Monday - December 02, 2019
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to propose that many of the messages we’re getting about older Americans cast a negative light on their relevance in the workplace, which is not only invalid, but also not good economics.
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current crisis of lack of qualified workers, and state correctly that all generations have to work together in the workplace with the understanding that each group has something valuable to offer.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some thoughts on how to accept, expect and deal with the stress that’s inherent in the small business landscape.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of free trade as a goal and possible reality, taken in context with the current negotiations going on between the U.S. and other countries.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on how two of the four largest U.S. states, California and New York, are losing workers, while Florida and Texas are gaining them, and the reason is bad policies, including being over-taxed.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to report on the evolution of the big holiday spending days, regarding the shift from bricks to clicks, especially the impact of the smartphone on shopping.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the affluent are impacting the retail economy, and to discuss whether with a $21 trillion economy, maybe we start thinking that 2.5% growth is delivering some big numbers.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the current uprising/revolution in Hong Kong is creating many implications across the globe, especially the Communist leadership in China.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the progress of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, what’s holding it up, and whether achieving such a result will be better than no deal.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on the future of the current Chinese Communist regime, how they support North Korea to their advantage, and how the U.S. should respond to those dynamics.
Tuesday - December 03, 2019
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to remind us that email is still one of the foundational digital communication platforms, and offer tips on how to use it more productively.
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how to manage your email with folders and categories that, not only improve organization, but speed up your program.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history of NATO, how it’s working today, how Trump regards it, and whether it will be in existence a decade from now.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current field of presidential contenders on the Democratic side, and predict that not only could Biden be the nominee, but is the best one to beat Trump.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the uprising by Iranians against the current regime, what the success of such a revolt could mean for the rest of the world, and whether the U.S. should get involved.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to report on his witness of the evolving marketing landscape this century, including how business should think about how and who should be delivering their message.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the best deliverer of your marketing message is your existing customer talking to their network about why they like your business.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the symbiosis between your financial management metrics and those of your human capital strategy, and how to analyze both.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how your company’s success drivers must be overlaid with your hiring and employee behavior and performance metrics.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to consider human performance against the five business performance factors, including revenue and profits.
Wednesday - December 04, 2019
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the relationship between the forces of inflation and deflation, and how it impacts economies, currency and assets.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why central banks around the world are imposing negative interest rates, and whether this will become a reality in the U.S.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every CEO’s primary job is to have a plan for how the company will be relevant in the future, especially regarding customer expectations.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that every CEO has to track the trends that customers are facing, as well as those facing the customers of our customers.
Pam Harper joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how CEOs can track and adopt new trends and practices without losing a grip on the fundamentals which will never change, especially conversations with other humans.
Jim Blasingame reveals five examples of management steps to take in December to get the New Year started right, even while you’re closing out the current year.
Jim Blasingame reveals why at a time when we’re talking about “old school” and “new school,” the business fundamentals are immutable because they are “THE School”.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that artificial intelligence and its relationship to privacy will be an increasing part of your business world next year.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how cloud computing and the Internet of Things will explode over the next year in ways not seen before, and will have a significant impact on your business.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the adoption of blockchain will increase significantly next year, and as will new cybercrime threats.
Thursday - December 05, 2019
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to report on new language in regulations that could cause 401K MEPs to explode when businesses can come together in a group to administrate employee retirement plans.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of the SECURE Act to many individuals, companies and their retirement plans, and ask why this bi-partisan bill isn’t being passed in the Senate.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons that the Baby Boomer generation are taking control of their own health care issues and solutions.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons blockchain technology will help caregivers of all types manage patient records and services more efficiently and effectively.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the growth in digital medicine will drive the demand for broadband connectivity across the patient spectrum, especially for the last mile patients.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some words of caution on how to behave when you attend a holiday party, especially one that is connected to your work.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to suggest you consider the holiday party as a potential generational minefield, with many different expectations and tolerances for which you should modify your behavior.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to offer his tips and best practices on how to hold employees accountable, including establishing clear expectations very early and being consistent with those standards.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that before you deliver tough love, you should have already “loved” employees enough to explain the company’s values and standards, and then hold everyone accountable to them.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that we have the most generationally diverse workplace ever, and how to deal with delivering tough love to each generation.
