Peggy Smedley Show (Peggy Smedley)

Peggy continues her discussion on the New Future of Devices report from GSMA Intelligence. She talks about the adoption of wearable devices across different demographics, their impact on healthcare, work, and homes in the future. She also touches on how AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Realty) can have benefits for work, life, and play.

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(01.28.20 - #652)

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Peggy and Brian Kropp, chief of research, Gartner, talk about how the pandemic has accelerated the future of work. He says we are starting to see the changes now that were impacted by the pandemic. They talk about remote work—but how that is only scratching the surface. We will now work in different places, but also at different times.

They also discuss:

• How the relationship between employees and employers has changed.
• A story of a CFO who realized the people who worked for him were human beings.
• How we can’t unsee what we have seen during the pandemic, and how in the next 10-15 years, the relationship between workers will be more humane, deeper, and more thoughtful.

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(9/28/21 - 739)

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How will we secure all that generative AI (artificial intelligence) data? Peggy discusses cybersecurity on the first segment, explaining how executives can protect their data. She says it is time to move forward into a new era of innovation, and AI will be at the center of this movement, so let’s secure it.

She also discusses:

• Projected growth and reasons for generative AI.
• The challenges we face with cybersecurity and how zero trust can help.
• If zero trust will be enough to protect our data.

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(7/25/23 - 831)

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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.
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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.

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Riccardo Di Blasio, CEO, Globetouch, talks about addressing needs of connectivity on a global scale and says that more devices and equipment are requiring the IoT that previously did not need it. He says creating a network of IoT connectivity across the world will better service major corporations within manufacturing and transportation.

Peggy and Joshua Peschel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, talk about new technology that is needed in 2019: systems related to automation and technology related to agricultural intelligence. He says the focus needs to be on assistive technology—not replacement technologies.

Peggy Smedley takes a closer look at the sustainability and energy concerns that are currently driving the global smart building market. She shares her thoughts on where we have been, where we are today, and where we are headed with the smart building market.

She also discusses:

• A historical look at the development of programmable logic controllers and the evolution of smart buildings.
• Predictions for the estimated market value of industrial smart building deployments in the future.
• Some of the challenges that still persist.

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(5/28/24 - 873)

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To celebrate Earth Day a little early, Peggy talks all about sustainability and circularity in our businesses, narrowing in on food and agriculture. She says our food system is rapidly deteriorating the planet and if we continue, we will not be able to feed the more than 9 billion people on Earth in 2050.

She also discusses:

• What a “foodprint” is, how to measure it, and how to reduce it.
• Challenges facing agriculture today—and how technology can help.
• How tools and systems can help reduce food loss and waste.

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(4/19/22 - 767)

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Peggy Smedley and Josh Harbert, president, SustainableIT, discuss the rising importance of sustainability in IT (information technology). He says IT leaders should be centric in the sustainability discussion, but they appeared to be absent roughly three years ago.

They also discuss:

• Four pillars for how IT should operate.
• How sustainability in IT differs from other sustainability efforts.
• The biggest challenges faced in promoting sustainability within the IT sector.

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(9/3/24 - 886)

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Peggy defines zero trust, saying at its core it is an approach to securing all access across an enterprise. She says zero trust systems never trust other systems, giving an analogy. She also walks through the history, saying zero trust was coined about a decade ago and Google is one of the reasons we are all talking about zero trust. She also walks through the five fundamental assertions of zero trust.

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 in an environmentally responsible way.

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Peggy and Magnus Thibblin, president of machine control division, Hexagon Geosystems, talk about the current challenges of the heavy construction industry. He shares about key factors impacting the industry.

They also discuss:

• How the IoT and data can help create productivity possibilities.
• How construction can leverage digital transformation.
• The benefits of machine control technology including improved quality, safety, and more.

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(05.12.20 - #668)

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Saifur Rahman, founding director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, says that in order to make buildings healthy, there must be an understanding of how to better use energy as opposed to just aiming for more efficiency. He explains that building owners must be aware of energy and carbon level changes that may occur during retrofitting that may impact inhabitants.

Peggy and Ella Atkins, IEEE senior member and professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, talk about the ways people can be involved with technology—on earth or in space. Atkins explains that she was always fascinated by airplanes and aerospace made a lot of sense to her. She says robots can do a lot more mundane tasks that humans have been responsible for in past mission and that gender and race don’t matter when it comes to exploring space.

Peggy discusses some big trends to consider with digital transformation in the transportation sector. She says technology can make a job easier, improve a worker’s quality of life, and make a job safer.

She also discusses:

• Two big ways technology can help in transportation.
• How technology can help entice workers to jobs.
• Why it is important to keep the worker top of mind.

