IoT, AI, the Future of Work—if it’s revolutionizing industries, Peggy’s talking about it. Each week on The Peggy Smedley Show, she delivers cutting-edge perspectives from top experts, keeping 150,000+ listeners ahead of the curve.
Peggy unpacks the numbers that show the cost of downtime in the manufacturing industry, saying organizations need to treat reliability as a core business strategy. She says we need to start taking a proactive approach to downtime prevention and leverage AI (artificial intelligence) and the IoT (Internet of Things). She also discusses:
The Resilient Supply Chain Podcast is where global leaders tackle the future of supply chains, and how to make them stronger, smarter, and more sustainable.
Hosted by Tom Raftery, technology evangelist, sustainability thought-leader, and former SAP Global VP, the show features C-suite executives, founders, and innovators from across the world’s most influential companies. Together, we explore how organisations are building supply chains that can withstand shocks, adapt to change, and lead in a decarbonising economy.
Every Monday at 7 a.m. CET, new episodes drop – packed with real insights, not PR fluff.
From supply chain resilience and risk mitigation to AI-driven visibility, circular design, and ESG transformation, we unpack the data, systems, and strategies shaping global operations.
You’ll hear from the people actually doing the work – the ones leading on:
- Business continuity and crisis response
- Scope 3 emissions and supply chain sustainability
- Digital twins and predictive resilience
- Ethical sourcing and due diligence compliance
- Nearshoring, automation, and future-ready logistics
Because a supply chain can’t be sustainable unless it’s resilient, and it can’t be resilient unless it’s sustainable.
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What if the biggest risk in your supply chain isn’t geopolitical shocks or new regulations, but the data you trust every single day?
This week, I’m joined by Andy Kohm, co-founder and CEO of SCIP, a supply chain intelligence platform built to clean, connect, and operationalise data across ERPs, PLMs, control towers, and the spreadsheets nobody admits to using. Andy has spent more than a decade wrestling with the messy reality of supply chain data, and his insights couldn’t be more relevant as volatility rises and digital transformation hits its limits.
In this conversation, you’ll hear how bad data quietly drives bad decisions – from inflated lead times to unnecessary expedites to risk scores that collapse under scrutiny. We break down why most organisations can’t agree on something as simple as the “source of truth,” and how that single failure cascades into higher emissions, higher costs, and planners who simply stop believing the system.
You might be surprised to learn how often companies pay 10x for components they could have sourced at the normal price – simply because the underlying data was wrong. And we dig into where AI can genuinely help today (contract intelligence, grunt-work automation) and where it’s still pure theatre without clean inputs.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how Andy and SCIP are reshaping the future of resilient, sustainable, data-driven supply chains.
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The shipping industry is the backbone of international trade, contributing to the globalisation and development of the world, but it’s the shipping people who makes the world go around.
This is where you meet the maritime professionals, strong characters with an interesting background.
Are we walking the talk of clean shipping?
In this episode you will listen to Danielle Southcott, Founder & CEO of the Veer Group, a multi-award-winning clean shipping startup.
With the help of startup angel investors, the Veer Group is ready to build the worlds’ first container vessel with no combustion at all. It’s all Wind, hydrogen fuel cells, and an electric engine.
Danielle is very passionate about this project. The biggest hurdle has been establishing credibility and cutting through the greenwashing she thinks is happening.
What is your view of what Danielle and I are discussing? Please send me a note at hello@shippingpodcast.com or comment on the website. I am eager to hear your perspective.
Thank you for listening!
Climate Confident is the podcast for business leaders, policy-makers, and climate tech professionals who want real, practical strategies for slashing emissions, fast.
Every Wednesday at 7am CET, I sit down with the people doing the work, executives, engineers, scientists, innovators, to unpack how they’re driving measurable climate action across industries, from energy and transport to supply chains, agriculture, and beyond.
This isn’t about vague pledges or greenwashing. It’s about what’s working, and what isn’t, so you can make smarter decisions, faster.
