# How Hybrid Work Impacts Company Culture with Blentech CEO Dan Voit

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2021-08-24
- Length: 56m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com

## Summary

Dan Voit, CEO of Blentech, a Bay Area food technology company, explains how his firm navigated the pandemic by accelerating three key initiatives: implementing a unified Salesforce-based PLM (Propel) and ERP (Rootstock) system, expanding its Cooker Cloud IoT platform for remote commissioning, and formalizing a hybrid work model. Voit details how these technologies enabled Blentech to maintain supply chain resilience, reduce lead times, and support global equipment startups during travel restrictions. He emphasizes that successful remote work requires deliberate relationship building, habit formation, and distinguishing between tasks suited for asynchronous work versus those requiring in-person collaboration.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=0) Introduction and Blentech Overview
- [6:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=378) Pandemic Impact on Food Industry and Business
- [9:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=588) Culture and Relationship Building in Remote Work
- [14:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=874) Initiative 1: Unified PLM and ERP Implementation
- [23:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=1399) Driving Adoption and Habit Formation
- [30:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=1810) Initiative 2: Cooker Cloud and Contextualization Engine
- [40:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=2418) Initiative 3: Hybrid Work Model and Collaboration
- [49:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-08-24-how-hybrid-work-impacts-company-culture-with-blentech-ceo-dan-voit#t=2971) Thought Leadership and Future Outlook

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Blentech (company)
- Propel (product)
- Rootstock (product)
- Salesforce (tool)
- Cooker Cloud (product)
- Artisan Intelligence System (product)
- Strava (tool)
- The Power of Habit (other)

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