Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy and Chris Pearson, president, 5G Americas, talk about the historical context, market projections, and opportunities for 5G. He says 5G is growing fast, but we are still only in the second inning of a nine-inning baseball game. They also discuss: Interoperability between the standards for the "Gs." Where opportunities exist for 5G including healthcare, transportation, smart cities, manufactur...

Peggy and Philip Bliss, founder & CEO, Edge Computing Assn., talk about how edge can bring about a better tomorrow. He says technology doesn't stay in the same place—and he says we have this new segment with edge. They also discuss: What type of realistic growth we can expect with edge computing. How to keep security tight in a new world of distributed computing. What comes next now that the world...

Peggy says we need technology to be part of our sustainability efforts—and one area this is apparent is electric vehicles. How do we achieve bold, aggressive goals in this area? She answers on this segment. She also discusses: Microsoft's targets to move to an entirely electric vehicle fleet. A comprehensive roadmap to achieve 100% electric vehicle sales by 2030. How 5G, edge, and the cloud can en...

Peggy and Ajay Rane, vice president global ecosystem business development, Sigfox, talk about how edge computing is going to change the IoT (Internet of Things). He says big strides in computing will eventually bring in more adoption on the IoT side of things as well because now you are able to do things in realtime that weren't possible previously. They also discuss: How computing is bringing a n...

Peggy and Edward Sanchez, senior analyst, global automotive practice, Strategy Analytics, talk about electrification. He shares the history in Europe and how it had a really intense focus on CO 2  and in that context diesel performs very well. They also discuss: The Volkswagen emissions scandal and the repercussions from this. The leaders—such as Tesla—in the electrification market. Regulations an...

Peggy highlights a few big trends that came out of CES earlier this month. These fall into two big buckets: consumers are demanding innovative, sustainable products while companies themselves are showing a commitment to sustainability, duking it out for which is going to be the most sustainable. She also discusses: What technologies are making homes more sustainable and resilient. Examples of tech...

Peggy and Çağlayan Arkan, vice president, Manufacturing Industry, Microsoft, talk about manufacturing of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He says manufacturing is about innovation, building capacity, employment, and competitiveness. They also discuss: How manufacturing is moving from mass production to mass customization—or going from one-size-fits-all to one-size-fits-one. Examples of how technolo...

Peggy and Michael Kelly, senior research analyst, digital innovations, Guidehouse Insights, discuss advanced metering infrastructure and the latest innovations. He talks about the importance of edge computing and processing. They also discuss: How analytics can unlock value for advanced metering infrastructure. The value propositions behind smart meters, including sustainability and how to use inf...

Peggy shares the five things you need to know about sustainability in 2021 and beyond. She counts them down from five to one and gives her thoughts on why as individuals, and as companies, we need to acknowledge the drive to sustainability in the year ahead. She also discusses: Why consumers will be demanding it more in the future. How to look to other companies that are taking steps to meet envir...

Peggy and Craig Apatov, managing partner, Ascension Growth and Innovation Strategies, talk about building brands and how to help old companies grow. He says we as individuals—executives or managers—are brands as well. They also discuss: The biggest challenges companies have with their brands today. Messaging should be 80% educational, informative, and provocative, and then 20% self-promotional—tha...

Peggy and Mark Pesce, futurist, entrepreneur, and author of Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech's Next Big Thing, talk about AR (augmented reality). He says the technology is doing to space what we have already done with the web—which is to crowd it with our knowledge. They also discuss: Why people are so enamored with augmented reality today. Examples of where AR can be helpful such as in brain surg...

Peggy shares some ways we can redistribute food rather than waste it by tapping into technology and innovation. She urges urban and rural food growers to put greater emphasis on the value of their food production and consider better sustainability methods—and those in the technology world to consider how we can innovate to solve this global problem together. She also discusses: How much edible foo...

