Friday - May 01, 2020
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on how to deal with the new and additional stress of business loss, social distancing and potential health challenges.
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential for positive things we didn’t expect to come from a pandemic that we wouldn’t have had without it.
Dennis Jaffe joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it takes for a founder’s business to last and be sustained into several generations of more than a century.
Dennis Jaffe joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what he learned after interviewing many century-old family businesses – multi-generations – about how they made it happen, and why values is at the center of the success.
Dennis Jaffe joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current state of sustainability of large family businesses when the next generation of leaders will be millennials, plus how much happiness did he find in these business owners.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on the degree of disruption the coronavirus pandemic response has had on the franchise industry, both for the franchisors, but especially for the locally-owned small business franchisee.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on how one company is putting their offerings into an online resource that fits the current pandemic protocols of working from home.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his organization is being productive in the work-from-home pandemic era, and how that’s causing him to rethink office space expectations and expense in the future.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the end of single-source supply chain management – especially with China – and how this will create more manufacturing demand across north America, including Mexico.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways we’ll change the way we do business as a result of the disruption caused by our response to the pandemic, including disruptions that lead to opportunities.
Monday - May 04, 2020
Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to propose that a more decentralized approach to dealing with an emergency such as a pandemic threat would be more effective and faster.
Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the lessons we can learn from our COVID-19 experience in order to minimize the damage from the inevitable COVID-21.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant contribution the franchise industry makes to the U.S., and the challenges it’s having during the pandemic lockdown.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the hardships on the thousands of franchise owners across the U.S. and around the world, as a result of the global economic shutdown.
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on his appointment to the important Economic Recovery Task Force, how it works, and what they’re trying to accomplish, blending industry, government and politics.
Jim Blasingame reports on how post-pandemic customer expectations and behavior will alter how you interact, from contact to delivery, as you begin to identify the “New Regular.”
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the ways customers and prospects will have their feelings, sentiments and emotions on their sleeve as we enter the post-pandemic New Regular.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the cyber-security of micro-token exchanges will be the technology that will make continued remote work more feasible.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the post-pandemic explosion of permanent remote work, and how micro-token exchange technology can make that feasible, productive and cyber-secure.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how micro-token exchanges work to secure your data as it moves from one secure online location to another, regardless of where or on what platform.
Tuesday - May 05, 2020
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to create your own post-pandemic re-employment plan, including a realistic budget that includes all resources.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices to use when focusing on becoming re-employed post-pandemic, including staying in touch with the former employer, and creating an A-I compatible resume.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the issues that will be part of the decision by some senior business owners as to whether they want to restart their business and build it back again.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the business acquisition landscape post-pandemic will be a buyer’s market and will be heavy on absorbing un-reclaimed market share rather than buying it.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the supply chain will be different in the New Regular, as in less China and more global redundancy.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to make sure that, post-pandemic, your online video calls are conducted more professionally, especially with sound technology and your appearance.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of getting good at managing online video technology so you can make professional and effective sales calls and meetings.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new expectations and behaviors of prospects and customers, that will require you to make adjustments from how you used to do business with them.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the changes your business will have to make to adjust to the New Regular that the post-pandemic marketplace will create, including shifts in how customers buy.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to propose that establishing post-pandemic relevance will be the key to your success in the New Regular era, which will be different relevance than a few months ago.
Wednesday - May 06, 2020
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current pandemic world we’re in right now, put it in perspective with past global challenges, and warn about the erosion of liberty.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impact of book writing, selling and reading during the coronavirus pandemic.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to put in perspective with other global challenges the current pandemic that has planet Earth in its grasp, and how this one is different, if only in velocity.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how prescient his novel, “The Rationing,” was in depicting a world in the grips of a dangerous virus, and the associated human response to it.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to share his experiences and advice about the good, bad and ugly of distance learning, including what we’re likely to gravitate to as we move into post-pandemic.
Michael Freeman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the work his company is doing to help those who need telemedicine, and the technology that is emerging to help them.
Michael Freeman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the advent of 5G mobile connections, what it will do as well as the deficiencies, including the fact that all mobile networks are fiber-dependent.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the pandemic issues that the USPTO is dealing with during the coronavirus shutdown.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential exposure and opportunities for intellectual property during the pandemic and afterwards, including the potential loss of IP by some companies.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the extra level of challenges in protecting your intellectual property as we enter a period where more employees are working remotely.
Thursday - May 07, 2020
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss their history of working remotely, and why the current coronavirus pandemic is causing working from home to become a new employment paradigm.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to relate his story about how a major bank let him down in his quest for PPP funds, and then he turned to a community bank that got the job done in a matter of days.
Jim Blasingame reveals why community banks are a business’s best friend, especially during a pandemic, while most big banks went MIA on Main Street.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the coronavirus pandemic shutdown experience in Israel, and how successful it has been.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the coronavirus pandemic is creating new cyber-security challenges, and why you’ll have to step up your security going forward in order to do business with customers.
Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four stages of crisis management, including neglect and panic, and how to transition from this state of failure to using a crisis to grow.
Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the stages of turning a crisis from managing it to growing from the opportunities, including not requiring perfection and making lots of decisions.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his experiences with crises, and how he learned that they always start by exposing the weaknesses in your operation.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the crisis-fighting power of making lots of little decisions, and how you often learn the most from the ones that turn out wrong.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why it’s time to focus our vision forward to the other side of the pandemic and on how we’ll find success in the New Regular.
Friday - May 08, 2020
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic only accelerated many marketplace behaviors that were already being incubated, like significant teleworking and virtual customer service.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on why and how to connect to customers and prospects during the pandemic shutdown, so you can discover how to be relevant to them on the other side of the shutdown.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the practical response to the risks of a coronavirus pandemic, and if damage from the political response is about to exceed the health dangers.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likelihood that “acts of God,” or “force majeure,” will be a greater and more elaborate part of any future contract, to include the potential for a Black Swan event.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to offer some thoughts on what to look for in future legal documents and relationships as a result of the Black Swan impact of coronavirus.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that our emotional state is being impacted by the response to the coronavirus pandemic, especially if you don’t try to maintain connections with your network of supporters.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to continue to connect to others while social distancing, including maintaining a connection mindset, try to be optimistic, and take care of yourself.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to offer perspective on past economic episodes, while recognizing that the coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented shock, both as a health crisis and an economic one on a global level.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on how the economy will recover from the coronavirus pandemic differently by industry, with some coming back fast and others taking much longer.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to offer his perspective on how to think about investing in publicly traded assets, with emphasis on looking at it industry by industry, as each one will recover differently.
Monday - May 11, 2020
Jim Schreier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the post-pandemic marketplace, which may be full of opportunities that did not exist or were hard to see, pre-pandemic.
Jim Schreier joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the pandemic will teach us about how Americans and our leadership have stepped up to the unprecedented pandemic challenge?
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges entrepreneurs and business startups are facing in this pandemic, and the resilience it takes to weather this storm.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that an unprecedented event like the pandemic also comes with the heightened visibility of opportunities not seen before.
Jim Blasingame reveals how your pre-pandemic way of doing business – those paradigms – will likely shift to a new way of doing business from small shifts to very large ones, like how we go to work.
Jim Blasingame reports on recent polling that shows two-thirds of small business owners are prepared to defy government edicts and reopen their businesses.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the many ways that ethical behavior is being elevated as politicians and the people deal with this global pandemic.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways that character – or lack of – is being revealed especially at the political level, including how the shutdown continues to be handled.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the catastrophic education we’ve gotten from the pandemic, and hope that we learn enough to make future episodes less costly.
Tuesday - May 12, 2020
Quint Studer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the leadership steps local communities should take to emerge from the pandemic and the shutdown successfully.
Quint Studer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the lessons and practices that can be learned from the shutdown response to the coronavirus pandemic.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the London coronavirus model by Neil Ferguson was erroneous and led to the extreme economic response we’re experiencing.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to discuss crossing over the line between the dangers of coronavirus and the damage from the political economic shutdown.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what is likely to expect from an economic recovery standpoint after the coronavirus lockdown has been lifted.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to recommend focusing your social media activity on values-based posts as you adjust your business model for post-pandemic reality.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to focus social media posts based on the sentiments you’re hearing and seeing mid-pandemic and post-pandemic.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the responses small business owners provided in the first full month of national economic shutdown, including being positive about the future.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Paycheck Protection Program and the Emergency Income program will become one sum at the point of becoming a grant.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that currently, the Paycheck Protection Program money will essentially become taxable, unless Congress creates an abatement later this year.
Wednesday - May 13, 2020
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you must demonstrate leadership and character during these difficult times, and why customers will reward those who do post-pandemic.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal five behaviors and practices to demonstrate as you begin to reopen your business, including being intentional, have a plan and be honest.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the cyber-security landscape, and explain the two prominent ways that your business can be compromised by cyber-criminals.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to explain how her job is to break into businesses – physical and online -- as a way to expose their weaknesses and why the pandemic is causing increasing breach attempts.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to explain how your business could become the weak link in your larger customer’s online network, and how to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of being positive as a way to help you focus on opportunities, instead of some of the current circumstances that may be making you unhappy.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the survival of your business may depend upon your ability to stay positive – and healthy – in the face of our current adversity.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the original coronavirus mortality predictions, and pressure on our medical system, have proved to be wrong by factors, and why we have to start rethinking our coronavirus response.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why we now have new data that we should be following in order to make better decisions about how and when to reopen the U.S. economy.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the multi-faceted healthcare problems that are becoming collateral damage from the political response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday - May 14, 2020
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of maintaining constant communication with your various tribes, including employees, vendors and especially customers.
