It all started in a cornfield. That is the how Mike White, Founder of Secchi.io, began his mission to create a solution that has been haunting the manufacturing HR world for decades- how do we let great workers do great work? On this Season 4 opener of Workforce 4.0, join your host Ann Wyatt as she talks one on one with Mike about the the day to day challenges that manufacturing HR executives are faced with, why that's important to recruiting and retention in our industry and why manufacturing operations should care. In this up front conversation between two people that love people and HR, we learn more about how utilizing gamification, incentives and easy to follow guidelines for our industry supervisors are shaping the way that we work- for the better!

In This Episode:

-Mike shares his passion for the frontline leader and offers challenges and solutions that allow HR to finally get out of the way of our frontline leadership and let great leaders lead (~timestamp 7:01)

-We learn more about Mike's own career journey from playing sports growing up, to getting an early start in tech through a school web club and finally, how Mike ended up becoming the dynamic HR leader he is today- including leading 60+ manufacturing facilities across the globe (~timestamp 17:06)

-Mike shares some of the results that he has had through popular HR strategies such as gamification and incentives and how we can improve retention rates and build stronger manufacturing cultures (~timestamp 23:07)

More About Mike White:

Mike is a Data-Driven Decision Maker who is passionate for data based decision-making utilizing six sigma methodology. His prior work experience includes results in recruitment, labor efficiency, training, consulting, and turnover reduction. As an HR Leadership and Business Partner with the responsibility of 60+ manufacturing facilities globally (including Fortune 500 brands), Mike has led a human resource team, including managers, supervisors, generalists, recruiters, trainers, coordinators, and operations managers. Mike holds a Master’s Degree of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, and is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations. All of this has led Mike to become the founder of Secchi.io, where they provide clarity for HR professionals and frontline leaders to make data-driven performance decisions, simplified. By tracking more than just discipline, Secchi is a software that provides visibility of team performance, removes the barriers of administrative tasks, and increases productivity. To learn more about Mike, connect with him here.

The Future of Work (and this Episode) Is Brought To You By Secchi:

Secchi is a revolutionary workforce engagement tool created for organizations to make data-driven frontline decisions in real-time. By measuring and combining multiple people-related lead indicators, Secchi provides in-the-moment visibility into individual frontline employee performance, team performance, engagement/turnover risks, and positive employee behaviors all while removing the traditional barriers of administrative burden on leaders. To learn more about Secchi, check them out here.