Friday - December 06, 2019
Clara Villarosa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what she’s learned in 89 years of life about what it takes to live that long, including thinking about what you can do, and what you will do at that age, instead of what you used to do.
Clara Villarosa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what she’s learned about long life, including how to eat, no smoking, exercise, moderate alcohol, and watching your weight.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are 2 million cyber-security jobs going unfilled globally, and why that’s not good in the World War on cyber-crime, plus how to become a cyber-expert and have the government pay for it.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that almost half of all cyber-crimes are against small businesses, but only 14% are prepared, plus why the bad guys are focusing on Main Street businesses.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we’re in a technology arms race against the cyber-criminals, and the U.S. is currently losing this war.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the dynamic dance that is created as humanity attempts to incorporate digital leverage with our analog nature.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenges analog humans face as we convert our 10 millennia analog dance into one that includes digital leverage.
Geri Stengel joins Jim Blasingame to report on the American Express 2019 research which shows how women-owned businesses have grown in the past four years, from the gig economy to million-dollar firms.
Geri Stengel joins Jim Blasingame to report on how women-owned businesses have grown from 5% of small businesses to 42% of the sector, and how access to capital has facilitated this growth.
Geri Stengel joins Jim Blasingame to report on the American Express research on women-owned businesses, including the significant growth in those with over $1 million in sales.
Monday - December 09, 2019
Felice and Michael Friedson join Jim Blasingame to report on the current political challenges that Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing with charges against him and an upcoming called election and comparing that to U.S. political fights.
Felice and Michael Friedson join Jim Blasingame to report on the current challenges the world, and especially the Middle East, faces from the increasingly aggressive terrorism-sponsoring nation of Iran.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report that Google wants to get into banking by offering checking accounts through its cloud platform that are backed up by traditional banks.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on a marketing calendar she says is “delightful,” because it’s not only handy, but it’s designed for you to print out and use, untethered to Twitter. Good job, Twitter.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the way LinkedIn works for brand building and prospect nurturing through content marketing as well as ad placement.
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the things to do to eliminate holiday stress, including not stressing about someone else’s stress.
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips on how to say “No” to any number of holiday request, traditions and obligatory scenarios that just contribute to unnecessary stress.
George Troy joins Jim Blasingame to report on shopping malls rethinking their leasing strategies and offering essentially an incubator option where someone launches a new store without having to make a long-term commitment.
George Troy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that this year’s holiday shopping season is short and how retailers can overcome that, including a marketing plan for the week after Christmas.
George Troy joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how retailers in England, specifically London, do their business, and how that compares to U.S. retailers, including face-to-face and online.
Tuesday - December 10, 2019
John Berry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many reasons military veterans make the best employees, including the fact that no one ever left the military as a snowflake.
John Berry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the services that are offered to help veterans with disability claims get the legal help they need with the VA.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing incidence of the cybercrime of ransomware attacks on municipalities and institutions such as hospitals, including how this happens.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current progress of legislation in Congress that could become a national privacy regulation possibly preempting the state laws.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the end of Microsoft support for Windows 7, and why users could be putting themselves in cyber-danger without security updates.
Stephen Kuhl joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that international transactions are an increasing occurrence for small businesses, and yet most local banks aren’t prepared for this trend.
Stephen Kuhl joins Jim Blasingame to report on why being proactive in providing international payment services is one of the main goals of Western Union Business Solutions in their work with local banks and credit unions.
Hilarie Gamm joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some companies are bringing in foreign workers as they lay off U.S. workers.
Hilarie Gamm joins Jim Blasingame to report on how companies can get tax advantages by importing a foreign worker, making payroll expense for U.S. college graduate more expensive and costing them jobs.
Hilarie Gamm joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the professions, like nursing, that are being staffed by foreigners because their employer got a tax abatement they wouldn’t get if they hired a U.S. nurse.
