Andrew Chrostowski

▪️Board Leader▪️Board Advisor▪️Leader▪️Future of Work Technologist ▪️Corporate Speaker ▪️Host of "The Connected Workers Podcast"

[Andrew Chrostowski @ConnectedAndrew]

The Future of Work is Here Today.
I bring this perspective to my board and board advisory work, corporate speaking, consulting, and my podcast.
Follow me to see how connected frontline workers are creating value and working more safely and productively. Learn about how automation in Industry 5.0, AI, and ubiquitous connectivity are changing everything in energy, manufacturing, logistics, and more.
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"Whenever you do technology for technology's sake, you don't get good solutions..."
~ Stefan Lampa

In the latest episode of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I sit down with Stefan Lampa — former CEO of ProGlove, veteran of ABB and KUKA, and lifelong advocate for better, safer blue-collar jobs.

Stefan reveals how #wearables + #PhysicalAI are empowering #FrontlineWorkers, slashing ergonomic strain, and driving real growth (not just headcount cuts).

From back-of-hand scanners to on-device AI agents that answer questions instantly — this is the future of human-centered productivity.

Stefan shares:
• Why human-centered design beats pure automation every time
• How ProGlove’s on-device AI agents are transforming warehouse and factory operations
• The power of Warehouse 360 for ergonomics, flow optimization, and turning data into immediate frontline wins
• Why a growth mindset (not cost-cutting) is the only path that actually works with Physical AI and robotics

From his Swedish mining roots to leading industrial innovation, Stefan’s passion for improving working lives shines through every minute.

If you’re in #manufacturing, #logistics, #operations, or on a #board thinking about #TheFutureOfWork — this episode is packed with practical insights you can use.

Listen here: 👇
Apple:
https://t.co/lLx9hGycy1

Spotify:
https://t.co/4rMB5FTrIb

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@Vuzix The team at @Vuzix is building the elements for #FutureOfWork. If that excites you, check it out!

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Entropy may have more to do with our experience of reality than we realize.

Chemistry points toward equilibrium, continual energy loss, and a universe that never stops changing.

https://t.co/UtsrkIMN3z

#Physics #Entropy

[Vuzix @Vuzix]

Consumer AI glasses are helping make wearable technology mainstream.

But enterprise deployments require more than consumer convenience, they require security, workflow integration, fleet management, durability, compliance, and scalability.

Enterprise smart glasses are built differently for a reason.

ICYMI, dive in: https://t.co/2OsJsJseOQ $VUZI

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3 a.m. rig inspection done. Weeks later: audit scramble through spreadsheets and old notes.

Jeff Cianciola (@AccupointSoftware) lived that pain — so he built a better way.

In Episode 54 of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, he shows how Accupoint turns reactive #compliance into real-time, connected workflows frontline teams actually love.
Hear how one oil & gas service provider slashed audit findings and sped up corrective actions while chasing API Q2 certification.

Watch Jeff explain how it works below. Then check out the full episode:
Apple:
https://t.co/wEJUyOz4RC
Spotify:
https://t.co/DOtS8sHwAl

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#ConnectedWorkers #Compliance #DigitalTransformation #OilAndGas #energy

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I am constantly amazed at the technology advances that we do every day to keep our people, environment, and local communities safe. Great work here @ConnectedAndrew!

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🚨 3 a.m. on a rig in the Guyana-Suriname Basin.

One dropped connection or a few seconds of latency… and millions of dollars are at risk while crews feel isolated.
@tampnet is rewriting the rules with hybrid networks — subsea fiber backbone + private 5G on deck + smart LEO backup — delivering 99.99% uptime.

In Ep 53 of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, Trygve Hagevik (CCO, Tampnet) explains how operators are moving from reactive firefighting to predictive high-performance with #AI, #DigitalTwins, and remote operations.

Learn why fiber is still king. How 5G slices are improving crew welfare & safety (including @FirstNet coverage). And Tampnet’s rapid expansion into Brazil, Mexico & beyond.

Essential listening if you work in offshore drilling, production, or #DigitalTransformation.

