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Alex Barber: The Divide in Manufacturing - The Need for a Culture Shift

Show Notes

Alex & Richard discuss the current divide seen throughout manufacturing. From front line workers and management, to Quality, Operations and Planning. They discuss the importance of a connected workforce - one factory having vision and communication, and how to achieve this through transparent leadership, team development & alignment and an important culture shift.

Alex worked for several years as a frontline manager in manufacturing and logistics at companies like Beiersdorf (Nivea) and Tesla. During this time she found her passion for people, leadership and organisational culture, therefore she completed a coaching and mediator training. 

Today, she operates as a freelance consultant, coach and keynote speaker under the brand Frontline Sidekicks. Her goal is to empower the frontline workforce by supporting manufacturers & logistics providers to develop their workers, leaders and teams.

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What is ZapChat?

ZapChat: Connected Leader Conversations is for manufacturing leaders looking for insight and knowledge sharing on key industry issues and pain points.

With the aim to start and continue important conversations through our relationships with manufacturing leaders, ZapChat covers the highs and lows of the industry, best practice sharing and an insightful and varied outlook on common successes, pain points and evolutions within the sector.

Richard Milnes, Zaptic’s CEO hosts ZapChat - Connected Leader Conversations Series.
Our guests are hand picked by us because of their wealth of knowledge, stories and first-hand experience in manufacturing.

Passionate about people, Richard has created a people-first culture in Zaptic, for our people, your people, and all people we interact with. Embodying the core company values of Transparency, Autonomy, Continuous Improvement, Simplicity and Efficiency, in all that he does.

Zaptic is helping leading manufacturers digitise daily operations, achieve operational excellence and empower frontline workers to drive continuous improvement.

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