The Additive Advantage Podcast

About The Additive Advantage Podcast

In today’s volatile markets, organizations face a brutal balancing act: the relentless pressure to innovate faster while maintaining operational excellence. Additive manufacturing (AM) was supposed to be the game-changer. But for many companies, it’s become a slow burn of money, time, and credibility. We’ve seen it up close: $4 million spent, 18 months passed, a dozen engineers assigned—and still no outcomes. Pilots stall. Production doesn’t scale. ROI never makes it to the P&L. If you’re a GM or SVP who championed AM and now find yourself watching money burn while results slip away—you’re not alone. The truth? Most companies treat additive as a technical side project, handed to engineering and isolated from the business, with the expectation it will somehow deliver like magic. But innovation without execution is just expense. That’s where the Additive Advantage Model comes in—and this podcast brings it to life. Hosted by Shon Anderson and Nicole Dietz, with a combined 20 years of additive manufacturing experience, The Additive Advantage Podcast brings you real conversations with industry leaders who have been in the trenches of transformation. These aren’t fluffy tech chats—they’re straight-talk interviews about what it really takes to make additive deliver.

Publisher

B9Creations

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Nov 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   EP 21: A Farewell to Dani Mason—and What Comes Next

   In this special update of the Additive Advantage Podcast, Shon Anderson and Dani Mason share that Dani is leaving the show and B9Creations after nine years. Dani reflects on the relationships that shaped her experience and shares a lasting lesson for engineers, executives, and anyone leading change: what you build matters, but who you build matters more. Join us as we thank Dani for everything she has contributed and look ahead to more conversations with Shon, including the continuation of ou...

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   EP 20: What If We Rethought Engineering Education?

   What if engineering education were designed around what engineers actually need to do in the real world? In this episode of the workforce series, Shon Anderson sits down with Dr. Brian Tande, President of South Dakota Mines, to explore what engineering education could look like if we moved beyond traditional knowledge transfer and focused more on professional formation, experiential learning, and creating real-world value. They discuss why students need opportunities to work on real problems ...

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   EP 19: The Workforce Gap Isn’t a Talent Problem. It’s a Partnership Problem.

   The workforce gap is one of the biggest challenges facing advanced manufacturing. But what if we’ve been treating it as someone else’s problem? In the first episode of our new workforce series, our host Shon Anderson sits down with Matt Kirchner, a manufacturing executive turned workforce and technical education advocate, to explore why building the next generation of manufacturing talent requires stronger partnerships between industry, education, and policymakers. Matt challenges manufacture...

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