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Louis Parks, president and CEO, SecureRF, explains how the lack of a common operating system and a controlled environment is presenting challenges when connecting devices to the IoT. He says progress must be made to improve security,as new industries and consumers are connecting thousands of devices and unleashing data every day

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.

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(11.26.19 - #642)

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Peggy talks about Cisco’s Silicon One and its three pillars for the Internet for the Future that it announced in December 2019. Technology is getting aggressive and changing the way companies must adapt to serve their customers and Cisco is an excellent example of this: embracing the change and disputing themselves.

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(01.14.20 - #650)

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Peggy is joined by Joel Feldman, president, Casey Feldman Foundation, and founder of EndDD.org, who shares his story and distracted driving initiatives. He asks: What is driving? Is it a task to take us from one place to another or an opportunity to do business? He says there has got to be a way to keep each and every one of us from having to suffer a tragedy before we change our behavior. He suggests that if we are going to change this, we have to start with the kids.

Peggy and Alexa Carlin, Women Empower X, talk about her new book Adaptable. She says she has gone through a number of challenges that are very related in the sense that we all go through so many challenges—and there is a time where we can either let our obstacles stop us or fuel us forward.

They also discuss:

• How to show other women that they can do it.
• How to share obstacles and have the courage to do so.
• The importance of showing others that we are not alone.

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(5/17/22 - 771)

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Peggy and Ramesh Srinivasan, professor, UCLA Dept. of Information Studies, talk about how technology can be fair and more democratic. He says it is important to remember the architecture that the internet was founded was funded by American taxpayers, which means at its inception it was a public sensibility.

They also discuss:

• How every aspect of life increasingly is being mediated by digital technology.
• The privatization of public life.
• The new frontier of data and how it has changed companies.

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(4/19/22 - 767)

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Peggy shares her thoughts on the latest events and happenings from AWS re:Invent, including the cloud, AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning, data analytics, and more. She narrows in on what the tech giant is doing with partners.

She also discusses:

• The five partner paths.
• Intel and AWS’ City on the Cloud Experience.
• Specific examples and case studies of tech in business.

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(12/7/21 - 749)

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For many, it is the middle of gift buying and giving season. Peggy asks the question: When we venture into stores, will we soon be met with avatars? She points to examples of how the metaverse is impacting retail today.

She also discusses:

• How the metaverse and avatars have evolved in retail and fashion in the past few years.
• Examples of how avatars can be used to shop and sell.
• A case study of a convenience store in Japan staffed by avatars.

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(12/13/22 - 801)

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Peggy and Sara Brown, vice president of marketing, MultiTech Systems, discuss the big things that have changed in the past 10 years. She also says adding a communication pipe and transmitting data has value, but at the same time, there is potentially even more value to build processing power into edge devices. Taking it even further, there is an opportunity to automate decisionmaking, which improves worker safety. They also dive into the topics of data security, cellular connectivity, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs.

Continuing the conversation, Peggy and Jaishree Subramania, Sr. Director, Azure IoT, Microsoft, talk about the next wave in the IoT, which will see leading companies break away from the pack. They talk about bringing IoT into business and the biggest takeaway from new research, as well as several use cases.

Peggy Smedley and Rich Humphrey, vice president of construction product management, Bentley Systems, and Andy Kaiyala, vice president of construction technology and controls, WSB, talk about how construction leaders can expand their adoption of 3D or 4D digital twins. Humphrey says they need to understand their state of how they are leveraging technology today and what the value of moving to digital twins or model-based workflows are for their business, and Kaiyala says having a plan is critical.

They also discuss:

• The core benefits of model-based workflows with a digital twin.
• Managing information through the lifecycle. 
• How the Bentley WSB partnership will pave the way.

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Peggy and Jason Rolland, SVP of materials, Carbon, talk about 3D printing technology and how the use of materials can create sustainable consumer products. He says from the very beginning of the company, it asked: Why isn’t 3D printing a go-to manufacturing technology and why is it stuck in prototyping?

They also discuss:

• Two hurdles that have stalled the use of 3D printing.
• The importance of materials and shrinking the product development cycle.
• Impossible geometries and how it is impossible to make certain structures without 3D printing.

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(8/2/22 - 782)

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Peggy and Max Zhang, professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, discuss specific examples of the IoT (Internet of Things) for societal impact. He says he feels very passionate about the IoT as an emerging technology that we should take of advantage to create a more equitable and just society.

They also discuss:

• The U.N. Sustainable Goals and preventing poverty with the IoT.
• Telehealth and how technology can help with the lack of primary care physicians in rural areas.
• How we can use the IoT for social impact and social equity including connectivity and the engagement piece.

