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280: How to Create a Manufacturing Ecosystem of Support with Matt Bogoshian, Executive Director at the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC)
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- Manufacturing Happy Hour
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- Mar 24, 2026
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Summary
Most regions have pockets of manufacturing strength. Very few have a manufacturing ecosystem. Matt Bogoshian has spent 15 years trying to change that. In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, host Chris Luecke sits down remotely with Matt Bogoshian, Executive Director of the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC) – the nation’s only designated National Manufacturing Community of Practice. Matt brings the on-the-ground experience of someone who has spent years helping communities across the US turn good intentions into real, durable systems change. Together they dig into the Big Six elements that every thriving regional manufacturing ecosystem needs, the five steps to creating lasting systems change, and why trust is the one precondition that has to come before everything else. Matt also shares the story of ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing’, a program getting middle school students inside real factories and changing how the next generation sees manufacturing careers. In this episode, find out: What it takes to build a regional manufacturing ecosystem of support, and why it requires more than any single organization or initiative Why the ‘American project’ can’t succeed long-term without a strong base of manufacturing priority products, and what that means for every community in the US The five steps to creating lasting systems change: relationship building, storytelling, strategy, activation, and the critical step most initiatives never reach Why trust is the precondition for every other element of ecosystem building What the Big Six elements of a thriving manufacturing ecosystem are, and why most regions are underperforming in at least four of them How the Big Six framework helps diagnose where any region stands, and what coordination looks like…