Manufacturing Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected Manufacturing Teams
Manufacturing has always depended on people working together to produce something greater than any one person could create alone.
Today’s manufacturers are navigating skilled labor shortages, workforce and leadership transitions, rapid advances in automation and AI, and a multigenerational workforce with up to five generations working side by side…all while maintaining safety, quality, productivity, and operational excellence.
Today's manufacturing organizations are working to:
Strengthen teamwork and communication across frontline, operations, technical, and corporate teams
Connect a multigenerational workforce with different experiences, expectations, and communication styles
Transfer critical knowledge and expertise from experienced employees to the next generation
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of manufacturing talent
Equip supervisors and frontline leaders to lead increasingly diverse teams
Embrace AI, automation, and emerging technology while strengthening the human skills that drive performance
Ryan equips manufacturing professionals with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teamwork that drives better performance.
Whether speaking to executives, plant leaders, frontline supervisors, operations teams, emerging leaders, or industry associations, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that strengthen workplace culture, improve collaboration, and prepare people for what’s next.
The future of manufacturing will be powered by technology…but built by connected people.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Manufacturing Organizations
Connectable
Strengthening Relationships to Improve Teamwork, Engagement & Performance
Manufacturing is a team sport. Performance depends on people across shifts, departments, roles, and locations communicating effectively and working toward shared goals.
Ryan reveals practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships and create cultures where employees feel seen, supported, and connected.
Improve teamwork across frontline, operations, technical, and corporate teams.
Strengthen relationships between employees, supervisors, and leaders.
Build greater trust and connection across shifts, departments, and locations.
Create stronger workplace relationships that support engagement and performance.
Generational Connection
Leading & Working Across Generations in Manufacturing
Manufacturers are bringing together employees with decades of hard-earned experience and a new generation of talent entering the workforce with different expectations, experiences, and perspectives.
Ryan helps leaders and employees move beyond generational stereotypes to understand what’s shaping each generation…and how to turn those differences into an advantage.
Improve communication and teamwork across generations.
Understand what motivates different generations at work.
Strengthen relationships between experienced and emerging employees.
Accelerate knowledge transfer across generations.
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of manufacturing talent.
Team Binding
The Relationship Advantage in the Age of AI
As automation and AI transform how manufacturing work gets done, strong teams become even more important.
Ryan introduces the practical habits and systems that help teams continuously strengthen trust, alignment, and support…creating teams equipped to perform through constant change.
Build stronger, more connected teams across shifts, functions, and locations.
Strengthen trust, alignment, and collaboration.
Improve connection between frontline employees and leaders.
Prepare teams to navigate AI, automation, and technological change.
Move beyond occasional team building and create continuous team binding.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Manufacturing Events?
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Manufacturing Executives & Plant Leaders
Equip senior leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, improve teamwork, navigate workforce transitions, and prepare their people for the changing future of manufacturing.
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Frontline Supervisors & Operations Leaders
Give the leaders closest to the workforce practical tools to build trust, communicate across generations, strengthen teamwork, and create more connected, engaged teams.
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HR, Talent & Emerging Leader Programs
Help current and future leaders engage a multigenerational workforce, strengthen knowledge transfer, improve retention, and develop the next generation of manufacturing leader.
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Manufacturing Associations & Industry Conferences
Bring an engaging, research-backed keynote speaker to your conference, leadership meeting, workforce summit, or company event with timely insights on generations, teamwork, human connection, leadership, AI, and the future of work.
Manufacturing Organizations Ryan Has Worked With
Sargento
Olympic Steel
Kellanova
SUNDEK
Merck
BASF
Arthrex
Kimberly-Clark
RS Americas
PPG
Johnson & Johnson
Dealer Tire
Toyota
Southwire
Manufacturing Workforce Innovation Conference
Tuttnauer
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Manufacturing Organizations
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Stronger Teamwork & Team Connection
Create more connected teams that communicate better, collaborate more effectively, and build greater trust across shifts, departments, functions, and locations.
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Greater Employee Engagement & Retention
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, engage employees across generations, and retain the skilled talent manufacturers need to compete.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge communication gaps between experienced and emerging employees while helping each generation better understand and leverage the strengths of the others.
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Future-Ready Teams
Prepare employees and leaders to navigate AI, automation, and continuous technological change while strengthening the human skills—trust, communication, collaboration, and connection—that technology can’t replace.
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Greater Kn
Strengthen relationships across generations so technical expertise, institutional knowledge, best practices, and hard-earned experience don’t walk out the door when experienced employees leave.
THE BUZZ
Excitement from Engaged Audiences:
“Ryan sparked insights and ideas that I can apply in my team and across our company."
- Donna Kimmel, Chief People Officer at Citrix
“The best speaker we’ve ever had!”
- Ashley Breedlove, Director at CVS
“Ryan was phenomenal!”
- Kaylin Orr, Kimberly-Clark
“Great feedback from ALL attendees!”
- Mariana Fagnilli, VP at Liberty Mutual
"Utterly groundbreaking! Ryan equipped us to build a more connected organization with improved engagement.”
- Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Melissa & Doug
Why Book Ryan Jenkins for Manufacturing Events?
Manufacturing-Relevant, Research-Backed Insights
Ryan has worked with leading manufacturing organizations and understands the people challenges shaping the industry…from workforce transitions and knowledge transfer to generations, teamwork, talent retention, and technological change. Every keynote translates research into practical strategies your people can use immediately.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create a keynote that’s both engaging and immediately useful. Attendees leave energized, and equipped with ideas they can put into practice the very next day.
Customized for Your Organization
No two manufacturing organizations or workforces are the same. Every keynote is tailored to your people, incorporating your goals, culture, workforce dynamics, leadership challenges, and industry realities so the message feels relevant and specific.
Ready to Build a More Connected Manufacturing Workforce?
Strengthen teamwork, bridge generational gaps, improve knowledge transfer, develop frontline leaders, and build a workforce prepared to thrive through the future of manufacturing.