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Daily Inspiration - Future of Manufacturing: "Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must!"

It was an honor to present at the recent BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference in St. Petersburg, where I took a hard look at the "era of acceleration" currently transforming the manufacturing industry.

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Publish Date2026-02-10
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-02-10
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Observed in Jim Carroll’s archive on February 10, 2026.

It was an honor to present at the recent BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference in St. Petersburg, where I took a hard look at the “era of acceleration” currently transforming the manufacturing industry.

Source: Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Future of Manufacturing: “Shift your mindset from why you can’t to why you must!”.

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