Peggy Smedley Show

Mar 26 2025 2942 ep. 16 mins 39

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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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The 2025 Infrastructure Report Card

Mar 26 2025 16 mins

Peggy shares the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, including three things we need to do to continue to raise the grade up. She says innovation is needed now more than ever before and she gives her thoughts on how we can achieve this. She also discusses: The history of the report card. Where we are today, including how many categories are still in the D range. What needs to happen n

Paving and Infrastructure Investment

Mar 26 2025 27 mins

Peggy Smedley and Laura O’Neill Kaumo, president and CEO, American Concrete Pavement Assn., talk about the state of paving and infrastructure investment today, including some of the challenges state highway agencies will be facing in the near future. She says infrastructure investment from the federal government used to be this automatic bipartisan space that was reliable, and it

Opportunities in Space

Mar 26 2025 18 mins

Peggy Smedley and Matthew Weinzierl, professor, Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, strategy manager, Blue Origin, talk about how the space industry is changing. Rosseau says the biggest change is the model for how we did space activities has fundamentally changed. Weinzierl says it is natural to worry as we shift from NASA to startups and other companies. They also discu

Sparking Innovation across Generations

Mar 19 2025 15 mins

Peggy talks about how we can spark new curiosity and innovation, looking at how to equip the next generation to step up and find solutions to the problems that exist today. She says we need to encourage our children and our children’s children. She also discusses: Workforce trends and what today’s worker really needs. A new report on the mental state of the world. Three things

Key Considerations for Manufacturing

Mar 19 2025 34 mins

Peggy Smedley and Adam Bogobowicz, senior director, global industrial marketing, Microsoft, talk about what we can expect at Hannover Messe 2025 and key concerns for manufacturers today. He says it is one of the most important manufacturing trade shows and this year we will see gen AI (artificial intelligence)—along with other key considerations—play a big role. They also discu

4 Trends Shaping Infrastructure

Mar 12 2025 14 mins

Peggy talks about the biggest trends shaping how we build infrastructure in 2025 and beyond. She says we need to bring curiosity to construction to spark new innovation to help build more resilient and secure infrastructure. She also discusses: A U.S. infrastructure history lesson. Four areas shaping infrastructure today. How to spark innovation in 2025. peggysmedleyshow.com (3/

Manufacturing: The Future of Work

Mar 12 2025 27 mins

Peggy Smedley and Brian Baker, president and CEO, Sentry Equipment, talk about some of the greatest lessons learned running a 100-year-old company. He says he is proud of being a leader of an organization that has stood the test of time. They also discuss: Employee ownership and how it helps serve customers, communities, and workers. The five pillars it builds its culture on. How

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Mar 12 2025 16 mins

Peggy Smedley and Ty Witmer, president and founder, ProjectTeam, talk about the CMMC (cybersecurity maturity model certification) and why it is critical. He says since 2017 there have been rules in place for contractors working with the federal government to protect sensitive government data—and often it hasn’t been enforced, but that enforcement starts now. They also discuss:

Women at Work in 2025

Mar 05 2025 15 mins

Peggy kicks off Women’s History Month by unpacking the history of women in the workplace and looking at where we are today, in anticipation of Intl. Women’s Day on March 8. She says we are making progress, but not fast enough, especially considering many industries have a dire worker shortage. She also: Discusses three new university research reports that suggest some big tren

The Energy Conversation

Mar 05 2025 31 mins

Peggy Smedley and Ani Aprahamian, Frank M. Freimann professor of physics, University of Notre Dame, talk about her research, energy conversion, and how nuclear energy fits into the equation. She says energy is essential to our lives and we have seen increased use of energy in the last 200 years. They also discuss: How we can reach carbon goals. The process of changing energy from