Feb 25, 2026

Peggy digs into a new report that looks at ransomware, business email compromise, and data incidents. She says for all businesses this represents an operational risk, a financial risk, a brand risk, and a leadership risk.

She also discusses:

· Which industry was the most heavily targeted for ransomware.

· Five key...

Feb 25, 2026

Peggy Smedley and Sabari Raja, managing partner, JFFVentures, and Molly Blankenship, associate vice president, Jobs for the Future, talk about new research from the Jobs for the Future, which reveals only 40% of U.S. workers hold jobs that meet basic standards for financial stability, mobility, agency, and...

Feb 25, 2026

Peggy Smedley and Kelly Ireland, CEO, CBT, talk about the mindset leaders carry into every decision—and the beliefs that shape culture, narrowing in on industry stagnation at the leadership level. She says it is a mixed bag and some of it is about what they have seen as being unsuccessful in the past.

They also...

Feb 18, 2026

Peggy talks about new quantum research at universities and some case studies. She says quantum could add trillions of dollars to the world’s economy and thousands of jobs—but we need to ensure we have a strategy around security and implementation.

She also discusses:

· Quantum photonics—and how it is key to the...

Feb 18, 2026

Peggy Smedley and Scott Aaronson, chair of computer science, University of Texas, Austin, and director of Quantum Information Science Center, separate the science from the mythology of quantum. He says there has been a hope for decades that quantum computers would be useful beyond the two more common quantum tasks.

They...