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ILLUMINATORS
Uplight
15 episodes
3 months ago
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.
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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.
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Management
Technology,
Business,
Marketing
Episodes (15/15)
ILLUMINATORS
A Wind Pioneer’s Big Gamble
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.
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5 years ago
50 minutes 19 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
39 minutes 7 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
34 minutes 30 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
34 minutes 25 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
36 minutes 14 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
35 minutes 6 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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. 
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5 years ago
30 minutes 17 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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5 years ago
34 minutes 19 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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6 years ago
1 minute 6 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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?
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6 years ago
24 minutes 9 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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6 years ago
31 minutes 19 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.
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6 years ago
35 minutes 45 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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?
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6 years ago
33 minutes 55 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
What Can Walmart and Xcel Energy Teach Us About Moonshots?
We explore how big companies are responding to existential challenges in real time.
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6 years ago
34 minutes 48 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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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6 years ago
2 minutes 23 seconds

ILLUMINATORS
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.