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(7/12/22 - 779)

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Peggy talks about the history of Harald Haas and LiFi and explains how LiFi has been adopted by the military recently. She walks through the LiFi definition, saying it is wireless communications using light that is around us.

She also discusses:

• Similarities and differences between LiFi and Wi-Fi.
• A multimillion-dollar deal with the U.S. Army.
• Potential opportunities where LiFi can be used.

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(08.03.21 - #731)

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Peggy Smedley and Jules White, senior advisor to the chancellor on generative AI & professor of computer science, Vanderbilt University, talk about what he has learned teaching an online generative AI (artificial intelligence) course. He shares how he got involved in generative AI, sharing his ChatGPT moment.

They also discuss:

• How to train faculty, staff, and students.
• The gen AI use cases.
• Why it is so important to teach the skills of gen AI.

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(6/18/24 - 876)

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Peggy Smedley sits down with show regular Josh Peschel, assistant professor of agriculture and Biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, who also talks about the state of infrastructure—and the role of the IoT (Internet of Things) and robotics in helping rebuild. They also dive into the topic of how to fund and pay for infrastructure development and some of the challenges associated with that.

Peggy talks about the worker shortage and the state of manufacturing. She poses the question: Have we as parents and a society failed millennials and generations even young than them when it comes to exposing them to all the opportunities that manufacturing has to offer?

She also discusses:

• Research that points to the current state of manufacturing.
• The crisis we are currently facing with the worker shortage.
• Where we are today and the current challenges we are facing.

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(11/8/22 - 796)

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Allen Proithis, president, Sigfox North America, talks about the benefits IoT data is bringing to the major enterprise and industrial segments. He says that although some bureaucratic friction still exists between the public and private sectors, once they find a way to come together, great work will be done.  

Peggy Smedley shares examples of how open source is bringing people together to address real-world problems and attracting the next generation of knowledge workers. She explains that trust is an essential component and standards and best practices will help open source grow. She also says the nature of open source is that users can view, change, and distribute source code as necessary or desired.

Peggy Smedley and Bruce Schneier, chief of security architecture, Inrupt, talk all about cybersecurity. He says the state of cybersecurity is complicated—and it might not be as bad as most people thinks it is.

They also discuss:

• How data is being bought and sold all the time.
• If the research on cybercrime rates are true.
• How a company can protect itself from cybercrime.

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Peggy Smedley and Ryan Chacon, president and co-founder, PowerShades, talk about how automated shades have evolved in the past decade. He says one thing is it is becoming much more mainstream and there is more opportunity for DIY (do it yourself).

They also discuss:

• How automated shades integrate with other parts of the home like a smart thermostat.
• The benefits of automated shades.
• What makes this technology different from others.

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Peggy talks about EVs (electric vehicles) and batteries, saying we need innovation in this area in order to contribute to a more sustainable future. She says the argument is often made that electric cars aren’t necessarily a good, sustainable option, primarily because of the batteries, with them needing to be replaced every seven to 10 years for smaller vehicles and every three to four years for larger ones such as buses and vans.

She also discusses:

• The growth that is expected for electric vehicles and batteries and what the European Commission has proposed to modernize EU legislation on batteries.
• How new technologies will enable us to collaborate in the supply chain to make our world greener and cleaner.
• What some of the automakers are doing in terms of batteries to bring down the price of vehicles.

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Charlie Catlett, director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, and senior computer scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, discusses work being done by scientists and researchers to bring sensor technologies to major cities. In term of research, he talks about the challenges of bringing smart city ideas to life and taking into consideration the impact these solutions will have on the community.

Bill Estes, global strategy and operations leader, Anderson Power, and Peggy talk about data centers and power, laying the groundwork surrounding emerging technologies like AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning). He says the demand for data centers was initially driven by the pandemic with people working from home and now there is demand driven by AI and the IoT (Internet of Things).

They also discuss:

• How much electricity and power are needed to cool servers in data centers.
• How critical this infrastructure is and the importance of cybersecurity.
• How AI can support growth and productivity in data centers.

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(3/12/24 - 862)

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Peggy Smedley and Lucas Beran, research director, data center physical infrastructure, Dell’Oro group, talk about the current state of the DCPI (data center physical infrastructure) market and how physical infrastructure is linked to sustainability and why liquid cooling is a critical technology for the future of the data center industry. He says when he talks about data center physical infrastructure, he is talking about the powering and cooling systems.

They also discuss:

• How the market has evolved in the past 3-4 years.
• How the rise of artificial intelligence is impacting sustainability.
• The retraining of the workforce that will be required with all of this.

