Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy kicks off a new series on how to make our cities more resilient, sustainable, secure, smart, and equitable. She explains how the pandemic changed a lot about our cities, uncovers lessons learns, and outlines how things will change now that cities are opening back up. She also discusses: A new paradigm that is emerging in our cities. What our cities and workplaces will look like in the future...

Peggy and Michael King, urbanist, architect, street designer, city/neighbored planner, Traffic Calmer, talk about the city of tomorrow and advancing a green mobility ethos. He says we have a golden opportunity to rethink what we have been doing in cities. They also discuss: How to continue to grow our cities—and the role of circular. The "new city," which could be a collection of smaller towns tha...

Peggy and Mika Kanninen, CEO, Akkurate, discuss the next evolution of our cars and the role of the batteries in our future. He says to reach digitization you need to take advantage of having the data from batteries. They also discuss: Why we need to think about digitization in a whole new way. What kind of predictions you can do with the battery data. Innovations in battery recycling. akkurate.fi...

Peggy takes listeners inside the mind of one business leader—specifically as it relates to sustainability. She shares thoughts from a recent interview conducted with Tae Yoo, senior vice president of corporate affairs at Cisco, and how sustainability, business opportunity, and accountability are intrinsically linked. She also discusses: Why sustainability is important. What steps technology compan...

Peggy and Michael Steep, executive director and adjunct professor disruptive technology and digital cities program, Stanford School of Engineering, talk about disruptive technologies and smart cities. He says disruptive technology is a technology that fundamentally changes a value proposition for an industry. They also discuss: Why corporate R&D has diminished and why they are missing key opportun...

Peggy and Heather Mueller, Supply Chain COO, Breakthrough, talk about how critical the supply chain is—and how the pandemic brought this to light. She says you cannot improve what you can't measure and actuals are not averages. They also discuss: Transportation and supply chain disruption due to the cost of fuel. How the pace of uncertainty is increasing. The importance of acting local in an effor...

Peggy talks about manufacturing and our workforce, digging into the details of one new report and giving her thoughts on what needs to happen next. She says we need to take steps today to solve our workforce shortage. She also discusses: The netted loss of jobs in manufacturing in 2020. Some of the reasons we aren't seeing enough potential new workers interested in manufacturing. Examples of compa...

Peggy and Liviu Tudor, founder and president, Genesis Property, discuss the immune building standard. He explains that an immune building is prepared to perform well in the face of a threat. They also discuss: The response to having an immune-rated building. How devices, sensors, machine learning, and big data can help create immune-rated buildings and how the technology can be implemented in pree...

Peggy and Anne Munaretto, senior manager of climate change and sustainability services, Ernst & Young, discuss sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, and governance). She says ESG is an umbrella term—and they all are nonfinancial issues but do in time drive financial value for an organization. They also discuss: The key drivers for how we get people to rethink being a make-take-waste socie...

With the rise of cyberattacks on our infrastructure, such as gas pipelines and hospital systems, Peggy says this is just the beginning, and gives steps enterprises should take to avoid ransomware. She also discusses: The cost to businesses and the percent of organizations that manage to get all of their data back after paying a ransom. Four steps to take today to prepare your business. How to deve...

Peggy and Chris Castro, senior advisor to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, director of sustainability & resilience, and 'future-ready' steering committee member, City of Orlando, talk about how the city is advancing sustainability. He shares his thoughts about advancing green economic development opportunities and how this is one of the best wealth building, job creating times of our history. They also d...

Peggy and Dirck Schou, CEO, Taqtile, shares about the company—and what led to the launch of it. He says he saw a game changer in how you deliver a digitally transformative tool to desolate workers. They also discuss: How it has created tools to allow companies and highly skilled workers to create a knowledge base in an area that never existed before. Industries that are participating including med...

