Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy shares one impact of COVID-19 that might not be as obvious as others. She also says McKinsey theorizes that because of the pandemic, society vaulted five years forward in terms of business digi…

Peggy and Deb Degillio, chief customer officer, American Water, talk about the need for investment in water infrastructure. She says we need to make sure our systems are resilient against floods and …

Peggy and Martin Koehring, head of the Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, defines sustainability in the seas, saying it is a concept that has been around for a while and continues to evolve.

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Peggy talks about how STEM education directly impacts the technology sector. She says expect regions with more STEM jobs to recover from this recession faster than others.

She also discusses:

• How ST…

Peggy and Monica Miller Brown, sustainable design manager, Thyssenkrupp Elevator, talk about sustainability in buildings and cities. She says we need to identify how to grow taller instead of wider i…

Wayne Titus, author, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Financial Well-Being, shares with Peggy his story about what made him go out on his own and write a book. He says he watched his father’s business fai…

Peggy talks about how STEM (science, technology, education, and math) education has stagnated—and the lack of women in STEM. She says we need to think about what we can do for women in STEM.

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Peggy and Peter Adriaens, professor of environmental engineering, finance and entrepreneurship, University of Michigan, talk about sustainability in the digital age. He says there are three component…

Peggy and Yaniv Iarovici, Western Digital, talk about the IoT (Internet of Things) and how it is an ecosystem of ecosystems. He says data is quickly becoming the new currency.

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Traffic congestion is a problem in so many cities. Peggy talks about urban air mobility—and what is coming in the years ahead.

She also discusses:

• The amount of hours and money lost on productivity …

Peggy and Matthew Reeder, operations manager (rail systems and automation), Calibre, talk about automating a railway. He shares hurdles, lessons learned, and how technology can be applied around the …

Peggy and Amy Posey, coauthor, Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventures, shares about the lessons she has learned from adventure and her new book, answering the …

Peggy explains how voice assistants impact transportation. She says Juniper Research predicts there will be $8 billion digital voice assistants in the U.S. by 2023 and ResearchandMarkets predicts the…

Peggy and Reza Arghandeh, professor, the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, talk about the evolution of smart cities and what is coming next. He says on his daily walk he sees how he can …

Peggy and Joe Biron, CTO for IoT and general manager of Thingworx, PTC, come together for a conversation about what customers are implementing. He believes the IoT is a technology paradigm and that a…

Peggy talks about key trends and how cities can make infrastructure more connected. She says the biggest step cities can take for smart transportation infrastructure is to find ways to quantify ROI—a…

Peggy and Luna Lu, associate professor Lyles School of Civil Engineering, School of Materials Engineering College of Engineering, Purdue University, talk about intelligent infrastructure. She says wh…

Peggy and Doug Roberson, CTO, Allterco Robotics US, talk about his company’s product. He says his company’s CEO saw there weren’t a lot of products that were answering what consumers were looking for…

Peggy highlights the Invest in America Act and how it is going to authorize funds for transportation infrastructure. She says we need to tackle the backlog of infrastructure that needs to be replaced…

Peggy and Sastry Malladi, co-founder and chief technology officer, FogHorn, talk about the importance of keeping workers safe and a new solution to extend health monitoring. He says its primary goal …