Peggy Smedley Show

Jan 15 2025 2914 ep. 16 mins 37

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The Peggy Smedley Show, your voice for our connected world, is an authoritative conversation hosted by tech journalist and sustainability influencer, Peggy Smedley with market leaders, authors, consultants, analysts, and more.

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Autonomous and Sustainable?

Jan 15 2025 14 mins

Peggy Smedley talks about the hard reality that if we make devices smarter and more autonomous, then we are naturally going to consume more energy. She says as we build a better tomorrow, we must consider a three-legged stool that we must build upon in the year ahead. She also discusses: How much global data center electricity consumption will grow by 2030. If we must consider laz

Sustainable Aerospace

Jan 15 2025 28 mins

Peggy Smedley and Jason Heron, head of clean fuels for North America, Airbus, talk about how the company is pioneering sustainable aerospace in the fourth wave of aerospace. He says sustainability is at the forefront of a lot of conversations, and the company is focused on a jet fuel that has a sustainable component that reduces the lifecycle of carbon emissions for that fuel, maki

AI Unleashed

Jan 15 2025 17 mins

Peggy Smedley and Reddy Mallidi, AI strategist, COO, chief AI officer, and author of AI Unleashed, talk about a new book, AI Unleashed, and how generative AI (artificial intelligence) is transforming business and the art of AI leadership. He shares a story from 2019 when he needed to screen 50 million accounts for export compliance and how AI helped improve the customer experience.

Travel: An Outlook of Opportunities

Jan 08 2025 16 mins

Peggy talks about the opportunities that exist to improve the travel experience—both long-distance travel to events and vacations and daily travel in and around your own community. She says nearly 80% of American travelers experienced at least one travel-related problem in the first half of 2023—and technology can help reduce this. She also discusses: The history of travel and

Top 25 for 2025

Jan 08 2025 31 mins

Peggy Smedley and Daniel Burrus, a global technology futurist, business strategist and disruptive innovation expert, talk about his top 25 predictions for 2025. He says this is his 42nd annual technology prediction list—and he says they have been pretty accurate. They also discuss: The difference between hard trends and soft trends. An example of hard trends and soft trends surr

All about the AIoT

Jan 08 2025 15 mins

Peggy Smedley and Matt Hatton, founding partner, Transforma Insights, talk about AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) and what this means for IoT (Internet of Things) deployments. He says you can’t throw a stone in the technology world without hitting AI at the moment. They also discuss: Key use case examples. The evolution of the hardware and cloud. Privacy and cybersecurit

Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future

Dec 17 2024 15 mins

Peggy talks about how one initiative is making an impact on plastic use. She says we are certainly making some strong progress with our sustainability goals—but there are still far too many companies that have not yet taken action. She also discusses: Three major highlights that have emerged in the last six years. One case study with impressive results. Where we have made progre

What’s on the Horizon for IBM and Microsoft

Dec 17 2024 28 mins

Peggy Smedley and Michelle Pellegrin, global VP and managing director of strategic partnerships, IBM, talk about the IBM and Microsoft partnership and what is on the horizon for the two companies and their customers. She says Microsoft is a big user of IBM technology and IBM uses Microsoft technology. They also discuss: How long the partnership has been in existence and how it sta

ChatGPT: The Impact on Manufacturing

Dec 17 2024 15 mins

Peggy Smedley and Dan Miklovic, founder, Lean Manufacturing Research and leader, Third Eye Advisory, talk about the impact ChatGPT and gen AI (artificial intelligence) has had on manufacturing. He says it has definitely had an impact, particularly in the customer experience—and now in operations. They also discuss: Obstacles to widespread adoption. If it should be called artific

900 Episodes and the Rise of Gen AI

Dec 11 2024 22 mins

Peggy celebrates her 900th episode with Jules White, senior advisor to the chancellor on generative AI and professor of computer science, Vanderbilt University, who joins to discuss one of the most impactful technologies to debut during her 900 episodes: generative AI (artificial intelligence). He says you hear so much AI stuff that is so nebulous and he wanted something that was u