Mindfulness Manufacturing

About Mindfulness Manufacturing

Whether you're a plant manager, operations manager, or frontline supervisor, you'll discover practical strategies for lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. We cover critical topics like workforce development, employee retention, safety culture, and change management—helping you navigate challenges like labor shortages, skills gaps, and the evolving manufacturing landscape including Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. Trevor Blondeel invites guests from the manufacturing industry (and beyond!) to have candid discussions about leadership and share stories from a place of experience, transparency, and authenticity. You'll find new ways to manufacture greatness by leveraging resources you already have acheiving greater retention, productivity, and profits.

Publisher

Trevor Blondeel

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Nov 2019

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

68 of 197 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Perception Isn't Reality with Shawn Herbig | Plant Leadership | Ep. 197

   Host Trevor Blondeel interviews Shawn Herbig, founder of IQS Research, about how perception shapes manufacturing reality and the importance of scrutinizing data for workforce development.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Nobody Quits Over Onboarding | Manufacturing Employee Retention | Ep. 196

   Host Trevor discusses with an HR professional how employee retention shifts after ninety days, revealing that culture and respect, not onboarding, drive departures and loyalty.

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   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Your Best People Are Burning Out on Work They're Good At | Frontline Leadership | Ep. 195

   Business coach Greg Harrod interviews with host Trevor Blondeel about how frontline leaders can prevent burnout by understanding what work energizes their best people, not just what they're good at.

Inside a recent episode

Why Perception Isn't Reality with Shawn Herbig | Plant Leadership | Ep. 197

Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's really funny, right? Because I tend to push people back on that because I say perception is not reality. It is not. It is not. I'm sitting here. It's a Friday afternoon. I know you and I are not that far apart right now. So I can look outside my window here right now and I can tell you it's a wonderful day. I went out to lunch. It was nice and sunny. I think the sky was blue enough. I wasn't paying attention. Anyway, but it's a nice, sunny, moderate temperature day. It's just beautiful outside. But if I think it's raining, if you think it's raining, with all our hearts and minds, and we just absolutely believe it is raining, it doesn't make it raining. […]

Who has been a guest on Mindfulness Manufacturing

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shawn Herbig
• Greg Harrod
• Sunita Sah
• Karin Lindner
• Michael Gillespie

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

127 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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