Season 2
Episode 8 - 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.
Episode 7 - 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.
Episode 6 - 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.
Episode 5 - 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.
Episode 4 - 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.
Episode 3 - How This ‘Intrapreneur’ Is 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.
Episode 2 - How Failed Green Jobs and Energy Poverty Shaped This Founder
In this episode, an entrepreneur who’s applying community organizing tactics and data crunching to clean energy in inner cities: Donnel Baird.
Episode 1 - Origins of the Modern Battery Storage Business
In this episode, a pioneer in storage who helped prove out the business case for putting big batteries on the grid: John Zahurancik.
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.
Season 1
Episode 5 - Reflections on Utility Disruption With Adrian Tuck
A conversation about the themes of disruption we covered in season one. How do they apply to the energy industry?
Episode 4 - How Do Google Glass, Segway and Smart Thermostats Illustrate the Surprising Ways 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.
Episode 3 - What Can JCPenney, Southwest & 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.
Episode 2 - What Do Edison’s 'Invention Factory' and Exelon’s 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?
What Can Walmart and Xcel Energy Teach Us About Moonshots?
We explore how big companies are responding to existential challenges in real time.
Trailer
Introducing ILLUMINATORS: A Preview of What's to Come
What can energy companies learn from the history of business disruption? Here's a preview of our season to come.
The Illuminators
Host - Brad Langley
Sr Director, Community and Demand Generation, Uplight
Host - Brad Langley
Sr Director, Community and Demand Generation, Uplight
Brad has spent the past 20 years working with technology companies - both big and small - to execute marketing programs and tell great stories. Today, he applies his craft at Uplight as the senior director of community and demand generation marketing.
Host - Devren Hobbs
VP, Engage Product Line, Uplight
Host - Devren Hobbs
VP, Engage Product Line, Uplight
Devren is a dynamic leader with a decade of experience driving product innovation. Her background - liberal arts degree and entrepreneurship-focused MBA - has enabled her to work on her passions: community, education, and the environment.
Producer - Stephen Lacey
Founder and Executive Producer of Post Script Media
Producer - Stephen Lacey
Founder and Executive Producer of Post Script Media
Stephen produces and hosts The Energy Gang and Interchange podcasts, two of the most popular podcasts on energy and cleantech. He is also a contributing editor with Greentech Media.