Peggy Smedley Show

Mo Katibeh, chief marketing officer, AT&T Business, AT&T went all the way to the edge giving real examples about the future of 5G, live from CES 2020. Curious what he and AT&T Business really have to say about the future of 5G, edge compute, sports entertainment, manufacturing, smart cities, and safety.  (01.07.20 - #648) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, AI, artificial intelligence, machine...

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 future growth the blockchain will alter the supply chain in the next few years. She says the blockchain is here to stay insisting it will change the supply chain in a fundamental way. peggysmedleyshow...

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 public safety broadband network that is unique and supports emergency response exclusively. Stacy addresses some FirstNet milestones already reached, alongside of what's coming in early 2020, such as...

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 the norm and voice assistants are going to be one of them. Darin says it all comes down to tailoring the experience and the journey as the technology takes off. elasticpath.com (12.17.19 - #646) IoT, Int...

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 built a new network that is simple, modern, and trustworthy, in order to make it more resilient for customers. They talk about how we had a great first run of the Internet, but the future is now here. www...

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 Cisco has always had an interest in silicon and optics for its own use, but now it is offering that to customers in a whole new way. Silicon One will give customers a choice, in addition to more agility...

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 2020—and explains why. She also says manufacturing needs to look to technology for 2020—and gives some key examples. peggysmedleyshow.com (12.10.19 - #644) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artifi...

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 of new technology. He says consumers want more precise delivery and more customized product. They also discuss how there is a shortage of workers in the supply chain and what needs to be done to comba...

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 methodology. Further, evidence gives the power to influence people and controlled experimentations can give us good evidence. She says we should look at systems around us, instead of changing the way people are....

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 and there will be unknown challenges that crop up in the supply chain. She suggests that listeners ask themselves if resistance to change is at the heart of your team. Ask this: Is it a hurdle or a fe...

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 connectivity. He explains that about 40% of coverage inside building is not that great and that we need to have better, more robust connectivity within buildings. He also discusses connectivity in remot...

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 decisions have to be made in many industries and AI (artificial intelligence) can help. They discuss the biggest hurdle: people and biases. iastate.edu (12.03.19 - #643) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedle...

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 in this country and it will set the tone for 2020 in terms of the IoT (Internet of Things) security. She also suggests businesses that depend on payment security need to look at common pitfalls for comp...

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 customers are benefiting from the 5G standard. They also discuss security, strategies for how customers can get started with 5G, and how to inspire other women in the space. att.com (11.26.19 - #642) IoT, P...

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 emotional relationship made with the customer, where price is irrelevant. He adds that today's illiterate are those who have an inability to make a meaningful connection with others and there has come a lack...

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 technology, its partnerships, and its customer experience. She adds manufacturers like the idea of a hybrid cloud environment, but face challenges moving to a hybrid cloud model. peggysmedleyshow.com...

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 how Microsoft has gone through its own digital transformation and how it is helping its customers. He also discusses how Microsoft is empowering both the cloud and the edge, which is very powerful 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 (Internet of Things), and challenges. She explains how CPG companies need to start planning now how they are going to get their products in front of consumers. peggysmedleyshow.com (11.12.19 - #640) M2M,...

Peggy and Qingbin Yuan, senior director, R&D international, The Hershey Co., talk about how to leverage AI (artificial intelligence) to predict preference and formulate product to meet consumer needs. He explains the importance of understanding how to analyze and use data in CPG and that it is still in the early stage of leverage AI. thehersheycompany.com (11.12.19 - #640) IoT, Internet of Things,...

Peggy and James Arthur Ray, entrepreneur, author, and life and business coach, talk about the fundamentals of a leader. They discuss that in this disruptive world we live, we have to develop a large degree of self-awareness and that a challenge is that we think self-awareness equates to technical prowess. He says 70% of leaders are unfit to lead because they don't know how to inspire people. james...

Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, returns to continue the discussion on security and privacy with Peggy. They discuss if it is the responsibility of the individual, the business, or the government, while also looking at how over time there has been a slow erosion of personal freedoms. He explains that data has become a key commod...

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discuss the difference between security and privacy. They identify the big five concerns and questions to ask when it comes to privacy and key ways to deal with privacy. He gives an example of how a colleague will put no personal information into email. iastate.edu (11.05.19 - #639) IoT...

Peggy shares about trends in consumer robotics and how it will impact businesses in the future. She looks at one example—GITA—that follows people while they are on the go, carrying 40 pounds. She also encourages businesses to consider how consumer robotic trends will impact what a customer will want or need 10 or 20 years from now. peggysmedleyshow.com (11.05.19 - #639) IoT, Internet of Things, M2...

Live from the NACV (North American Commercial Vehicle) show, Peggy and Maik Zeigler, Hyundai, VP, commercial vehicle R&D strategy group, talks about NEPTUNE Concept Class 8 heavy-duty truck, the first hydrogen-only concept for the company's commercial vehicles, on the show. He shares the reason for showing a concept truck, and says the bullet train is the most aerodynamic shape you can find. He al...

Peggy and Eyal Benishti, founder and CEO, IRONSCALES, joins the show again to talk about how to use AI (artificial intelligence) to make our lives better and easier. He says at some point we will have data that will show AI is better than human beings, but it will take time to build an AI. They also address the ethics of AI and why cybersecurity is becoming a major issue today. He also gives tips...