frontline workers Archives - Executive Platforms: Thought Leader Series

Building Learning Strategies to Drive Frontline Equity

January 21, 2025

Shannon leads the Global Competence Development & Learning Organization at IKEA (Ingka Group), the leader in building sustainable life at home. Her organization is responsible for developing the global strategy for learning, competence development, skills, job architecture, and learning technology across 30 countries and 177,000 co-workers. With over 20 years in talent management, she has a strong background in supporting retail, digital, and corporate teams in talent acquisition, succession, learning, skills, and development. Shannon is passionate about delivering talent management programs that create equity for frontline employees, enhance leadership, and help teams achieve strategic goals.

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Putting the Power of AI in the Hands of Frontline Workers — A Conversation with Willem Sundblad of Oden Technologies

May 21, 2024

Willem Sundblad is the co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies, a company empowering operators by providing real-time, AI-driven prescriptive process setting recommendations and predictive quality directly to the front line. In his spare time, he is a contributing writer to Forbes.com and takes every chance he gets to enjoy the Green Mountains of Vermont.

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Driving Operational Excellence in Manufacturing by making Communications, Tasks and SOP Management Fully Mobile — A Conversation with Will Eadie of WorkJam

May 28, 2024

As part of the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we recorded an interview with Will Eadie, the Chief Revenue Officer of WorkJam, on an exciting new development in Operational Excellence for Manufacturers. A new generation of communications tools is allowing everyone from shopfloor to senior executive to coordinate tasks, scheduling, SOP Management, and other critical day-to-day interactions from a fully mobile platform that is device agnostic. For everyone who feels their OpEx is in a rut or who has tried and failed to move to a fully mobile system before, give this episode a listen!

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Be A Hero To Your Frontline Heroes: How EWA Can Help Support Your Workforce During Uncertain Economic Times

December 14, 2023

During the global pandemic, our frontline heroes bravely kept our economy moving forward while making sure our communities had the necessities we needed to survive. Almost four years later, as inflation remains stubbornly high, we have the opportunity to support those very same frontline workers with impactful financial wellness benefits to help them manage their own finances during these challenging times. Join us as we discuss how Earned Wage Access is among those benefits that empower workers with choice and control over their earned income to pay bills on time and live a better financial life.

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Three Steps to Use Advanced Manufacturing Analytics to Empower Staff

May 2, 2023

Willem Sundblad is the co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies, a company empowering manufacturers to make more, waste less, and innovate faster through machine learning and applied analytics. He is a Forbes.com contributing writer and a recognized leading voice in manufacturing analytics. Chris has been at INX International for over 30 years. He is responsible for the role of VP of Offset Division.