Michael Muilenburg

Former Director - Operational Technology & Connected Manufacturing at 3M, and Senior Manufacturing Peer Group Leader and Instructor Manufacturers Alliance – Minnesota

Pre-Event Workshops & MxD Site Tour - Tuesday October 14

9:25 AM WORKSHOP D: Powering up your People: How to Build a Connected Workforce

  • Assessing workforce readiness for implementation including workforce skill levels, leadership alignment, and the organizational appetite for change 
  • identifying gaps in process and change tolerance before launching pilot programs  
  • Building a cross functional implementation team:   
  • What roles are needed for successful execution?   
  • Aligning stakeholders from operations, HR, engineering, and finance around a unified vision for transformation  
  • Understand the key roles - from IT architects to frontline champions- needed to ensure successful project execution and adoption 
  • Deployment and change management: phased rollouts, scaling  
  • Creating change management plans to navigate user resistance, training needs and long-term cultural adoption  
  • Best practice for testing, integration and continuous improvement  
  • Establishing feedback loops to drive ongoing optimization and innovation 


Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Michael.

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