🎧 Listen now →
Apple
https://t.co/SH4D5pL0m2
Spotify:
https://t.co/gQXdchB328

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🚨 What silent thief is stealing your team’s most valuable resource?

It’s the tyranny of the urgent.

Every day, supervisors and frontline crews in energy, utilities, and field service watch entire shifts disappear into firefighting, overtime approvals, and chaos; only to wonder where the day went.

In the newest episode of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I sit down with Curt Finch, Founder of @JournyxInc, who shares his hard-won lessons from 30 years of helping organizations reclaim their most irreplaceable asset: #Time.

Curt draws from deeply personal stories about his grandkids (and the moments you never get back) to reveal:
- Why most time-tracking efforts fail.
- How accurate time data uncovers millions in hidden profit leaks.
- Practical ways to escape constant firefighting and protect work-life balance.
- The emerging role of AI + IoT in making time tracking effortless for field crews.

Time is the one resource you can never replenish, replace, or reuse.

🎧 A must-listen if you lead operations, field service, or any team where time seems to keep slipping away:

Apple Podcasts:
https://t.co/VNMvKpe8Km

Spotify:
https://t.co/xZOKxNEnWI

This conversation goes far beyond timesheets. It’s about profitability, burnout prevention, better project decisions, and treating time with the respect it deserves — both at work and at home. Highly recommended for anyone wishing they had more time to get things done!

What’s stealing the most time from you and your teams right now? Drop it in the comments 👇

#TimeManagement #ConnectedWorker #OilAndGas #Utilities #FieldService #Leadership #TyrannyOfTheUrgent #Management #ProjectManagement #Podcast

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🚨 What if the biggest threat on your site isn’t something you can see, hear, or smell… until it’s too late?

At 2 a.m. on a catwalk 40 feet up in a petrochemical plant, one invisible gas leak can turn a normal shift into a catastrophe in seconds.

That’s the daily reality for thousands of frontline workers in oil & gas, chemicals, utilities, and manufacturing.

In the latest episode of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I sat down with Shannon Sanders, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Teledyne Gas & Flame Detection.

We dive deep into how next-generation connected gas and flame detection is changing the game:

- From the legendary “brick” (Gas Surveyor 500) to real-time cloud intelligence with **Teledyne GDCloud**

- How docking portable detectors now delivers powerful fleet-wide insights, compliance trails, and faster decision-making

- Turning raw detection data into actionable business intelligence — reducing risk, improving uptime, and protecting lives

- The evolving role of AI and predictive capabilities in hazardous environments

This isn’t just another safety device conversation. It’s about giving connected workers superpowers and giving leaders visibility they’ve never had before.

🎧 Listen now and discover how Teledyne is making the invisible visible — and turning safety from a cost center into a strategic advantage.

👉 [Listen to Episode 51 here](https://t.co/Hyk82lnu6m)

What’s the biggest safety or visibility challenge you’re facing on your sites right now? Drop a comment below — I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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#Fire and lack of situational awareness can lead to deadly consequences...

In this week's powerful episode of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I speak with Rod Goossen, founder and CEO of RoGO Communications, about the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots due to a lack of real-time situational awareness.

That tragedy became the catalyst for RoGo’s satellite-powered DropBlock devices, which provide GPS tracking, tactical communications, and hyper-local fire weather data in environments where cell service and radios fall short.

From wild-land firefighting to #hurricanes, #earthquakes, and all-hazards response, RoGo is giving first responders and connected workers the life-saving tools they need to stay safe when infrastructure is wiped out. 

Check out Episode 50 on Apple or Spotify:
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https://t.co/qNSVSVnoGx

@Spotify :
https://t.co/s0tfmWVdfZ

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A healthy person has a thousand dreams —someone sick or injured has but one...

This week on #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I am joined by Linda Tapp (@SafetyFUN) of the American Society of Safety Professionals (@ASSPSafety ) and Wyatt Bradbury, of Avetta. Together, we explore how the new Culture Maturity Index (CMI) is transforming safety culture from an abstract concept into something truly actionable and measurable. We discuss how data, standards and technology can reduce serious injuries and fatalities, strengthen contractor safety, and turn safety into a genuine driver of business performance.

