Inside Fluke's Transformation from Hardware to Data — Betting on the Future of Work

Fluke didn't have a performance problem.

It had a future problem.

In Episode 10 of the Lean Focus Podcast, Damon Baker sits down with Wes Pringle, CEO of Evident Scientific, to unpack how one of the most respected industrial brands in the world made a high-stakes decision: reinvent the business while it was still winning.

At the time, Fluke was the clear leader in handheld industrial test tools.

Trusted brand. Dominant market share. World-class hardware.

But the world was changing.

Industrial environments were becoming more automated.

Fewer technicians. More connected systems.

The value was shifting — from the tool… to the data behind the tool.

Fluke had a choice:

Protect the core that made them successful.

—or—