Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy looks at recent sustainability predictions from the analysts, giving her thoughts on what will happen next and providing strategies for how companies will prepare. She says if countries, cities, and companies want to go net zero, it will require a significant shift—starting with design and ending with data. She also discusses: Two bold predictions related to manufacturers and water and air quality. How many organizations will manage hybrid cloud energy consumption with sustainability

Peggy and Krishna Kumar, assistant professor, University of Texas at Austin, talk about the growing use of AI (artificial intelligence) and examples of where it is already making a difference. He says AI has exploded into the scene very recently since ChatGPT has come out and one of the big applications is being able to detect building damages. They also discuss: If AI can think for itself—what does the “I” in AI really mean. The ethics and bias in the AI models. The types of education that people

Peggy Smedley and Venkat Venkatraman, David J. Mcgrath Jr. professor of management at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University, talk about his book Fusion Strategy and what he means by the term. He says we chose the term very deliberately to highlight the fact that nearly every industry is going to intersect physical and digital domains, pointing to examples from the past. They also discuss: The four battlegrounds. Why this shift is difficult for so many companies? The rise of hyper