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Radio host, author, editorial director, and president of Specialty Publishing Media, I provide a panorama of the disruption and digital rejuvenation that is required to achieve sustainability and circularity. My role is to help guide transformative shifts in designing and building the right solutions from conception, and that means leveraging the IoT and digital transformation for the innovation of products and ecosystems.

I deliver content building, storytelling, and support, to help thousands of customers aggregate, process, and make key decisions about data so they can navigate the IoT and digital transformation journey. Therefore, it’s my passion to do whatever I can to adhere to my motto, “with great technology, comes great responsibility.”

I have been fortunate to have clocked in more than 25 years of experience to be considered a futurist/specialist in IoT, AI, construction, sustainability, infrastructure, and digital transformation.

Coupled with a highly qualified and supportive team, I have a long history of covering manufacturing and construction, infrastructure, and an even stronger passion to empower a younger workforce and women to join STEM, IoT, and digital innovation.

Completing my latest book, “Sustainable in a Circular World,” affords me the greatest opportunity to help move the world from grey to green by shining light on future generations and inspiring innovation. I have had the honor of collaborating on eight books and authoring my first book “Mending Manufacturing” in 2014. As an award-winning journalist, one of the most laudable is the 2019 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award.

Much of my success is a result of The Peggy Smedley Show surpassing more than 700 episodes, and it continues to be ranked the No. 1 broadcast, airing every Tuesday at 12 pm central.

Some of the more recent accolades:

The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To
14 IoT influencers to Follow in 2021
20 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2020
Top Influencers for 2020

I have also been recognized by the following organizations, as an industry expert.

14 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2021, January 2021, insight.tech
(#7 out of) 100 Top IIoT Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
5G: Top 100 Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
100 Women B2B Thought Leaders You Should Follow in 2020, March 2020, Thinkers360
Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech, March 2020, Thinkers360.com
The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To, January 2020, Solutions Review
Top Influencers for 2019, December 2019, Appy Pie
20 Thought Leaders to Follow in IoT, September. 2019, SKYHOOK
Top 9 Enterprise IoT Podcasts, Davra.com
Top IoT Influencers to Follow in 2019, June 2019, MarkTechPost
20 IoT Influencers on Twitter, December. 2019, insight.tech
5G: Top 100 Influencers, May 2019, Onalytica
Excellence in Journalism Award 2019, March 2019, ASCE
Biggest Influencers in IT-Consulting, March 2019, QEMPLOY
Best IoT Podcasts of 2019, March 2019, IoT For All
Top Influencers for 2018, January 2019, Appy Pie
13 IoT Influencers on Twitter, May 2018, insight.tech
Top Construction Technology YouTube Channels to Follow, December 2018
Top IoT Influencer to Follow, November 2018, R-Style Lab
(#1 out of) Top 100 IoT Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2018, October 2018, Feedspot
Featured as Industry Expert, October 2018, Topcon’s Documentary Series
Top Picks: IoT Podcast, August 2018, Momenta
Top IoT Influencers to Follow, July 2018, IoT for All
18 Marketing Experts Using Data Responsibility to Enhance the Customer Experience, July 2018, IoT For All
21 Women Making an Impact in Industrial IoT, March 2018, Temboo
6 Best IoT Podcasts, January 2018, Sure Universal

I serve on the Boards of Advisors as a Member for both RevTwo and New Urbana and has previously served on IFTNEXT (Institute of Food Technology) Think Tank and IoT Council in Chicago.

Peggy Smedley Authors New Book

Sustainable in a Circular World

Naperville, Ill. — Jan. 7, 2021 — The world needs to move from grey to green, fueled by design techniques that are sustainable in a circular economy. Specialty Publishing Media, a custom-content media company, announces Peggy Smedley, president, editorial director, and host of The Peggy Smedley Show, has authored a new book, Sustainable in a Circular World, design and restore natural ecosystems through innovation.
Sustainability intentionally maximizes the environmental, social, financial, and digital actions to fully engage its potential around a long-term motivational direction. These three components (environmental, social, and financial) come together to build up the digital age and lead to transformation, creating real change in society. This movement needs to be invigorated by the next generation of innovators who are committed to circularity and sustainability.
“My passion is inspiring the next group of skilled innovators as well as restoring our ecosystem through the use of advanced technology,” says Smedley. “My hope is this book will help to spur each generation to come together to create a more sustainable future together.”
In the book, readers will learn about:

The forces shaping sustainability including generational differences, social connections, and more.
The throwaway economy, the move to a more circular economy, the American awakening, and how to move from linear to more innovative design.
A historical look at the technological revolution including the Amazon Effect, Prime, showrooming, and ship it my way, among others.
The basics of sustainability including sustainability 101, governance, ESG three pillars, stewardship across generations, the supply chain, the Paris Agreement, generative families, giving back to the community, the Microsoft Way, and going global.
Case studies in industries such as mining, elevators, concrete, construction, cities, agriculture food, and more.
Net Zero awakening, how to build better by design, the role of technology, and what comes next, with a keen focus on how to move from a grey to a green economy.

Smedley is an award-winning journalist and tech expert who during her 25-year career has extensively covered the IoT (Internet of Things), manufacturing, construction technology, and most recently she can be found leading the discussion on sustainability, circularity, and resiliency.Each month Smedley educates via Connected World, connectedworld.com,

Constructech, constructech.com, and The Peggy Smedley Show, www.peggysmedleyshow.com, which now has surpassed 700 episodes. She also has collaborated on eight published books, in addition to authoring her own book, Mending Manufacturing. Smedley was named one of the Top 100 Influencers by Onalytica, one of the 100 Women B2B Thought Leaders You Should Follow, and is the recipient of the 2019 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award.
The book is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/SUSTAINABLE-CIRCULAR-WORLD-ECOSYSTEM-INNOVATION/dp/1637605692

About Specialty Publishing MediaSpecialty Publishing Media is home to Constructech, Connected World, and The Peggy Smedley Show. With content spanning print, online, radio, podcasts, and streaming video, each interactive platform delivers audiences the latest in the technological revolution. https://sustainablecircularworld.com/