There’s a lot of talk around the “resurgence of manufacturing,” reshoring and nearshoring, industrial policy, you name it. But there’s little talk about the elephant in the room: the people who knew how to run these plants are retiring, and no one is replacing them. As the World Economic Forum warns, the industrial workforce is facing a growing talent gap — not just in headcount but in know-how. Fresh graduates aren’t taking manufacturing jobs, and tribal knowledge is vanishing.