Wednesday - December 11, 2019
Chris Farrell joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Baby Boomer generation is putting full retirement off more than past generations in favor of starting new businesses.
Chris Farrell joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the gig economy will blur the entrepreneurial lines that currently separate having a job and having a business.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to define how blockchain technology will become a disruptive force beyond its role as the delivery platform of cryptocurrency.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how blockchain technology can become the foundational platform to help us make the transition from analog to digital ethics.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the current and future ways that blockchain technology will be used and the disruptive impacts thereof.
Jim Blasingame reveals four important lessons he learned while growing up on the farm, and how they became valuable in the marketplace.
Jim Blasingame reviews what caused the 2008 financial crisis, and whether current conditions could cause another such event in the near future.
Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what caused the 2008 financial crisis and whether the Fed recently prevented another such event from happening.
Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the practices of global central banks as they have created negative interest rates as a way of avoiding negative economic periods.
Adam Baratta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what would be the chances that the U.S. could experience negative interest rates, like the EU and Japan.
Thursday - December 12, 2019
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how concentrated the month of December gets with customer appreciation activity, closing out one year and making plans for the new one.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things we each can do to lower the rhetoric and promote more civility across all of our interactions with each other.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the important work of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and how it is now focusing on women entrepreneurs around the world.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reported the numbers for women entrepreneurs are up, including more confidence in accessing capital.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how an increase in women entrepreneurs globally could portend progress in world peace, since entrepreneurship cannot flourish without liberty, which cannot flourish around despots.
Hayim Herring joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why modern managers have never had to manage so many different generations of workers, and how to deal with the new expectations and technology.
Hayim Herring joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the extra degree of difficulty managers have today because there are five different generational expectations in the workplace, including the implications of technology on all of this.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new bill, HR3, which will create a great deal of difficulty for small companies that are in the health care industry.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impending passage of the USMCA trade deal that replaces NAFTA and creates new opportunities for U.S. small businesses to trade with our neighbors north and south.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role her organization, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, plays in shaping policy for small businesses, plus why getting the SECURE Act through the Senate is important.
Friday - December 13, 2019
Katie Petrillo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the problem of having a poor password practice, why it can be professionally and personally dangerous, and how to create a strong password.
Katie Petrillo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the global survey of how people use passwords around the world, and discuss some of the tools that are available to help you use stronger security practices.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the closing process and why it requires patience, practice, communication skills, and an understanding of how people make purchasing decisions.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that summarizing and confirming what has been discussed with prospects, and gaining a commitment from them for what has been discussed, are the first two key closing steps.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the last two steps in professional closing, including discussing the logistics of the prospective transaction, and leaving the prospect with the reassurance that they’ve made the right decision.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while products and even service are commodities today, values are unique and, well, valuable, and delivering on yours is how to keep customers coming back.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to explain what is really happening when you get “ghosted” by a customer – it’s not because they’re mad at you, but because you just became irrelevant.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three fundamentals it takes to build an entrepreneurial organization, including knowing the market, doing the math, and executing on your plan.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of being independent – the courage of your convictions – and how to encourage that in your organization, plus, why delegating is essential to growth.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key markers of an entrepreneur, including having a well-developed sense of how the marketplace works, and as well as the financial elements of business operation.
Monday - December 16, 2019
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons most small business owners should hire people to create and execute their social media strategy, which is becoming increasingly complicated.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that telling stories continues to be a social media winning strategy, plus the new chat-bot technology is now something small businesses can incorporate in their online platforms.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the political environment that both the USMCA and China trade deals have been formed in, and how those conditions have impacted the quality of these negotiations.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the evolution and future of cryptocurrencies as they will gain adoption as an alternative to fiat money, and the geopolitical implications thereof for sovereign nations and their currencies.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the contrived and artificial elements of U.S. and global economy, and the implications of those on Main Street businesses which operations are beautifully pure and refreshingly transparent.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to introduce two email applications that will help your small business, including AMP for email, making your emails interactive for customers, and BIMI, which is an added email security element.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to introduce three more digital marketing trends, including integration of email and social media, giving some customers exclusivity, and expanding customer experience with you.
