Illuminators is a show about the people and the forces transforming the business of energy.
Businesses and industries regularly face sweeping transitions. Those transitions are now getting more frequent and volatile as technology cycles speed up.
We'll tell stories about how businesses or industries have managed disruption throughout history. This show will help energy experts learn from the wider world of business, and help business learn about the unique world of energy.
In this episode: how a Peace Corps volunteer built one of the most successful wind development companies in America and became one of the great risk-takers in energy.
18 Feb 2020
The Tough Job of Closing Down Coal
In this episode: how one CEO was forced to reckon with her roots in coal country, change her view on climate change, and reorient her utility to embrace the clean energy transition.
4 Feb 2020
The Birth (and Near Death) of Demand Response
In this episode: how doubts from investors and peers fueled one entrepreneur to co-found a company that changed the way companies manage their energy use — and landed him in the Supreme Court.
21 Jan 2020
How Trust in Companies Is Changing Rapidly
In this episode, we’ll hear about the surprising ways businesses can earn trust — and what happens when they lose it.
8 Jan 2020
From Dotcom Bust to Clean Energy Visionary
In this episode: how a forward-looking energy expert saw the macrotrends in cleantech before most utilities, oil companies and investors — and then convinced them it would transform their business.
23 Dec 2019
An ‘Intrapreneur’ Driving the Corporate Clean Energy Revolution
In this episode: an "intrapreneur" who’s managed the clean energy and sustainability strategies of some of the world’s biggest and most complex organizations.
10 Dec 2019
How Failed Green Jobs and Energy Poverty Shaped This Founder
In this episode, we profile an entrepreneur who’s applying lessons from politics, community organizing, and data crunching to clean energy in inner cities: Donnel Baird.
26 Nov 2019
Origins of the Modern Battery Storage Business
In this episode, we profile a pioneer in storage who proved out the business case for putting big batteries on the grid: John Zahurancik.
23 Sept 2019
We're Coming Back for Season 2
We're coming back for a second season. Executive Producer Stephen Lacey provides an update on the themes for the upcoming episodes.
27 Jun 2019
Reflections on Utility Disruption With Adrian Tuck
A conversation about the themes of disruption we covered in season one: AI, tech trends, customer centricity, and corporate innovation. How do they apply to energy?
20 Jun 2019
What Do Google Glass, Segway and Thermostats Show Us About How Tech Evolves?
We look at the second life for Google Glass and Segway. Plus, we talk with a venture capitalist about technologies that could have a surprising impact on the energy business.
13 Jun 2019
What Can JCPenney, Southwest Airlines and Green Mountain Power Teach Us About the Customer?
What a struggling retailer, a booming airline and an innovative utility teach us about knowing your customer.
6 Jun 2019
What Do Edison’s 'Invention Factory' and Exelon Drones Have in Common?
We explore the surprising history and reinvention of corporate innovation. How can we apply the "new to big" model to energy companies?
6 Jun 2019
What Can Walmart and Xcel Energy Teach Us About Moonshots?
We explore how big companies are responding to existential challenges in real time.
22 May 2019
Introducing ILLUMINATORS
What can energy companies learn from the history of business disruption? Here's a preview of our season to come.
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