Peggy Smedley Show

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Peggy and Erik Mikysa, senior vice president of marketing, Hilti, talk about the biggest needs in the construction industry today. He says the two things keeping…

Peggy and Mark Chung, executive vice president, roadway practice, National Safety Council, talk about the Road to Zero. He says the Road to Zero Coalition is driven by a vision for the future to have…

Peggy explains challenges and solutions to new ways of working in the era of hybrid business. She says changes with the workforce were well underway even before the pandemic made remote work common p…

Peggy and Vinnie Quinn, cofounder and director, Evercam, talk about cameras on the construction jobsite. He says camera hardware and communications were getting much better, but the applications of c…

Do consumer intentions for sustainable lifestyles align with the actions they are taking? Peggy answers, citing a new report that measures these metrics. She says 33% have strong intentions to live s…

Peggy and Thorsten Wuest, associate professor, West Virginia University, talk about smart manufacturing and the supply chain. He says smart manufacturing is at the core of the supply chain and it wil…

Peggy talks about a trend near and dear to her heart that is making a comeback: Made in America. She shares that many of the big companies are bringing manufacturing operations back to the states.

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Peggy and Ramy Harik, associate professor, University of South Carolina and chief manufacturing officer, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, talk about smart manufacturing. He says there are a lot of misconcept…

Peggy and Erik Bernal, CEO, Elite Water Systems, talk about water quality in the home. He says Hurricane Katrina spurred his curiosity, but the passion was driven by a water test that the Army Reserv…

Peggy talks about women in technology—and how to get women into your inner circle. She asks: Are you working to get women back in the technology industry since the pandemic forced so many women out o…

Peggy and Joe Cuiffi, assistant teaching professor, Penn State New Kensington, talk about reskilling and upskilling—and a shift in hiring in manufacturing today. He says manufacturers have shifted a …

Peggy and Ansul Rajgharia, director, connected products and surge, Schneider Electric, talk about how Wiser works. He says you cannot change things that you cannot track—people can save energy if the…

Peggy asks: Has all our progress with women in manufacturing stalled? On the first segment she walks through a timeline of women’s role in the manufacturing industry. She shares where we are today—an…

Peggy and Binil Starly, professor, North Carolina State University, talk about opportunities in manufacturing for smart technologies. He says during the pandemic he has witnessed a rise in the import…

Peggy and Brad Wills, director, strategic customers and programs, Schneider Electric, talks about energy efficiency in the home. Having grown up as an IBM kid, he says he never understood why the ele…

Since the start of the pandemic, cyber attacks have been on the rise. Peggy shares where we are today, what we need to do to secure our businesses, and why we need to have a plan for how we will resp…

Peggy and Nick McQuire, director of enterprise AI and innovation, Microsoft, talk all about advances in AI (artificial intelligence) and what led to the development of the AI Business School. He says…

Peggy and Zhen Bai, assistant professor, University of Rochester, talk about AR (augmented reality) and how it is improving people’s lives. She says augmented reality is the technology that can super…