Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy and Marcel Broekmaat, director of product management, connect applications, Trimble, talk about lagging productivity in construction and how the three Cs—constructible, content enabled, and connected—can help. He explains how to connect construction projects and that there are wins for all parties involved in construction. https://www.connect.trimble.com/

Peggy and Roger Brooks, chief scientist, Guavus, talk about distributed AI and how to optimize how to route data. He says latency is key and one of the big challenges with IoT devices is they aren't going to be on the physical premise. He suggests we need to figure out and predict issues that IoT devices might be facing and to maintain the health of the IoT device, with reduced cost. http://www.gu...

Is it ethical to use AI (artificial intelligence) that pretends to be human? Is it right to give someone a machine when they want or, at least think they want a human? Peggy says many organizations are realizing the benefits of automated self-services, with predictions that the market will grow. Still, she asks the tough questions including: Is it ethical? http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, answer the question: Do people with more experience trust AI (artificial intelligence)? They identify how to make AI more trustworthy in every part of our lives, saying that it has to consistently work and there needs to be public awareness when it is being used. https://www.iastate.edu...

Peggy and Olivier Bloch, principal program manager, Azure IoT developer ecosystem, Microsoft, sit down to discuss how traditional industries are migrating to connected industries. He explains how industries will overlap, merge, and collaborate better—and soon we will see new businesses and even new industries. He explains how IoT Plug and Play and the digital twin fit into this evolution. http://w...

Peggy says the workplace is changing, thanks to AI (artificial intelligence), explaining that the old model of work won't apply in the future. At the same time, we need to keep in mind where jobs are lost, jobs are created, and we need to look beyond how AI is going to automate away some of the jobs, but how it is going to help people too. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Derek Miller, senior research analyst, LendingTree and MagnifyMoney, talk about the risk of automation. He explains a reason we see automatable jobs is related to the growth of big data and shares which industries are going to be the most vulnerable to automation, such as administrative office workers, brokerage clerks, and more. They also dive into how automation will impact cities in t...

Peggy answers top ethics questions on the minds of listeners in a world where machines generate information, dissecting human-error vs. machine-error. She addresses: what happens to trust in an AI-driven world and if we will trust AI decisions to be fair in a decade. She points to specific examples in the medical field, for example. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy talks about how AI is disrupting industries, painting a picture of the future workplace and the future worker in an AI-driven world. She explains how AI will help healthcare, fight insurance fraud, contribute to the global economy, and how future workers are going to embrace disruptive ways of thinking. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Nancy Duarte, author, DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story, says there is a correlation between story and data, as there is an opportunity to use story as a framing device for data. She suggests shaping your data into a simple three-act structure, providing examples for how this can be done. https://www.duarte.com/

Peggy and Sandra Benson, worldwide head of engineering and construction, Amazon Web Services (AWS), discuss the construction worker of the future and how the industry can use technology to become more productive. She shares how a virtual jobsite will be helpful to leverage experience across more than one project and the four key factors happening in construction today. http://www.aws.amazon.com/

Peggy talks about the fact that in today's society experience is as important as the products and services, as buyers are more likely to be loyal to a company that they trust. She profiles what today's customer looks like today and how technology and AI (artificial intelligence) can help deliver a better customer experience. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Alejandro Cantú Segura, founder and CEO, SkyAlert and Harold Schapelhouman, fire chief, Menlo Park Fire District,talk about how technology can help in case of emergency. CantúSegura shares about how technology can alert to earthquakes, saying cloud computing and the IoT (Internet of Things) make it possible, while Schapelhouman shares how it is using the technology in the fire department...

Peggy and James Arthur Ray, entrepreneur, author, life, and business coach, talk about the worker of the future and why we need to define leadership and recognize emotional intelligence today. He says that EQ is far and away proven to be more predictive in both life and business than IQ. The solution is self-awareness. https://www.jamesray.com/

Peggy dives into the topic of healthcare and how telehealth is going to make healthcare easier to access. She gives several examples including digital therapeutics, which is an emerging health discipline that uses tech to supplement or replace drugs. She adds that the healthcare space is on the cusp of doing some amazing things, saying the digital health space look healthy and is not going to let...

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, talk about the younger generation and the evolution of robots, automation, and AI (artificial intelligence). He says Generation Z wants to see greater gratification and empowerment in the work they do and that they have an expectation that technology is going to be there. https://www.ia...

Peggy and Clara Hustad, director of channel marketing – business marketing, AT&T, defines intermodal and how technology will transform this industry. As one example, she points to rail, which is privately owned and owners inspect all of their track, which is impossible for humans to do alone. They dig into how technology can provide greater visibility into the supply chain. http://www.att.com/

Who is the next generation or Gen Z? Peggy answers! She digs into a recent report and research to identify who this generation is, three defining traits, and the two most universally important life goals of this generation. She identifies how this group are digital natives and want to give something back, and perhaps, most importantly, how this generation is going to change the future of work. htt...

Peggy wraps up the final segment of the show with comments from the audience about regulatory barriers to standards, the next generation, and sustained AI R&D investment. She says the next generation is our future and we need to think about an action plan that takes the next generation into consideration. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Don Korfhage, president, SQUEAKS and IGear, chat about what drives manufacturing today and why results-driven communication is so important. He talks about the drivers of this transformation: both technology and cultural, citing the importance of recognizing the evolution of technology and that the younger generations are very social, collaborative, and connected today. Today, he says we...

Peggy digs into how AI (artificial intelligence) is changing the nature of work, saying that it will yield high economic benefits for the United States. She also highlights a new plan from NIST that identifies how the government needs to bolster AI standards. However, while it is a solid plan, she cautions that we need to make sure that we are creating AI standards that are flexible enough and to...

The challenge for businesses today is finding a great employee for the future. Peggy and Chad Storlie, author, Combat Leader to Corporate Leader and Battlefield to Business Success, retired Lieutenant Colonel, Special Forces, U.S. Army, talk about the unique skillsets of military veterans. He explains how they can help with team building, dealing with chaotic environments, and help you study your...

Peggy and Carlene Ileto, executive director, products and services delivery management office, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, talk about women in IT and the importance of failure. She also digs into how service centers are going high-tech today and that the efforts of reducing paper was a major effort at the IRS, but provided significant value. They also touch on the topics of cybersecurity, how...

Peggy says data-center innovation is going to ramp up, as it is trending toward two poles: large and small. She says we need to push creative minds to be innovative and that data centers need to prioritize physical and digital security, no matter the size. http://peggysmedleyshow.com

Peggy and Kailu Guan, co-founder and chief creative officer, HelloAva, talk about bringing smart learning to skin care and healthcare products. She says it is very important to capture accuracy of how well product will work on user's skin and says the goal is to have AI (artificial intelligence) as a tool to empower the decision making process. https://www.helloava.co/