What does nano-printing, sea slugs and blood have to do with each other? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how discoveries and innovations in these three areas will have a big impact on our lives.

How will Apple's iPad change our world? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Apple's iPad will change many things but especially how we consume magazines and, therefore, the magazine printing industry.

Here's another great American entrepreneurial story. Tony Lamb joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how he took an unexpected "aha" moment and turned it into one of the fastest growing franchise organizations in the country, even in the middle of the Great Recession.

More and more people are developing small business applications for the many "smart phones." Ruth King is one of those and she joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the new iPhone applications she's created and others she's working on so that small business owners can acquire information on their mobile devices.

How does a small business encourage innovation among employees? From Australia, Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about using what customers need and want to foster the innovative activities of your organization.

Every idea your business uses doesn't have to come from inside your four walls, consider "open innovation." That's the message Stephen Shapiro talks about with Jim Blasingame, including how to go outside of your organization to other individuals and teams to find solutions. Jim compares it to another level of outsourcing.

Are you innovating or are you becoming a commodity?Steve McKee joins Jim Blasingame to ask this question, and identifies why innovation is the key to 21st century success. He also points out that failing to be innovative moves your business in the direction of being a commodity and therefore, uncompetitive.

Is America falling behind in the innovation marketplace? That's the question Kenneth Krosin poses as he joins Jim Blasingame to reveal startling statistics on the difference between China's innovation record and that of the U.S.

How have technological innovations impacted us for the past 10 year and the next 10? Futurist, Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key technologies, including convergences, that we should watch.

In order for America to claim the 21st century, futurist, Joel Barker, tells Jim Blasingame, it should recognize its world-leading strengths and take them to the next level, instead of worrying about the competition.