Jim Blasingame reviews some of the implications of the current energy elements of our global economy, including geopolitics, and why that should portend continued stable energy prices for your business.
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the many factors that will bear on your small business in 2020, including the trade deals, stable energy prices, political dysfunction, and the weight of corporate, sovereign and consumer debt.
Jim Blasingame reveals why the practitioners of pure capitalism are small businesses, because there’s no place to hide, we don’t have derivatives or default swaps, and whatever we do, you can watch.
Tuesday - December 17, 2019
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you don’t know what an excellent employee is for any particular position you’re hiring for, you won’t be able to make an educated hiring decision, and offers some suggestions on how to do that.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that coaching, encouraging ownership, communication and encouraging fun are keys to creating an environment where your key people want to stay put.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business optimism, which records another month of near record optimism among U.S. Main Street business owners, including why this has come to pass.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index which shows small business owners are optimistic in all of the categories that foretell a strong economy, including sales, hiring and investment.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some examples of why the U.S. small business sector is the equivalent of the third largest economy in the world, and how they accomplish that against all odds.
Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every business user of technology should control how employees use the programs and apps you provide, as well as how – and if – you want them to acquire IT products on their own.
Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Microsoft intended to leave some of the licenses of their programs open-ended for customers to add on to, and why that’s a problem for employers wanting to control their IT assets.
Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the California Private Attorneys General Act, which allows private law firms to shake down small businesses for even the slightest alleged labor law infraction.
Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on how a California small business was required to pay a private law firm and their class-action clients over $400,000 for a micro-infraction of a ridiculous California labor rule.
Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the law suit his firm is pursuing against California for the PAGA law that allows private law firms to prey on small businesses for alleged minor labor law infractions.
Wednesday - December 18, 2019
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of trust in your organization, and why the companies that have high trust are the high performers.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why it’s essential to include the human expectation of trust in all of the technology we develop and use.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the regulatory abatement of the past three years has been significant in the current economic expansion we’re enjoying.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to debate whether it would be a good idea to locate certain government agencies across the country, instead of in the swamp of Washington.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how reducing the encroaching regulatory state that is happening outside of Congress, could result in reducing government expense and therefore, the budget deficit.
Jim Blasingame reveals his 2019 predictions for small business and the economy, what actually happened, and his score.
Jim Blasingame reconciles his 2019 predictions regarding technology, geopolitics, demographics, politics, and even football, against what actually happened, and the fact that he batted .733 this year.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that most of us have difficulty admitting that one of our ideas isn’t going to work out, and how that real tendency costs us more than we know.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why what we’ve already invested in a project that is failing – the sunk costs – is not a reason to continue throwing good money after bad, and how to develop viability metrics.
Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to determine that if a project fails, was it because we didn’t have the best information, or that we had bad systems and processes.
Thursday - December 19, 2019
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why there are many lessons that we can all learn from the success stories of family-owned businesses, including the power of leveraging shared values.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the research that shows family-owned businesses are more profitable, have better cash flow and greater customer satisfaction than other businesses.
Joe Tankersley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reasons why the 2020s will be a decade of disruptions that will be unprecedented in category and scope.
Joe Tankersley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the disruptive things to look for in the next decade regarding health care and education, almost all associated with demographic response to technology.
Joe Tankersley joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the 2020s will be replete with disruptions for tourism, consumer products, and all levels of government, largely due to responses to innovations in technology.
Cutler Dawson joins Jim Blasingame to share the story of his multiple-decade career in the Navy and how those lessons prepared him for a second career in the marketplace.
Cutler Dawson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there were four powerful principles that served him in the military and in the marketplace, including taking responsibility for what your unit does, or fails to do.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impeachment of Trump by House Democrats, why it is without basis, is bad for the country, and won’t help their party in 2020.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons why the U.S. economy is still setting records, and how the impact of the two new trade deals – USMCA and China – will only make this recovery last longer.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report on why he thinks Joe Biden will be the nominee, whether he can beat Trump, and interestingly, never brings up Bloomberg.