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Peggy talks all about the future of sustainable homes. She shares the results from a report that shows the state of technology adoption and the likelihood of leveraging tech to reduce consumptions in our home.

She also discusses:

• How escalating energy use at home has generated two growing concerns.
• The rise of personalized experiences and how many people have considered changing location or the structure of their homes since the onset of the pandemic.
• What’s next for net zero homes.
• Schneider Electric says sustainability at core of everything it does.

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Paul Sean Hill, author, Leadership from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom: A Guide to Unleashing Team Performance, says we become separated as we get promoted. He explains executives need to lead the company well or it has serious ramifications.

Peggy Smedley and Mitch Lash, president/CEO, Jan-Lee Detective Agency, talk about the work that he does and what has changed to make his role more necessary. He says the company is a risk mitigation firm, which is a wide arena to operate in.

They also discuss:

• How law enforcement is at an all-time low, and how intelligence security can help.
• How social media can help and hurt.
• What his company assesses and the intelligence his company provides to help his client.

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(5/23/23 - 823)

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Peggy talks about the promise and peril of AI (artificial intelligence). She unpacks where we have been, where we are today, and where we are headed in the future, saying the pace of change is only speeding up with artificial intelligence.

She also discusses:

• A new report and new laws addressing the risks and rewards of AI.
• Five big areas of risk that come with AI.
• Five big opportunities that can’t be ignored.

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Sara Gardner, IoT VP and CTO, Hitachi Insight Group, discusses the balance of approaching IoT platforms in the eyes of both the consumer as well as the developer. She dives into her work across the pond, reinventing the way trains are delivered to citizens across Europe as well as leveraging analytics to improve predictive maintenance for a range of industrial assets.

Peggy Smedley says there is a lot happening in the world of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning. She’s a big fan of making technology available to more people, saying more companies are using resources and taking a look at sustainability. She is also looking forward to how big companies are going to tackle issues with help of AI, machine learning, and IoT (Internet of Things). The IoT has the potential to change the world and help humanity solve some of its most pressing challenges in the years to come. Machine learning, in particular, is going to transform industries such as healthcare. She points to an example of a boy who is leveraging AI to improve pancreatic cancer.

Peggy speaks with Chad Markle, partner, Kalypso, about connected manufacturing, who says manufacturing has relied on advancing technologies to get a competitive edge. Manufacturers are used to exploring technologies and are focused on ROI, he explains. He adds that the focus in the beginning is to find an enlightened executive and then develop a solid strategy. He suggests keeping it small in the beginning, discover results, and then scale quickly. He points to the example of a client who asked: can we leverage generative design and advanced machine learning to generate fixtures that are generated by the machine? He elaborates on this example and what is entailed. He says the future is bright and it is exciting because it allows us to reshore and bring back some of the manufacturing capabilities that we offshored.

Peggy and Matthew Sekol, industry advocate, worldwide sustainability, Microsoft, discuss ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) and how Microsoft intersects in a number of ways. He explains that today carbon is a huge focus for every business.

They also discuss:

• How Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is a SaaS offering to help customers organize sustainability data.
• How technology can help manage carbon, water, waste, and ecosystems.
• The importance of both data and culture to make a difference with ESG.

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Temperatures are heating up across the country. Peggy digs deep into the topic of climate change and a new platform that might help in the fight against climate change. She says we know temperatures have oscillated from warnings of an impending ice age to a steady increase in carbon emissions for decades. Now, we need to act.

She also discusses:

• Climate-driven disasters like heat and how it impacts mental health and acuity and worker safety and productivity—and our bottomline.
• The Heat Action Platform, a place for city officials to find guidance on reducing the impact of extreme heat.
• What businesses, organizations, and individuals can do to take action.

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(6/21/22 - 776)

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Brenna Berman, executive director of City Digital, UI Labs, talks about solutions that are helping cities to better manage the logistics and transportation of people, goods, vehicles, and much more. When it comes to pilot solutions, she explains the importance of staring off small, with the goal of solving bigger, complex problems.

Peggy explains how voice assistants impact transportation. She says Juniper Research predicts there will be $8 billion digital voice assistants in the U.S. by 2023 and ResearchandMarkets predicts the global voice assistants market will reach $5.4 billion by 2024.

She also talks about:

• How voice assistants will help during the shopping process.
• What is causing the growth of voice assistants.
• How it is going to impact transportation such as AVs and buses.

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(07.21.20 - #678)

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Waqaas Al-Siddiq, cofounder and CEO, Biotricity, says physicians are burdened because there are too many patients, and not enough practitioners. He continues that physicians are inundated with information. He explains mobile cardiac telemetry is created to deal with risky patients. The doctor wants more data from these patients, and an intelligent device can respond.

