Latest Episodes

Are you looking for ways to grow your career, your experience, and your list of talents? A new program at Milliken aims to meet your experience growth goals. It’s called DeX, and it stands for Development Experiences. On this episode, Betsy is joined by Talent Development leaders Ottilia Dill and Alexa Hudson.

The recent Global IT outage affected 8.5 million computers worldwide. Did it affect Milliken? Betsy Sikma talks one-on-one with IT’s Ken Brown, Director of Cybersecurity and Governance, in a special Milliken For Everyone recorded via Teams.

The IT team works hard to protect our customers and associates from the threat and effects of cyberattacks. They are successful thanks to their own dedication and the work they do with teams in Security, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, Brand and Communications, and more. On this episode of Milliken For Everyone, host Betsy Sikma talks...

Milliken has long been known as a place where jobs turn into careers. Our associates are proud to call themselves Team Milliken, and it’s common to meet people who have been with the company 10, 20, 30 years and even more. But no matter where you are in your time with Milliken, you might benefit...

Do you give to charity? Donate to your favorite college? Have you ever wished you could give more? Well, Milliken wants to help. The company is expanding our Associate Gift Match Program, which is designed to help you turbocharge your charitable giving. To explain how it works, podcast producer Alan Jenkins slides into the host...

Every day, we take customers on a journey. It may begin with a casual inquiry or a sales call. It goes on to a satisfied customer and, if we’re really good, a sales relationship that lasts for decades. How do we track that journey at Milliken? How do we monitor customer sentiment and transform sales...

It has been said that if a company wants to have strong relationships with its customers, it needs to first have strong relationships with its employees. At Milliken, we pride ourselves in building strong teams and offering a place where associates can turn jobs into careers. Are we doing a good job? How do our...

We all know that Milliken’s executive team reports to a Board of Directors. But what does that mean? What do they do? And how do they affect our lives as associates? Betsy is joined by Kasel Knight, senior vice president and general counsel to Milliken, and corporate counsel Natalie Dunham. How to Listen on Your...

It’s Volunteer Olympiad time across Milliken, and our company is less than 8,000 hours away from reaching our five-year target of logging 100,000 associate volunteer hours. But just how important is it to volunteer? Why is it important that Milliken encourages its associates to volunteer?  Betsy talks with Craig Haydamack, Chief Human Resource Officer, and...

The future is here! Artificial Intelligence is writing emails, creating pictures, minimizing production errors, and more. As a company devoted to innovation, Milliken has established its own Artificial Intelligence Use Policy, and our AI Council continues to explore ways that the new technology can be incorporated and used to our company’s benefit. Betsy talks with...