Friday - December 20, 2019
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to report on a recent Gallup survey where less than a majority of workers think they have a “good job”, and to define "good job."
Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how each of the five generations in the workplace today have a different definition of what a good job is, especially the Millennial generation.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the cyber-security resources that are available for low cost or even free, plus the power of training and staying updated.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you can do to protect your company from the cyber-criminals, including constant updates, use stronger passwords, and better data-sharing software.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how micro-tokens work as an alternative transferring data, because it moves your data as a virtual or fake data file to prevent cyber-criminals from accessing your real data.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that buying market share through discounting and advertising are two ways to achieve a greater market penetration, but use the discounting judiciously, and the latter in a targeted way.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to harvest more business from existing customers, plus introduce new and fresh offerings, and/or business acquisition.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that more larger businesses are going to require their vendors to provide evidence of cyber-security capability as a requirement to continue to do business.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how cyber-criminals are getting through smaller firms to get to their larger customers, and how to prevent such an event from taking your business down.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges businesses of all sizes face in the cyber-security war, and how to be proactive in making larger customers comfortable with your cyber-security compliance.
Monday - December 23, 2019
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the great gift America gave to the world, franchising, and why it’s been so successful for so long for so many people.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that location, franchisor support and stick-to-it-iv-ness (grit) are three things that make for a successful franchise operation.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss that being able to disconnect mind and body from our frenetic world and just do nothing – even for a few minutes – is good for you.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why the free stuff we’re offered is often just another way to manipulate you, especially when you use the Tech Giant platforms.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to have a balanced “word” with yourself, when your inner critic starts to wear on you, like the fact that everything in your world probably isn’t as bad as it seems.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality of a paradox, that always comes with the half you don’t like and the half that is probably pretty good.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of resting smart, which is just giving your brain and body a break, even if only for a few minutes.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new law called the SECURE Act, which made several changes to IRAs, including the required distribution and being able to contribute as long as you work.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to report on the changes the SECURE Act made for those who inherit IRAs, plus tax credits for small businesses that start a retirement program.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the SECURE Act expanded the benefits of the 529 education plans, including home-schooling provisions, and being applied to college loan repayment.
Tuesday - December 24, 2019
Uncovering cognitive bias in the feedback we receive
Ed Harrington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the feedback we receive from employees and customers is most often not truthful, and how to identify this unfortunate result.
Three elements to personal growth
Featuring
Peter Meyer 
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three elements that are in play when considering growth, including your competence.
How the world is impacting your customer relationships
Featuring
Chip Bell
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the implications of world changes – especially technology – on how you serve customers and nurture those relationships.
When human intelligence is seduced by machine intelligence
Featuring
Robert Smith
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
Rob Smith joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the seductive encroachment of machine intelligence on the human experience, and associated implications.
Wednesday - December 25, 2019
Jim Blasingame reports on the foretelling of the coming of the Messiah by the prophet Isaiah as well as what the Apostle Luke had to say about it in his Gospel.
Jim Blasingame mounts a defense against accusations that he’s a scrooge, and reveals why everything about such a person isn’t always a bad thing.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to encourage all of us to take responsibility for eliminating hate and intolerance in our daily lives.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the changes in retirement contributions and distributions that were created by the passing of the SECURE Act that will impact older Baby Boomers.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on a number of ways to impact your tax bill by combining your retirement distributions with your charitable giving plans.
Jim Blasingame reminds us on this Christmas Day that there are thousands of men and women – all volunteers – standing a post around the world, in our defense, many in extreme harm’s way.
Jim Blasingame continues to celebrate on this Christmas Day the leadership, selflessness and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, including the military and first responders across the country.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate the common bonds that are more powerful and important than any differences, and to encourage that behavior in others.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to offer his bullish predictions on the 2020 economy, and to encourage leadership behavior that will promote employee engagement.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the coming tsunami of business owner divestment as a result of millions of Baby Boomer-owned businesses not being ready to transition to the next owner.
Thursday - December 26, 2019
Gail Ferreira joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the pace and intensity of the Digital Age and why that translates into the requirement of having an organizational culture that is innovative every day.