Peggy talks all about sustainability and digital cities, saying we are going to be focused on climate all around the world. She shares a new report that points to the shifts happening in urban mobility. She also discusses: What is micromobility and new urbanism. Global examples of sustainable cities and countries, narrowing in on Saudi Arabia. The importance of tapping into the younger generation...

Peggy and Thomas Tomich, economist, advisor, author, innovator, and leader, and founder, Food Systems Lab at the University of California, Davis, talk about the differences between a food system and food science. He says a food system is a self-organizing system and we have to think differently about managing our footprints in those types of self-organizing systems. They also discuss: The differen...

Peggy and Ran Korber, co-founder and CEO, BreezoMeter, shares his story and how his company and technology map environmental hazards. He talks about air quality in different areas—and how all the information is scattered. They also discuss: The information gap in the environmental world with air pollution and pollen. How humanity has a big impact on air pollution and what we saw as a result of COV...

Peggy talks all about new considerations for a new era of manufacturing, saying optimism is growing, but many plants are still living in a crisis mode. Can technology help us move to a better normal? She answers. She also discusses: Two areas that are challenges that weigh heavily on the minds of manufacturing execs. Examples of how technology can allow for data analysis and system monitoring. New...

Peggy and Wei Li, VP and GM, machine learning performance, Intel's architecture, graphics and software division, Intel Corp., talk about how analytics and AI (artificial intelligence) can unlock insights. He believes we will have AI everywhere and says 99% of the world's data remains untouched and it is a tremendous treasure to be explored by all of us. They also discuss: Compute availability and...

Peggy and Joel Feldman, shareholder, Anapol Weiss and founder, enddistracteddriving.org, talk about distracted driving and what has been happening since the last time he was on the show. He says we aren't going to get too far by talking about the dangers of distracted driving. They also discuss: The number of people who have been killed by distracted driving. Stories about how he has worked with p...

Peggy commemorates Earth Day with a special edition of the show. She says it is a great opportunity to do something to move to a more sustainable and circular world, but suggests this passion needs to continue the rest of the year. She also talks about: The history of the day. How it is being celebrated in 2021. Details surrounding a pledge from Amazon. http://peggysmedleyshow.com (04.22.21 - #716...

Peggy grills guests on the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Infrastructure Report Card. She talks with Thomas Smith, executive director, ASCE, and Pat Jones, executive director and CEO, IBTTA (Intl. Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Assn.), about how important infrastructure is, what has changed on the Report Card, and what has made the grade. They discuss: Why we need to invest in infrastruct...

Peggy and Thomas Smith, ASCE, and Pat Jones, IBTTA, continue the conversation on infrastructure, taking listener questions. They talk about how to build back better and how to be more resilient for the future. They also discuss: How construction professionals can help improve the grade. How we are going to pay for all this infrastructure. How are we going to build this infrastructure and if it wil...

Peggy shares what will happen if we don't invest in securing our infrastructure, saying global losses from cybercrime topped $1 trillion at the end of 2020; the average total cost of a data breach is $3.86 million, and the average time to identify and contain a breach is 280 days. She also discusses: The impacts on both businesses and individuals when a cyber breach occurs. The increase of attacks...

Peggy and Garry Binder, principal engineer/chief security architect, Intel Corp., discuss what Intel is doing with the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor and SGX (Software Guard Extensions). He says this processor has a big emphasis on cybersecurity—and it is one of the biggest areas it made improvements on in this generation and it gives a lot of options and security controls. They also...

Peggy and Ryan McMahon, vice president, insurance and government affairs, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, talk about why road safety is so important to him. He addresses how to make it important to a driver. They also discuss: The program he created that leveraged technology in the marketplace to provide incentives to drivers for driving safely. MIT research from 12 years ago, which found sensors on...

Peggy shares her thoughts on the American Jobs Plan and what needs to happen next with our infrastructure. She says we are long overdue for a sizeable investment in our roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, and transit systems. She also discusses: Where President Joe Biden plans to invest infrastructure dollars. What new materials and technologies will help build infrastructure. Why we need innov...