on the civil rights movement.
How King’s ethical perspective on work could serve as a counterpoint to today’s culture.
How journalism has changed—and how that impacts the work of a biographer.
What You Might Have Missed:
Peggy and Donna Laquidara-Carr, industry insights research director, Dodge Construction Network, talk about a new study and some of the biggest obstacles that are preventing more workers from joining the construction industry. She says there were two pieces to the study: surveying contractors and the general population.
They also discuss:
The top way construction professionals are drawn into the industry.
How to expand beyond what we are doing now.
The disconnect between the perception of what is keeping people out of construction and what is actually keeping people out of construction.
What You Might Have Missed:
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