Check them out here: 👇

Apple:
https://t.co/X2lLtKpL6O
Spotify:
https://t.co/rvOlpyA9Io

#Podcast, #TheFutureOfWork, #Safety, #Productivity

[Andrew Chrostowski @ConnectedAndrew]

@Vuzix #TheFutureOfWork is here today. Excellent use case for @Vuzix #SmartGlasses!

[Vuzix @Vuzix]

In high-volume warehouse environments, speed and accuracy matter.

Vuzix smart glasses are helping bring hands-free, real-time information directly into the workflow, supporting teams with the visibility they need to operate more efficiently.

As deployment with a leading global online retailer continues to expand across North America, we’re seeing growing adoption of smart glasses across large-scale logistics operations.

Vuzix will be at #MODEX2026, April 13-16, 2026. Attending? Send us a message to connect!

#ICYMI: https://t.co/4dKOLk1wHF $VUZI

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Never give up. Here is an example of it...

[Game 7 @game7__]

Gary Woodland is the anti-Tiger Woods in every possible way.

Allow me to explain why.

Gary Woodland just won the Houston Open by five shots.

Two and a half years ago, doctors cut a baseball-sized hole in his skull to remove a brain lesion.

He spent two nights in the ICU.

There was a real chance he would wake up paralyzed.

This is the best comeback story in golf right now and it's not even close.

The full story behind today is insane.

In 2019, Gary Woodland won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

He finished 13-under and beat Brooks Koepka by three strokes.

At that point, Woodland had four PGA Tour wins including a major, and was ranked 12th in the world.

Then everything slowly fell apart.

After the 2023 Masters, Woodland became consumed by fear.

Not regular nerves.

Actual, debilitating terror.

He was afraid he was going to die.

Afraid something was going to happen to his kids.

Afraid of falling to his death in his sleep.

At the Memorial Tournament in June 2023, he woke up in his hotel room and clung to the mattress for an hour.

He was convinced that if he let go, he would fall.

His hands were trembling.

He had no appetite.

Spasms would jolt him awake at night.

He was losing focus over putts.

Forgetting what club he was holding mid-swing.

An MRI finally revealed the cause.

A lesion was growing on his brain.

It was pressing directly on the part of his brain that controls fear and anxiety.

Think about that.

The thing responsible for every irrational terror he was experiencing had a physical, medical explanation.

His brain was literally being pressed into a constant state of fear.

In September 2023, Woodland had a craniotomy.

Surgeons removed as much of the lesion as they could, roughly half, because it was pressed against the optic tract of his left eye.

They cut off blood supply to the rest to try to stop it from growing.

He walked out of the hospital two days later.

Started putting again two days after that.

He came back to the PGA Tour in January 2024 at the Sony Open.

But he was nowhere near the same player.

In 26 starts during 2024, he had three top-25 finishes.

His best was a tie for ninth at the Shriners Children's Open.

For a former U.S. Open champion, those are survival numbers.

And nobody knew the full extent of what he was dealing with.

Because on top of the brain surgery and the recovery, Woodland had been diagnosed with PTSD.

He kept it hidden for over a year.

He described being hypervigilant on the course.

A walking scorer once got too close from behind and startled him so badly that his vision went blurry and he forgot where he was.

He would go into bathrooms between holes and cry.

He would break down in the scoring trailer after rounds.

He would sprint to his car in the parking lot just to hide it from everyone.

He said he felt like he was living a lie.

Spending so much energy pretending to be okay that he had nothing left for the actual golf.

On March 9, three weeks before this Houston Open, Woodland finally told the truth publicly.

He sat down with Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard and revealed everything.

The PTSD.

The crying.

The fear.

All of it.

He said after that interview it felt like a thousand pounds had been lifted off his back.

Then he showed up at Memorial Park.

He opened with a 64.

Then a 63.

Then a 65.

Then a 67 on Sunday to close it out.

259 total.

A tournament record.

21-under par.