Gail Ferreira joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps to create an agile enterprise, which includes transparency, collaboration, and innovate with the build, measure and learn process.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the issues that, if left unresolved, will derail a partnership sooner or later, including alignment of the definition of success and shared values.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to identify three tools that you should employ as you consider starting a partnership, in order to identify conflict resolution, personality profile, and alignment of values.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you should be prepared to walk away from a prospective partnership if you determine that critical elements that lead to success are not aligned between all parties.
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to propose that many of the messages we’re getting about older Americans cast a negative light on their relevance in the workplace, which is not only invalid, but also not good economics.
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current crisis of lack of qualified workers, and state correctly that all generations have to work together in the workplace with the understanding that each group has something valuable to offer.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some thoughts on how to accept, expect and deal with the stress that’s inherent in the small business landscape.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of free trade as a goal and possible reality, taken in context with the current negotiations going on between the U.S. and other countries.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on how two of the four largest U.S. states, California and New York, are losing workers, while Florida and Texas are gaining them, and the reason is bad policies, including being over-taxed.
Friday - December 27, 2019
Michael Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality and concept of the First Amendment to the Constitution, as it has redefined the concept of a speech platform.
Michael Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the idea of regulating social media platforms, the difference between what they can do and what they should do, and the implications of political correctness on free speech.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the primordial role of trust in our lives, and how we create barriers to it by engaging in Us vs Them behavior.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how achieving trust is akin to the quality process of people feeling they have the right to stop an interaction mid-cycle and correct a trust breakdown.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that in order to achieve a culture of trust, you have to employ the three steps of asking, responding and closure associated with one person expecting something promised by another.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to report on new language in regulations that could cause 401K MEPs to explode when businesses can come together in a group to administrate employee retirement plans.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of the SECURE Act to many individuals, companies and their retirement plans, and ask why this bi-partisan bill isn’t being passed in the Senate.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons that the Baby Boomer generation are taking control of their own health care issues and solutions.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons blockchain technology will help caregivers of all types manage patient records and services more efficiently and effectively.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the growth in digital medicine will drive the demand for broadband connectivity across the patient spectrum, especially for the last mile patients.
Monday - December 30, 2019
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to report on his witness of the evolving marketing landscape this century, including how business should think about how and who should be delivering their message.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the best deliverer of your marketing message is your existing customer talking to their network about why they like your business.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the symbiosis between your financial management metrics and those of your human capital strategy, and how to analyze both.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how your company’s success drivers must be overlaid with your hiring and employee behavior and performance metrics.
Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to consider human performance against the five business performance factors, including revenue and profits.
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why, with all the innovations today, email continues to be relevant as the foundational digital communicating resource.
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to reveal examples of how not to send an email sales pitch, including specific mistakes that we see every day.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how lazy some people are about the way they address others online, especially using email, and some suggestions for picking up your professional online behavior.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why, with all of our digital tools, what is delivered to your old-fashioned mailbox every day is still relevant to much of the population.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that most multitasking today is a result of lack of focus, managing problems instead of solving them, and failure to delegate.
Tuesday - December 31, 2019
John Berry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the services that are offered to help veterans with disability claims get the legal help they need with the VA.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing incidence of the cybercrime of ransomware attacks on municipalities and institutions such as hospitals, including how this happens.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current progress of legislation in Congress that could become a national privacy regulation possibly preempting the state laws.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the end of Microsoft support for Windows 7, and why users could be putting themselves in cyber-danger without security updates.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some words of caution on how to behave when you attend a holiday party, especially one that is connected to your work.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to suggest you consider the holiday party as a potential generational minefield, with many different expectations and tolerances for which you should modify your behavior.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to offer his tips and best practices on how to hold employees accountable, including establishing clear expectations very early and being consistent with those standards.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that before you deliver tough love, you should have already “loved” employees enough to explain the company’s values and standards, and then hold everyone accountable to them.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that we have the most generationally diverse workplace ever, and how to deal with delivering tough love to each generation.
John Berry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many reasons military veterans make the best employees, including the fact that no one ever left the military as a snowflake.
