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27 Feb
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MakingSparks: Growing Shop Floor Front Line Leaders Part 1, 397

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How do we recruit more young talent to fabrication? How do we navigate rapid growth balanced with training and development? How do we help develop young talent into our future leaders? These are just a few questions we wrestle with in this episode of MakingSparks with special guests Dakota Hunt and Jack Henry Hagan.

– Matthew Nix

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  • [0:48] Join the AMT online community
  • [2:14] Introducing Jack Henry Hagan & Dakta Hunt
  • [3:47] Casey’s dad joke
  • [4:16] Dakota’s background in fabrication
  • [8:27] Jack Henry’s background in fabrication
  • [11:24] Sparks of Knowledge: CRMs
  • [13:45] Why fabrication is rewarding work
  • [16:28] Dos and don’ts for bringing in young talent
  • [21:38] How to handle rapid growth

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