{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lay of The Land","title":"#139: Ethan Karp (MAGNET)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3807,"description":"Ethan Karp — President and CEO of MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network which, founded in 1984, has been dedicated to fostering local manufacturing and supporting local manufacturing businesses across technological innovation, workforce training and improved management practices.Ethan joined as CEO of MAGNET in 2013 after a consulting career at McKinsey & Co. and academic studies in biochemistry and physics and ultimately a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Harvard.We cover a lot in our conversation today — from Ethan’s path to MAGNET, to MAGNET’s Blueprint for Manufacturing and plan to fuel a true manufacturing revival in Northeast Ohio. We cover the rich industrious and manufacturing history of Northeast Ohio and prominence of manufacturing in the local economy today, the implications for automation on the future of manufacturing, the importance of apprenticeship programs, making manufacturing cool again, showcasing career paths for younger talent to join the industry, reshoring, upskilling and workforce shortages… and we cover what this work looks like in practice and examples of companies MAGNET has worked with, including some who’s stories we’ve told on the show like Tom Lix of Cleveland Whiskey (Episode #21)!Ethan exudes a real passion for this work and is an involved community builder outside of MAGNET sitting on the boards of the Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Workforce Development, American Small Manufacturers Coalition, Cleveland Leadership Center, MidTown Cleveland, Inc., Cleveland Jewish Publication Company and the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.I really enjoyed learning more about the state of manufacturing in Northeast Ohio and MAGNET’s role in helping to impact its future — please enjoy my conversation with Ethan Karp!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/83f-43Wz3A8u4303ZUZ8sIr3iY-45NuHaXW4rZCGBA0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE2MTMwLzE2Mjg3/MTAwMjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}