Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy and David G. White Jr, author, Disrupting Corporate Culture, talk about corporate culture change and that most of the ways we approach culture in the business world don't really work. He explains how his book bridges the real study of culture and the myths about culture. They also discuss: Why a lot of approaches to culture don't work in business. A definition about culture, as a reference s...

Even though many of us can't be with our families, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders, there is still a lot to be thankful for. Peggy shares insight from executives about how to be productive during the last few weeks of the year, as many states plan a lockdown. She also provides: Tips from listeners about how to stay happy and productive as we head into the holiday season includ...

Peggy and David Ihrie, Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), talk about first responders and technology. They converse about the biggest technical change in the past few decades—having access to information in realtime. They also discuss: The importance of communications infrastructure and rural broadband. What the cloud provides for first responders and the importance of it. Why it is important...

Peggy and Jim Frazer, vice president, infrastructure and smart cities, ARC Advisory, speak about the foundational issue in the smart city world and Smart City 3.0. They also discuss: The need to embrace all of the stakeholder communities, so no one is left out. The importance of looking at human factors that are shaping our society, such as population trends, aging, mobile workers, and more. The u...

Peggy gives an example of a big prediction that didn't pan out in the IoT (Internet of Things) space. She says we need to hold the analysts' feet to the fire because when they are wrong, companies can make big decisions based on grandiose predictions. She also discusses: The impact that these types of predictions can have on business. What we can do to help make buying decisions. Why we need to ch...

Peggy and Yanick Pouffary, chief technologist for IoT and edge services, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about the challenges facing today's companies, discussing this new world that is putting employees at the center of transformation. They also discuss: Five distinct capabilities for returning to work. A day in the life of an employee who is guided through a city. The importance of augmentation, re...

Peggy and Bryan Selzer, CEO and founder, LEFTA Systems, talk about how data used to be collected in law enforcement and how it is improving this system. He says whether you have software or paper, you do have the data. They also discuss: If technology can help distinguish between good cops and bad cops. How business intelligence can help in law enforcement. If data is the answer in law enforcement...

Peggy looks to the future and into our factories. She shares what Industry 4.0 is, the biggest trends in manufacturing today, and what is spurring the next great revolution in this industry in the future. She also discusses: Examples of how companies are seeing real success in manufacturing today. How our supply chains are like a symphony. Four shifts in manufacturing and the supply chain today. p...

Peggy and Neal Meldrum, global business strategy manager in the manufacturing and resources group, Microsoft, talk about the need for a strong supply chain in manufacturing. They discuss how manufacturers have made investments in a digital strategy and have seen success. They also discuss: How leveraging a digital strategy can help capture domain knowledge and operationalize it and how leveraging...

Peggy and Olof Liberg, 5G standardization program manager at the department of standards and technologies, Ericsson Sweden, talk about what triggered him and his coauthors to write first and second edition of Cellular Internet of Things. They also discuss: When looking at cellular IoT, there are two main tracts: massive IoT and critical IoT. Some of the most interesting use cases today. If use cas...

Peggy gives her thoughts on the impact COVID-19 has—and will continue to have—on the supply chain and manufacturing. She gives an example of how some funding is going to be used to spur U.S. manufacturing in the future. She also discusses: A recap on what manufacturers were facing before the pandemic including how ecosystems, business models, and customer expectations were changing. The impact the...

The distracted driving numbers continue to rise. Peggy and Phil Renaud, executive director, The Risk Institute and Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, senior research associate, Dept. Of Psychology, Ohio State University, talk about the increase in traffic fatalities and what it is doing in response. They also discuss: Four pillars it will focus on in 2021: encourage employers to adopt policies; encourage t...

Peggy and David Strayer, University of Utah, discuss how people come into driving with a false premise that they are good multitaskers. They discuss why we are conditioned to answer our phone when it rings or pings. They also discuss: How much of the world's population are in fact good multitaskers and where to go to take a test to see if you are a super tasker. How we started introducing technolo...

Peggy and Simon Leech, senior advisor, security and risk management, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about cloud growth rates and reaching a plateau, the cloud experience, and security concerns and other risks. She also discusses: How the public cloud is secure by default and how to understand the risk with the public cloud. Current industry trends such as the hybrid cloud environment, how the enterp...

Peggy and Lisa Robinson, senior program manager, Employer Traffic Safety Programs, National Safety Council, talk about the hard numbers related to distracted driving—and how there was some decline in distracted driving, but that pattern isn't continuing. They also discuss: How to reduce workplace distractions and how employers should incorporate a distraction-free policy. Why 76% of drivers are ve...

Peggy and Daniel Ernst, distinguished technologist, high-performance computing & AI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, talk about the future of computing—exascale. He says one of the core pieces of exascale is the rate at which we can do calculations. They also discuss: Some examples of what people can do with exascale computing—such as weather predictions. The history of exascale computing and where we...

Peggy and Amy Marks, head of industrialized construction strategy and evangelism, Autodesk, talk about industrialized construction and prefab. Marks says while most of the prefab has been behind the walls and behind the ceiling, driven by the specialty contractor, industrialized construction is happening already. They also discuss: What is industrialized construction—and the terms surrounding it....

Peggy talks about what is on the horizon for smart infrastructure. She explains the history of our highway system and how outdated our infrastructure systems are and the condition they are in. She also discusses: How COVID has impacted how much people are driving. If mayors want to invest in smart infrastructure. Why we need connectivity in our infrastructure. peggysmedleyshow.com (10.13.20 - #690...

"Whatever you wish to do in life, education is key." Peggy and R. Sreenivasan, chief customer officer, Career Launcher, talk about education today and elearning. He shares his story and what led him to where he is today. They also discuss: Solutions to keep our children's education uninterrupted today. How it was able to get an entire school system of one of the states online in seven days. Some c...

Peggy and Ken Mendelson, senior managing director, Guidepost Solutions, talk about the security risks with the IoT (Internet of Things). They also discuss: Two main types of security risks and examples of security exploits. The danger of third-party harm and how it can serve as a launching point for compromise of other devices on the network. How we can secure working from home and our devices in...

Peggy shares research that is being done at University Transportation Centers, with the objective of advancing exploration and education programs. She also discusses: How one UTC is addressing key developments in both the supply of teleactivities as well as their impact on travel behavior and demand for transportation. What three principle questions the UTC will seek to answer. How the pandemic is...

Peggy and Sridhar Kowdley, program manager at the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Office for Interoperability and Compatibility Technology Center, talk about how it is time to better connect, protect, and make first responders more situationally aware. They also discuss: Concrete examples of tools and techniques to do their job safer. How Project 25 is the digita...

Peggy and Robert Mankowski, Bentley Systems, talk about how it has been focused on making digital twin available for infrastructure and smart cities. They also discuss: How people are embracing the pandemic to do things differently than before. How YII is going to be different this year than previous years. How cities are embracing digital technologies. yii.bentley.com (10.06.20 - #689) IoT, Inter...

Peggy explains how our world is becoming touchless—though connectivity. The numbers show that contactless payments are on the rise, growing twice as fast as non-contactless transactions in the grocery and drug store categories. She also discusses: If a majority of people will see the need to continue to use contactless payments post-pandemic. Examples of touchless technologies in cities, including...

Peggy and Michael Walton, industry solution executive, manufacturing industry, Microsoft, examine the differences between the generations—particularly millennial and Gen Z—and how they are impacting the manufacturing industry. They also discuss: How Gen Z thinks differently about manufacturing than a millennial and some defining characteristics about each. The overabundance of free training, wheth...