Peggy Smedley Show

With CES 2020 underway, Peggy looks at what to expect from the annual event. She shares her predictions on what to expect in regard to smart homes, AI, cybersecurity, 5G, and more. She discusses the …

Peggy and Irene Petrick, senior director of industrial innovation, Intel, discuss her research on digital transformation in the manufacturing sector. Her research examines what can be improved in IoT…

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discuss the importance of sustainability and resiliency in 2020. They tackle the long-…

Peggy addresses the blockchain market in general, and the intersection of blockchain technology and the supply chain. She shares her thoughts, as well as shares some analysts’ statistics highlighting…

Peggy and Stacy Schwartz, vice president, public safety and FirstNet sales, AT&T, discuss what FirstNet is and how it is changing the communications for first responders, with a high-speed nationwide…

Darin Archer, chief strategy officer, Elastic Path joins Peggy to talk about the evolution of voice assistants. He points out new technologies are typically awkward in the beginning, but do become th…

Peggy sat down with Jonathan Davidson, SVP and general manager, service provider business, Cisco, to discuss its Internet for the Future announcement that took place on December 11. He says Cisco bui…

Bill Gartner, SVP and general manager, optical systems and optics group, Cisco, joins Peggy to continue the discussion around Cisco’s announcement on the Internet for the Future. He talks about how C…

Peggy details ISM (Institute for Supply Management) Manufacturing Index, explaining challenges and opportunities for the space. She believes manufacturing should be overly optimistic to planning in 2…

Peggy and David Closs, John H. McConnell Chair Emeritus and Chair Emeritus of the Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, discuss how the supply chain has changed with the advent…

Peggy and Charlotte Blank, chief behavioral officer, Maritz,discuss the concept of leading like a scientist. She explains how leaders should do research, conduct experiments, and embrace a methodolog…

Peggy talks about opportunities and hurdles in procurement and the supply chain. She says that there will be an increased use of AI (artificial intelligence) that will enable proactive decisionmaking…

Peggy and Daniel Quant, vice president of strategic development, MultiTech, sit down to talk about CBRS, a type of private LTE and the opportunities for businesses that are looking for robust local c…

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, talk about the power of prediction. He explains that there is a speed now where decisi…

Peggy talks about security best practices and laws from the Australian government and California, as well as details a new 2019 payment security report. She says California is the first of its kind i…

Peggy and Emily Lyons Soelberg, vice president, product management – Internet of Things, AT&T, discuss LPWA, NB-IoT, and LTE-M, and the benefits. She explains LPWA is one of the early ways that custo…

Peggy and John Dijulius, author, The Relationship Economy: Building Strong Customer Connections in the Digital Age, discuss what the relationship economy is, saying the primary currency is the emotio…

Peggy journeys back to April 2018, detailing a big announcement from Microsoft about the IoT (Internet of Things) and how it has evolved since that time. She details how Microsoft is investing in its…

Peggy and Sam George, vice president of Azure IoT, Microsoft, talk IoT (Internet of Things), AI (artificial intelligence), cloud, edge, and more. He dives into the topic of digital transformation and…

Peggy explains how innovation is impacting CPG (consumer packaged goods). She explains how CPG is different from retail, reasons why CPG companies need to be thinking about innovation and the IoT (In…