Peggy and Ian Barkin, chief strategy and marketing officer, Sykes Enterprises, talk about some of the biggest trends on the horizon for 2021. He says there are two different elements that define what is next: the trajectory of travel of predictable evolution of some technology being employed and the other is driven by the environment and the events that have been going on around us in the last 12-...

Peggy and Christian Connolly, CEO, twICEme, talk about the story of the company and product—and how it grew out of the need for vital information. He says it aims to collect vital information and make it readily accessible. They also discuss: How the technology grew out of the skiing world, but now the applications are endless. How the company aims to create a global standard of vital information....

On the 700 episode, Peggy makes a big announcement—she wrote a book: Sustainable in a Circular World. She explains how environmental, social, and financial need to come together to build up the digital age and lead to transformation. She also discusses: How we are facing shortage in areas such as water—which will continue if we don't make big changes. How we are at a precipice where we need to tra...

Peggy and Walid Ali, artificial intelligence in manufacturing, Microsoft, talk about AI (artificial intelligence), sustainability, and more. He says we need to think about immediate opportunities that manufacturing has been exposed to and that we have to make the most out of explosive data streams. They also discuss: How the nature of the manufacturing ecosystem is dependent on small businesses. W...

Peggy and Edward Sanchez, senior analyst, global automotive practice, Strategy Analytics, talk about the electric plug-in market. He says a lot of it is regulatory driven and infrastructure is all over the map. They also discuss: How EVs were looked at as weird, but Tesla changed all that. Which countries are farther ahead in terms of the EV charging infrastructure. How to deal with EV batteries i...

Peggy talks all about cybersecurity, asking and answering the question: who is responsible? The employer? Or the employee? She says it seems there is a bit of a tug of war going on here. She also discusses: How many employees took work devices home during the pandemic? How many businesses do not have a plan to deal with a potential cyberattack? Will company's budgets for cybersecurity software dec...

Peggy and Sam Barker, lead analyst, Juniper Research, talk about how he sees the IoT (Internet of Things) fitting into the broader concept of the industrial IoT. He says data is the root of all decision making these days. They also discuss: If technologies like LTE and 5G are competing. What industries were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and just-in-time delivery? Where immediate opportunities...

Peggy and Erica Baird and Karen Wagner, founders of Lustre.net, talk about redefining retirement for modern career women and how to come together to overcome ageism in retirement years. They also discuss: How their company developed from when they retired and became pretty invisible. How women struggle with identity in retirement differently. How to help women to see who they are. lustre.net (12.1...

Peggy talks about the young, up-and-coming generation she has coined—the Screeners—which is being taught and raised by computers. She spends some time postulating if these Screeners have to be self-taught or if their education will have to come from the likes of corporations that offer training since the universities have made it difficult to go to school. She also discusses: The percentage of Scr...

Peggy and Vijay Janapa Reddi, associate professor John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard, talk about TinyML. He talks about key differences and how on small devices you will have small vocabulary, which will allow for diversity. They also discuss: Applications, like toothbrushes and smart cars, and the opportunities for the future. Areas where we can use TinyML to make...

Peggy and Brian Turmail, VP, public affairs & strategic initiatives, Associated General Contractors of America, talk about the impact of COVID-19 on construction. They also discuss: Why we are struggling with our infrastructure and how it has created an economy that is dependent on the infrastructure? The four benefits of construction that no one talks about that the younger workers needs to know....

Where is 5G headed? Peggy answers, taking a close look at industries such as manufacturing, first response, retail, and more. She also shares a few things that some of the big providers in the space are doing right now to help us reach that reality. She discusses: Examples of how 5G can help deliver realtime data in first response. 5G factories and the opportunity to reduce downtime and increase s...

Peggy and Jennifer Clark, professor and head of the city and regional planning section at The Knowlton School of Architecture in the College of Engineering, Ohio State University, talk about the need for more investment in cities, technology, infrastructure, governance, and innovation. They also discuss: The need to build the best model for technology diffusion into the new ICT-enabled infrastruct...