Five strokes clear of Nicolai Højgaard.

Wire to wire.

Led every single round.

His first win since the 2019 U.S. Open.

Nearly seven years between victories.

Brain surgery, PTSD, two years of hiding in bathrooms between holes, and a thousand pounds of weight he was carrying that nobody could see.

This is a guy who was a basketball player first.

He grew up in Topeka, Kansas, won state basketball titles at Shawnee Heights High School, and played a year of college basketball at Washburn before he realized golf was his future.

He won the Courage Award from the PGA Tour in 2025.

The seventh player to ever receive it.

And now, at 41 years old, with titanium plates holding his skull together, he walked into Memorial Park three weeks after telling the world the truth about what he had been going through and played the best golf of the entire field for four straight days.

The full breakdown of Woodland's career, the surgery, the PTSD, and how he got to this point is here:

https://t.co/5ngVyMCs78

There is a reason this one hits different.

Comeback stories in sports usually involve torn ACLs or shoulder surgeries.

Things you can see.

Things that heal on a timeline.

Woodland's comeback was from something that rewired his brain.

Something that turned his own mind against him.

And the hardest part of his recovery wasn't physical.

It was admitting to the people around him that he wasn't okay.

Three weeks ago he said the words out loud.

Today he won a golf tournament by five shots.

[Andrew Chrostowski @ConnectedAndrew]

🚀 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) doesn’t “think outside the box.”

He burns the box down and rebuilds from first principles.

In this powerful clip from the episode, leadership strategist John Holcombe (President & CEO of JH Leadership & Strategy), listens as I break down exactly how Musk’s focus on facts and data drives fear out of an organization and unleashes creativity, and how YOU can use it to monetize #innovation instead of just talking about it.

This episode is full of real talk about proven #leadership examples in automotive, aerospace, consumer, and industrial enterprises that actually move the needle on #innovation.

Full episodes here 👇

YouTube:
https://t.co/25oeJX9qaF

Apple:
https://t.co/qRHHhftoXc

Spotify:
https://t.co/T6u974EXDU

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[Vuzix @Vuzix]

Tomorrow at #OpticaSummit: Vuzix VP of Advanced Optics Robert Schultz will participate in Session 6 from 11:10 - 11:55 AM ET, “Emerging Platforms: Waveguides, Meta-Optics, and DOEs.”

The discussion will explore how next-generation optical architectures are enabling new device categories across AR, heads-up displays, sensing, and communications.

Connect with the Vuzix team onsite. $VUZI

[Andrew Chrostowski @ConnectedAndrew]

#TheFutureOfWork is augmented…

[Vuzix @Vuzix]

Operational efficiency often comes down to execution on the front line.

Vuzix Solutions combines enterprise smart glasses, AR software, and deployment expertise to support hands-free workflows across warehouse, manufacturing, healthcare, and field service environments.

The focus: faster onboarding, improved accuracy, and greater visibility into day-to-day operations.

Learn more: https://t.co/ZSPbWqTrRN $VUZI

[Vuzix @Vuzix]

Notifications, directions, and live translations at a glance...

From the floor at #VisionExpo last week, Brett Tech dives into Vuzix smart glasses powered by the Ultralite Pro platform, offering a firsthand look at hands-free access to real-time information, right in front of the user’s vision.

Watch his video for the inside scoop: https://t.co/x7O5dF5UNQ $VUZI

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#FOMO on the future of work? It's everywhere—especially for frontline teams.

But here's the antidote: real insights from the trenches. In Episode 46 of #TheConnectedWorkersPodcast, I sit down with Kris Kolo (former Global Executive Director at VRARA) to unpack how #AI, smart glasses, and #XR are already transforming safety and productivity in logistics, manufacturing, field service, and medicine

One standout: how wearables are slashing errors and boosting output without adding more screens to workers' days.

What emerging tech do you see making the biggest difference for frontline workers right now? Drop your take below—I read every comment!

Check out the Podcast Here:

Apple: https://t.co/OmV5pRHAUi

Spotify: https://t.co/RHAL5pjQwi

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