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What if the real disruption in solar isn’t the technology — but the business model behind it?
This week I’m joined by Scott Therien, Director of Strategic Partnerships at REC Solar, to unpack one of the most important, and least discussed, shifts in the energy transition: the move from one-off construction projects to long-term, risk-bearing power-purchase agreements. It’s a change that’s quietly reshaping who owns energy infrastructure, who carries the financial risk, and how quickly commercial sectors can decarbonise.
In this episode, you’ll hear why the old “buy a solar system and hope it performs” mindset is being replaced by something far more aligned – developers putting up the capital, carrying the downside, and only winning when the customer wins. We dig into how solar-plus-storage now beats diesel on cost and resilience in many markets, why procurement processes often sabotage their own climate goals, and what separates successful projects from expensive disappointments. You might be surprised to learn how much hinges not on panels or batteries, but on load profiles, tariff structures, and whether an organisation actually knows what it wants.
We also explore the future: a post-ITC world, the rise of data centres as demand engines, and unexpected benefits like agrivoltaics, including sheep producing better wool under solar arrays. It’s a vivid reminder that decarbonisation isn’t just an engineering exercise; it’s a systems shift.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how Scott and REC Solar are reshaping real-world decarbonisation through smarter ownership, smarter incentives, and smarter design.
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Music credits – Intro by Joseph McDade, and Outro music for this podcast was composed, played, and produced by my daughter Luna Juniper
ClearTech Loop is a fast, focused podcast delivering sharp, soundbite-ready insights on what’s next in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI. Hosted by Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst at ClearTech Research, each 10-minute episode explores today’s most pressing tech and risk issues through a business-focused lens.
Whether it’s CISOs rethinking cyber strategy or AI reshaping risk governance, ClearTech Loop brings clarity to a shifting landscape—built for tech leaders who don’t have time for fluff.
We cut through hype. We rethink assumptions. We keep you in the loop.
AI is not a fix for a broken SOC. It exposes weaknesses you already have. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson talks with Dr. Anton Chuvakin — Senior Security Staff in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO and one of the most respected voices in SOC modernization — about what “AI readiness” really means and why most teams are nowhere near it.
You’ll hear about:
• Why AI accelerates process debt instead of compensating for it
• The two forms of shadow AI already inside every enterprise
• The five foundations of an AI ready SOC: data quality, ownership, interoperability, probabilistic thinking, and metrics
• Why governance has to move at the speed of experimentation, not quarterly reviews
• How to evaluate AI tools through use cases instead of marketing promises
Anton has spent decades shaping security operations — from coining the term EDR to defining detection and response strategies as a Gartner Distinguished Analyst. Today, he helps global enterprises build the structural maturity required before AI can add any value at all.
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Episode Description (Short):
Jo Peterson and Dr. Anton Chuvakin break down what AI readiness really requires and why most SOCs are not prepared for what AI will expose.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro and Anton’s background
01:15 Why AI exposes foundational weaknesses
03:45 Process debt and SOC workflow failures
05:20 Two forms of shadow AI inside enterprises
07:10 Data quality, ownership, and workflows
09:22 Five foundations of an AI-ready SOC
11:18 Why interoperability matters
12:40 Leaders and probabilistic thinking
14:05 Governance at the speed of AI
17:10 How to evaluate AI tools
19:25 Closing thoughts
About the Guest
Dr. Anton Chuvakin is Senior Security Staff in the Office of the CISO at Google Cloud. Previously a Research Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, he has authored multiple books on security monitoring and log management and co hosts the Cloud Security Podcast.
Resources
Anton’s YouTube playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX5SvgMpS0s&list=PLkdSRxA6DyHtxH623M1WYuAYGpEXdvEqp
Google Cloud security best practices
https://cloud.google.com/security/best-practices
CSA AI Safety Initiative
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/ai-safety-initiative
ClearTech Loop: George Finney on the CSA AI Initiative
https://cleartechresearch.com/the-csa-ai-safety-initiative-with-george-finney/