Greta Cutulenco, CEO and cofounder, Acerta Analytics, and Peggy Smedley talk about how discreet manufacturers can take data from AI (artificial intelligence) and do something powerful with it. She says there has been a major trend in manufacturing where machines and processes are being digitalized and there is a huge push to make data a part of every process.

They also discuss:

•          What is the point in storing all that data if it isn’t being used?
•          How data can help improve quality.
•         How machine learning and artificial intelligence can help companies become more predictive.

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Håkan Agnevall, president, Volvo Bus Corp., joins Peggy to discuss the future of transportation. He says the future of autonomous vehicles requires a step-by-step approach that will take time to achieve. He agrees in a collaborative approach in order to have the autonomous future come to fruition. Further, he answers Peggy’s questions in regard to the redesign of cities, government regulation, and the change in services businesses will need to offer. He concludes the segment by inviting listeners to imagine the autonomous future, a journey of open opportunities.

Even though many of us can’t be with our families, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders, there is still a lot to be thankful for. Peggy shares insight from executives about how to be productive during the last few weeks of the year, as many states plan a lockdown.

She also provides:

• Tips from listeners about how to stay happy and productive as we head into the holiday season including one that involves a hot tub.
• Seven tips for maintaining a good work-life balance.
• Her own tips about how to close out the year in a way that is joyful and successful.

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(11.24.20 - #696)

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James Scott, senior fellow and cofounder, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, discusses why healthcare, energy, and financial sectors remain vulnerable areas in critical infrastructure. He says reform is needed within the IoT to protect the use of metadata as a means to weaken American critical infrastructure.

Peggy says blockchain is a continuously growing list of linked, secured records called blocks that contain transactional data, and it can benefit agriculture in several ways including traceability and supply-chain visibility. She talks about the first agricultural commodity trade using a blockchain platform, explaining it was used to execute a soybean shipment transaction and that the blockchain prototype digitized the process and demonstrated significant efficiency improvements. She says there is good reason for everyone to be talking about blockchain, especially in agriculture.

Jay Wilhelm, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Ohio University, shares with Peggy his experience and where we are with automated driving systems. He says he looks at things from a high level first and then breaks them down.

They also discuss:

• Big auto manufacturers working on this and the research side of it.
• Regulation, the technology gap, and consumer acceptance.
• The different levels of automation and how AI (artificial intelligence) will play a role.

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(8/29/23 - 836)

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90. That is the percentage of commercial and industrial customers that want more external support for energy initiatives. Peggy talks about the drive for energy intensive industries to reduce energy, move to renewables, and save more money. 

She also discusses:

• How many commercial and industrial companies already have a comprehensive energy strategy.
• Hurdles that still stand in the way and opportunities that will drive change.
• Where we are headed with energy and utilities. 

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(4/25/23 - 819)

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Peggy Smedley and Yannis Paschalidis, director, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and distinguished professor of engineering, Boston University, talk about gen AI (artificial intelligence). He says we live in fascinating times and generative AI has come to the forefront in the past few years and there are many uses, such as tutoring.

They also discuss:

• How gen AI impacts the world—particularly research and development, education, and business.
• Three categories of generative AI systems that are out there. 
• Some of the key concerns and negative impacts of gen AI and some of the potential benefits of gen AI.

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(7/16/24 - 879)

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Peggy Smedley and Monica Miller Brown, director of sustainability, TK Elevator, talk about how sustainability has changed in the last 12 months and the impact these changes are having. She says there are a lot of new regulations that are changing the way everyone is thinking about sustainability, with a move to embodied carbon in the building and construction industry.

They also discuss:

• A new product, EOX, that has sustainability embedded in it.
• Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions data and the state of Scope 3 and the supply chain.
• How to get employees to buy into the changes.

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(10/15/24 - 892)

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Wayne Titus, author, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Financial Well-Being, shares with Peggy his story about what made him go out on his own and write a book. He says he watched his father’s business fail because of a bad advisor and then realized the importance of a good advisor.

They also discuss:

• The reason behind his book and how it is written and different from other business books.
• Tips for entrepreneurs during the times of COVID-19.
• If now is the right time to be expanding business.

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(08.11.20 - #681)

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Joann Halpern, director of the Hasso Plattner Institute, New York and adjunct associate professor of international education at New York University, and Peggy Smedley talk about design thinking and how it can be used in our lives. She says design thinking is a human-centered process that is used to find innovative solutions to problems.

They also discuss:

• The steps to follow to design your life.
• Why is all this important for future goals.
• How is this shaping the future of work and the way we live?

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(4/2/24 - 865)

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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 exist for service providers?

