Education Can Elevate Manufacturing Allure

Ask Lawrence Whittle how to attract talent to the manufacturing sector and he answers with one word – education. As CEO of Parsable, a provider of digital tools to connect workers, and an active member of the World Economic Forum, he is passionate about uplifting the public perception of manufacturing which will, in turn, lead to attracting future workers to the field. The sector did get a recent boost as it kept the world moving forward while fighting a pandemic. “It’s an exciting time in the field and the industry should ride the wave of positive perceptions earned from the country realizing how essential manufacturing was, and in particular how important front-line workers are,” Whittle says.