Digital Transformation: ‘Enable People to Feel Safe to Make Change’ | Smart Manufacturing Week 2025

Scott McManus is Project Manager for UK Digital Factory at Leonardo Helicopters. He spoke to us at this year’s Smart Manufacturing Week about the importance of creating safe spaces for people to thrive and make change.

In his keynote at the show, entitled Driving Business Value through Insights – The Leonardo Digital Transformation Journey, he explained how Leonardo is reshaping its future through a bold digital transformation programme.

Rooted in the company’s core values—people first, process driven, and technology led – Scott unveils how Leonardo has successfully disrupted long-standing industry habits to embed a thriving digital culture that fuels innovation and growth.

Here, Scott explains the:

  • Why? Business and market overview, exploring the common efficiency drains that exist in organisations.
  • Method. Business led transformation, how to engage and inspire digital ownership within an organisation.
  • Outcome. Unlocking the true value of a digital led organisation, detailing the roadmap to success – ‘one platform’.

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