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(12.15.20 - #699)

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Peggy and Mike Specian, research manager, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, talk all about energy efficiency. He shares his story and how he has had a sense of sustainability since childhood and how that has evolved in his career.

They also discuss:

• How buildings are responsible for about 75% of all electricity consumption and 39% of all carbon emissions—and what needs to happen next.
• Utilities, the focus on decarbonization, and how many have a carbon reduction target.
• Resilience, microgrids, and if buildings are as resilient as they need to be right now.

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(8/9/22 - 783)

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Peggy Smedley says we can expect 12.86 billion IoT sensors and devices to be in use by 2020 in the consumer sector alone, and vertical-specific sensors and devices will exceed 3 billion by 2020, but she says the IoT has to work to do before it starts living up to all the hype. She explains that as an industry, we need to be really meticulous and slightly cautious when bringing IoT devices and solutions to market. She also says we need to keep talking about performance issues and security issues and sharing best practices with each other—even in cross-industry situations. Finally, the more communication within the industry, the better it will be for everyone in the long run.

Peggy Smedley dives into a new roadmap from the Eno Center for Transportation, which suggests that stakeholder working groups oversee the development of laws directly related to autonomous vehicles. She zeroes in on liability concerns, cybersecurity, research investment, certification, insurance, as well as how data responds to vehicle operators.

Peggy defines what it means to think global and act local, sharing specific examples of how this is being done. She says information enables us to see what is being done or not being done at a large-scale.

She also discusses:

• Where the motto “think global, act local” originated.
• How technology can help us achieve all this.
• What is being done specifically in the transportation sector.

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(08.17.21 - #733)

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Peggy and Jennifer Kahnweiler, author, "Introvert-Friendly Workplaces: How to Unleash Everyone’s Talent and Performance", talk about how work cultures can support introverts.

They also:

• Define introvert and the difference with extroverts.
• Talk about introverts in the era of COVID-19 and remote work.
• Identify the importance of leaders knowing themselves and understanding this dimension of personality.

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(09.15.20 - #686)

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Peggy and Garry Binder, principal engineer/chief security architect, Intel Corp., discuss what Intel is doing with the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor and SGX (Software Guard Extensions). He says this processor has a big emphasis on cybersecurity—and it is one of the biggest areas it made improvements on in this generation and it gives a lot of options and security controls.

They also discuss:

• How attacks and malware have become a full commercial industry in the past few years.
• How to protect those mechanisms that help us extract insight from data.
• What two things to protect, the importance of integration, and what comes next.

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(04.13.21 - #714)

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Peggy and Brian Sathianathan, co-founder & chief technology officer, iterate.ai, explains what quiet quitting is all about. He says it has been around for a long time, but now it is happening at a larger scale. They also discuss how this all is changing with technology and the recent layoffs at big tech companies.

They also discuss:

• How fast the tech sector was hiring during the pandemic and how it is shrinking now.
• Four ways managers can engage with remote employees.
• How models and technologies can give a meaningful answer and make company information better.

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(2/14/23 - 809)

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“Too expensive.” “Very long time to a positive cash flow.” “We do not consider any project with payback period longer than 18 months.” These are some of the typical responses and pushbacks early adopters of Industrial IoT technology often encounter when they seek funding from corporate management. Admittedly, many IoT projects require significant investments over an extended period of time: reengineering products, creating a network infrastructure, and establishing new business and customer relationships models. Traditional ROI (return on investment) models do not always offer a satisfactory answer.

Peggy Smedley and Smith Codio, director of customer experience, automotive, mobility, and transportation industry, Microsoft, talk about the metaverse in automotive and his time leading multiple engineering teams. He says the process of buying a car is not the most user friendly or customer centric—and Microsoft wants to help change that process.

They also discuss:

• An example of an automotive company that has launched a virtual showroom.
• How this technology can reduce the carbon footprint.
• Other applications in transportation, travel, rail, and manufacturing.

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(12/20/22 - 802)

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Peggy gives an example of a big prediction that didn’t pan out in the IoT (Internet of Things) space. She says we need to hold the analysts’ feet to the fire because when they are wrong, companies can make big decisions based on grandiose predictions.

She also discusses:

• The impact that these types of predictions can have on business.
• What we can do to help make buying decisions.
• Why we need to challenge predictions and make sure we are doing our due diligence.

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(11.17.20 - #695)

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Peggy Smedley and Rigoberto Chinchilla, professor of applied engineering and technology, Eastern Illinois University, talk about cyber from a historical perspective. He says most equipment was never designed to withstand attacks.

They also discuss:

• The importance of cybersecurity in education.
• Legacy problems in cybersecurity.
• If companies are making mistakes or staying ahead of cyber.

