Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy and Mike Kelly, senior research analyst, Guidehouse Insights, talk about the smart grid. He shares about what is happening from a regional perspective, saying there has been mass adoption acros…

Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycle. The rest head straight to the landfill or incinerator. Peggy talks about how to address this, citing rese…

Peggy and Kim Cheslak, director of codes, New Buildings Institute, discuss a new study on building decarbonization. She says one of the primary questions is: what does it cost? Thus, it went into the…

Peggy and Alexa Carlin, Women Empower X, talk about her new book Adaptable. She says she has gone through a number of challenges that are very related in the sense that we all go through so many chal…

Peggy talks about all the generations and businesses coming together to move from the old linear ways to a more circular world, saying we need both a change in process and new technologies. She narro…

Peggy and Daryl Friedman, global president & CEO, CEDIA, talk about the home integrator market and a new report. He says one of the things that attracted him to this industry is the growth potential …

Peggy talks about the state of housing. She says the market has remained competitive and recommends to study the trends in your own region, giving her perspective on what is happening in her own regi…

Peggy and Jennifer Huffstetler, vice president and general manager, Future Platform Strategy & Sustainability, Intel, talk about climate change and sustainability. She says we know right know the imp…

Peggy and Kristen Hanich, director of research, Parks Associates, talk about big trends with smart buildings. She says we have seen a lot of changes being driven by COVID and some of the shifts in te…

Peggy gives her thoughts on the state of smart home technology, giving a glimpse inside the Living Lab. She says in the two decades she has been writing about this technology, we still have not found…

Peggy and Jeff Meredith, chief executive officer, Chamberlain Group, talk about the evolution of the smart home. He says the opportunities are boundless and talks about how the company is marrying it…

Susan Dalton, leadership coach, Susan Dalton Coaching, shares stories with Peggy about what she has learned in the four decades of managing people. She says one thing she found intriguing is when STE…

To celebrate Earth Day a little early, Peggy talks all about sustainability and circularity in our businesses, narrowing in on food and agriculture. She says our food system is rapidly deteriorating …

Peggy and Ramesh Srinivasan, professor, UCLA Dept. of Information Studies, talk about how technology can be fair and more democratic. He says it is important to remember the architecture that the int…

Peggy and Andy Binns, cofounder, Change Logic, and author of the book Corporate Explorer, talk about how to spark innovation in the next generation. He explains why large corporations are in a good p…

If we want to reach zero deaths on our roads, we need safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, and safer speeds. Peggy narrows in on two of the four tenants for this episode, safer vehicles and saf…

Peggy and Nate Hartman, Dauch Family professor of advanced manufacturing and head of the Computer Graphics Technology Department, Purdue University, talk about smart manufacturing vs. smart factories…

Peggy and Jack Carroll, professor of information sciences and technology, Pennsylvania State University, talk about the role of HCI (human computer interaction) in designing digital infrastructures f…

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Peggy talks about the state of cyber health, sharing details from a new report. She says these nefarious characters are getting more creative—and they are more i…