# Make It Right: Growth and Stability in Manufacturing Companies w/ Kevin Snook

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2020-10-13
- Length: 31m
- Episode: 18
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-39599529-596a-43e0-940e-6b30697a58ea

## Summary

Kevin Snook, CEO of Saxagon and LUCIDi4 and author of 'Make It Right', discusses leadership strategies for manufacturing companies, drawing on his background at Procter & Gamble and PNG. He outlines his 'ALIGN' framework (Aim, Lead, Inspired, Give, Nurture) to empower frontline employees and shift leadership from autocratic command to supportive direction-setting. Snook emphasizes the importance of real-time data access via tools like LUCIDi4 and using daily video messages to humanize leadership and recognize staff, arguing that focusing on controllable inputs rather than output metrics leads to better quality and stability.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=0) Introduction and Guest Background
- [3:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=197) Saxagon and LUCIDi4: Solving Data Visibility
- [9:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=550) The ALIGN Framework Explained
- [13:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=781) Leadership Roles: Direction vs. Support
- [17:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=1042) Avoiding Slippery Slopes: Inputs vs. Outputs
- [21:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=1311) Daily Video Messages and Recognition
- [26:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-10-13-make-it-right-growth-and-stability-in-manufacturing-companies-w-kevin-snook#t=1583) Real-Time Data and Cultural Change

## Topics

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

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Saxagon (company)
- LUCIDi4 (product)
- Make It Right (other)
- Procter & Gamble (company)
- PNG (company)

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