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(11/21/23 - 848)

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Peggy and Michael Pegues, CIO, City of Aurora, Ill., talk about smart future-proofing the city, and that technology is the common denominator for local and global growth, but cities have to figure out how to leverage that. He explains that cities need a strong vision and to be able to execute smart-city initiatives and that he is a big advocate of best practices and not reinventing the wheel.

Peggy recaps today’s show and talk about how technology has come a long way and how it will allow the next-generation to make decisions, reduce labor, increase margins, and improve implementation of all vertical markets, helping the global economy.

Peggy and Todd Richmond, IEEE member and director, Pardee RAND Tech and Narrative Lab, talk about the metaverse. He says money and marketing are what drive innovation—and the metaverse today.

They also discuss:

• The art of the possible and how today’s technology commodities were dreamed up by the science fiction writers.
• How AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) and art are going to have to come together.
• How to build the metaverse in a way that is equitable and inclusive.

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(2/8/22 - 757)

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Peggy and Michael Walton, industry solution executive, manufacturing industry, Microsoft, examine the differences between the generations—particularly millennial and Gen Z—and how they are impacting the manufacturing industry.

They also discuss:

• How Gen Z thinks differently about manufacturing than a millennial and some defining characteristics about each.
• The overabundance of free training, whether or not we are losing empathy with our remote mentorship and training, and what approach we should be taking.
• If workers today should need a four-year degree, and how training, mentorship, and proving yourself to a company should ultimately fit into the equation.

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(09.29.20 - #688)

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Joann Halpern, director of the Hasso Plattner Institute, New York and adjunct associate professor of international education at New York University, and Peggy Smedley talk about growth mindsets. She says it refers to the belief that one’s abilities, beliefs, and talents can be developed and improved over time through development and hard work. 

They also discuss:

• The differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset.
• The PERMA model—and what each letter refers to.
• How to create an energy engagement map.

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(4/9/24 - 866)

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Peggy Smedley and Daniel Dobrygowski, head of governance and trust, World Economic Forum, talk about how the character of cyber threats has changed. He says the Forum looks at cyber risk over time and how perceptions of cyber risk are changing and what their expectations are—and it is expecting an increase in both impact and severity to businesses.

They also discuss:

• What a catastrophic cyber event might entail.
• How cyber risks are making companies reevaluate which countries to invest in and which companies to partner with in the supply chain.
• The importance of a skilled cyber workforce and a mindset shift in the C-Suite.

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(3/7/23 - 812)

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Peggy and Kristina Swallow, director, Nevada Dept. of Transportation and former ASCE president, talk about how to make our infrastructure resilient. Swallow says we need to be thinking about and considering sustainability with new technologies, approaches, and materials.

They also discuss:

• How much money could be saved with pre-disaster mitigation and preparedness.
• Why we need to figure out how to move people differently if we want to meet climate goals.
• Why it is important to invest now and improve the grade of infrastructure.

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(06.29.21 - #726)

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Aaron Attebery, smart city solutions lead, Black & Veatch, says the smart-city strategic directions report enables major cities to assess and compare with others on their progress toward adopting IoT (Internet of Things) solutions. He explains although cities may have great ideas for innovation, they are inexperienced and face budget restraints that can hinder initiatives.

Peggy and Frederic Desbiens, program manager for IoT and edge computing, Eclipse Foundation, talk about the organization. He says it is an open-source organization, a non-profit, and it is the home to more than 400 open-source projects, delivering services.

They also discuss:

• The importance of open source.
• The importance of partnerships, relationships, and collaboration.
• Unique findings as a result of COVID.

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(2/15/22 - 758)

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Peggy and Ran Korber, co-founder and CEO, BreezoMeter, shares his story and how his company and technology map environmental hazards. He talks about air quality in different areas—and how all the information is scattered.

They also discuss:

• The information gap in the environmental world with air pollution and pollen.
• How humanity has a big impact on air pollution and what we saw as a result of COVID-19.
• How its technology helps improve health and quality of life.

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(05.04.21 - #718)

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Peggy talks about the importance of partnerships, people, and technology on our journey to net zero. She defines net zero, the ambitious deadlines to reach it, and the progress that is being made, saying for countries and cities to go net zero this will require significant changes to lifestyles and businesses.

She also discusses:

• A new partnership for net zero that is dedicated to helping countries meet decarbonization and climate change goals.
• Why innovation and technology are key and how this coalition plans to tackle it.
• Why we need the right people for these jobs to get to net zero.

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(11/22/22 - 798)

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Peggy and Nate Hartman, Dauch Family professor of advanced manufacturing and head of the Computer Graphics Technology Department, Purdue University, talk about smart manufacturing vs. smart factories. He says it is important to understand there are nuisances between digital, smart, and intelligent.

