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The Print & Packaging Lab is a place where ideas are tested, challenged, and refined—together. Each episode explores the real decisions and practical information facing print and packaging professionals today, from operations and production to leadership, sales, marketing, and workforce development. This isn’t theory or hype. It’s thoughtful conversation grounded in experience, experimentation, and what’s actually working across the industry. Whether you run a company, manage a team, or are building your next phase in print, The Print & Packaging Lab offers perspective you can use.
PIA MidAmerica helps print and packaging companies run stronger, more connected businesses—through workforce programs, leverage, data, and industry collaboration. Bottom line, whether a company is focused on growth, workforce, or operational clarity, PIA MidAmerica is here to support and to identify ways to reduce costs, improve performance, and strengthen teams.
PIA MidAmerica helps print and packaging companies run stronger, more connected businesses—through workforce programs, leverage, data, and industry collaboration. Bottom line, whether a company is focused on growth, workforce, or operational clarity, PIA MidAmerica is here to support and to identify ways to reduce costs, improve performance, and strengthen teams.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
semiweekly
Average audio length:
20 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
29 episodes
since Jan. 9, 2026
episodic
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Teresa Campbell, PIA MidAmeica, discusses compensation strategy, retention, culture, career growth, and workforce trends shaping the printing industry.
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When a prospect searches "eco-friendly direct mail printer for nonprofit fundraising," they're not browsing. They're buying. This 15-minute brief shows print sales and marketing teams how to uncover these long-tail, high-intent searches and use them to attract better-fit leads with less competition…
Selling a printing business is rarely just a financial decision. In this Deep Dive conversation, Janie Morris sits down with Filip Buyse of Venture 10 to discuss the realities of M&A in the print and packaging industry—from valuation and buyer expectations to succession planning, operational re…
This brief explores connective labor as the last truly human edge in selling: the emotional, relational work of making buyers feel seen, safe, and understood. It shows how to recognize, name, and deliberately practice this invisible skill to win and keep business in an AI-saturated world. Learn mor…
Most people don’t plan on a career in print—and Zach Fargo didn’t either. In this conversation, Zach shares how he found his way into the industry, why he stayed, and what changed when he stopped focusing on selling and started focusing on helping. From restaurant rollouts and the surprising stayin…
Gen Z isn’t “difficult”. They’re different. This 15‑minute brief breaks down five essentials aspects younger employees expect: Let’s dispense with the “young people don’t want to work” nonsense and lean in to the opportunities to fold them into our companies in ways that benefit everyone Learn more…
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