They also discuss:

• The true definition of smart factories and smart manufacturing.
• How people can futureproof their careers in an automated era.
• Where might manufacturers start and how might they do smart manufacturing.

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(4/12/22 - 766)

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Peggy Smedley and Matt Hatton, founding partner, Transforma Insights, talk about some of the challenges we are still facing today with the IoT (Internet of Things)—and the progress we have made. He says there have been a lot of IoT adoptions over the years driven by regulations—and some were much slower to materialize.

They also discuss:

• Why we didn’t hit 50 billion connected devices in 2020.
• Some of the biggest inhibiting factors to IoT adoption.
• The value associated with the IoT.

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(11/26/24 - 898)

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Peggy talks about the emergence of high-speed railway projects around the globe, and says that although they present great potential, many of them are faced by social, political, and financial roadblocks. She says a compromise must be made to move funding forward for these initiatives, as they aim to save energy and offer new alternatives when it comes to meeting the demands of fuel costs, customers, and delivery times.

Shawn Chandler, senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Navigant Consulting, explains how focusing more on the occupants of buildings, as opposed to building itself, can lead to better approaches in implementing smart solutions. He says this will be supported by the rising influx of realtime user preferences that machines did not have a century ago, leading to constant analysis and opportunities for optimization.

Peggy kicks off a new month, looking at the topic of infrastructure. She says today many systems are not modern, as they don’t leverage technology to maximize efficiency. IoT (Internet of Things) technology can help by catching breaks before they even occur. She also explains that sensor systems and predictive analytics need to be applied to manage and maintain our infrastructure.

Show regular and technology and business consultant Craig Brown returns to the show. He and Peggy talk about harnessing the power of computing to make sure all the devices and people can talk seamlessly in realtime. He points to the example of the connected car, and that there can’t be any lag in latency—that all needs to be eliminated.

Peggy Smedley and Will Zhang, assistant professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, talk about immersive technology. He says immersive technologies include several technologies such as AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality), XR (extended reality), and the metaverse—and discusses the connections between each and how they are different.

They also discuss:

• How the development of manufacturing became more intelligent.
• Potential long-term impacts of immersive technologies.
• An example of a robot on Mars and other near-term applications and opportunities.

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(1/3/23 - 803)

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Peggy and Todd Mozer, president, CEO, founder and chairman, Sensory, Inc., talk about speech recognition and a new biometric platform for the COVID-19 era. He says voice control is going to become more and more prevalent.

They also converse about:

• The benefits of a fusion of face and voice—and that it can still give convenience and accuracy.
• The best way to secure a device with a combo of face and voice.
• How to train a device to recognize a face and a whisper.

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(06.02.20 - #671)

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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 push-to-talk.

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(12.17.19 - #646)

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Peggy and Richard Rys, senior consultant, ARC Advisory Group and principal, R2 Controls, talk about climate change and what that means. He says we are all to blame as individuals and as industries for climate change.

They also discuss:

• The best and most efficient way of reducing your carbon footprint.
• If we are going to be able to reduce the damage fast enough.
• The objectives and trajectory we need as a society to make progress.

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(1/11/22 - 753)

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Peggy and David Witkowski, IEEE Senior Member and co-chair of the deployment working group, IEEE Future Networks, talk about where we are today with 5G. He says 5G deployment is a multipronged approach to deployment, which is moving as well as it could be moving.

They also discuss:

• C-Band and what it means for the future of 5G.
• Why cities are interested in 5G and how they can come up to speed on telecom.
• Technologies that are going to benefit from 5G.

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(8/24/21 - 734)

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Peggy and Cassandra Rutherford, assistant professor at Iowa State University, discuss some of the research she is doing as it relates to soil testing, foundation, and more. She explains that every project we have touches the soil and she looks at how soil responds to different types of loads. She is also looking to the future and doing research as it relates to critical infrastructure. A lot of research and funds need to be put into levees, she adds, saying we need $80 billion to maintain the levee system. She also talks about her efforts in elementary education, saying students admit they have never heard of geotechnical engineers, with many thinking engineers just drive trains.

Peggy and Christina Lampe-Onnerud, founder and CEO, Cadenza Innovation, discuss her story and how she is changing how the world is going to be looking at batteries. She says energy was always a conversation around her dinner table and knew from an early age it is part of her mission to be a kind, collaborative spirit that helps other people.

They also discuss:

• Why it is important to be who you are and embrace change.
• How to attract more women into more male-dominated fields.
• Taking data and turning it into something good—specifically with sustainability and lithium-ion batteries.

cadenzainnovation.com 

(10/12/21 - 741)

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