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why being positive – while living in reality – is a powerful way to communicate in a quality way.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the levels of pandemic associated cyber-crime, and how to avoid becoming a victim.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to report on the plan to include cyber-crime for business and government as part of a country's legitimate economic GDP.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to forecast how we’ll use technology in the post-pandemic marketplace, including an increased emphasis on making broadband more ubiquitous out to the last mile customers.
Sarah Petty joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to pivot your business model to more closely fit the pandemic reality facing your customer relationships.
Sarah Petty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of staying in touch with customers in an appropriate way – more values, less selling – so they will know who to count on post-pandemic.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on an innovation that uses an artificial leaf to turn water and sunlight into hydrogen power.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss concerns about the current velocity of climate warming becoming a habitation problem for parts of the planet, as well as how will we know if we slow things down too fast.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a medical research breakthrough that could extend the life of older antibiotics that have become less effective in recent years against morphing pathogens.
Friday - May 15, 2020
How to get your sales force ready for the new regular of the future
Featuring
Rene Zamora 
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Rene Zamora joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the tips and best practices in sales management that includes fundamentals as well as new perspectives on getting your sales force ready for post-pandemic customers.
Challenges and practices of sales management during a pandemic
Featuring
Rene Zamora
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Rene Zamora joins Jim Blasingame to offer his professional advice on managing a sales team during and after the pandemic, including communicating tips, regular meetings, and blending fundamentals with the new regular going forward.
The coronavirus harm to Main Street retailers
Featuring
Brad Huisken
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to report on how bad the pandemic response has been to the entire retail sector, and how to get ready for whatever new regular is next.
Preparing your sales staff for the next economy, not the last one
Featuring
Brad Huisken
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the economy going forward will not be like the one we left a few months ago, including new customer expectations, and how to prepare your sales team for it.
Don’t let the pandemic economy cost you non-negotiable, standard practices
Featuring
Brad Huisken
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to remind us that there are some practices that are fundamental and non-negotiable that will endure through the pandemic and beyond, and how to reestablish them now and going forward.
How to live and work in a 23 ft motorhome
Featuring
Heather DeSantis
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Heather DeSantis joins Jim Blasingame to report on how she and her fiancé are traveling around the country living and running a business from their 23ft Airstream trailer, and what she’s learned.
How she runs a PR firm from a travel trailer during a pandemic
Featuring
Heather DeSantis
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Heather DeSantis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how she runs her 5-employee PR firm from a 23’ Airstream trailer, moving around the country, and how she serves customers during the pandemic.
The impact of political polarization on pandemic recovery
Featuring
Gary Moore
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to offer his perspective on the challenges our society has focusing on solutions – like how to recover from a pandemic – while we’re so politically polarized.
Will the Fed’s efforts be enough to save the economy?
Featuring
Gary Moore
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to share his thoughts on the effort being made by the Fed to save the economy, especially Main Street, in light of the dangers of COVID-19.
How fast will the economy recover later in the year?
Featuring
Gary Moore
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to offer his opinion that the economy will not roar back and be like it was a few months ago, but because of changes in our behavior, will recover more deliberate and gradual.
Monday - May 18, 2020
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the implications of the coronavirus pandemic on global supply chains and manufacturing, and why this U.S. energy independence will contribute to this shift.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the pandemic will shift the supply chain paradigm from sourcing to more hemispheric and regional sources.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the revenue, cash and profit practices you should focus on as we emerge into the post-pandemic marketplace.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to achieve revenue recovery from the pandemic shutdown by the end of the year, including raising prices and resubmitting past proposals.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of finding a way to not only survive 2020, but also to be profitable even if it’s just a dollar.
Jim Blasingame reveals how the wake of the coronavirus will create a number of shifts and disruptions that you must be prepared for, including business model, demographics and technology.
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the power-grabbing policies of state and local politicians as they attempt to control us during this pandemic emergency.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the contractually explicit and common law implicit aspect of force majeure will increasingly be part of business in the post-pandemic marketplace.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the impacts of the current pandemic on the franchise industry, as well as how the industry will do business in the future in anticipation of another such event.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of contracts as a result of this unprecedented pandemic shutdown, including more force majeure and other contingent considerations.
Tuesday - May 19, 2020
Felice Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Israel in particular and the Palestine region in general have handled the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
Felice Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to report on the decline of professional journalism, especially in the U.S., which has been replaced with agenda reporting, and why this condition is the most dangerous threat to the U.S.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the devastation being wrought on Main Street businesses as a result of the political response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report that there are reforms anticipated that will correct some PPP burdens put on recipients by the Treasury that were not in the original CARES Act.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the attempt to get other expenses, including technology, to be included as allowable PPP expenses that can ultimately be forgiven.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to report that since Aflac has much of their business in Asia, particularly Japan, they were already dealing with coronavirus issues in the workplace by January, well ahead of everyone else.
Matthew Owenby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the practices to use as you bring your employees back to work, including constant communication, and allowing individual adjustments to when and how to return.
Gerry Scimeca joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the U.S. initial plan to flatten the coronavirus curve and why it seemed like a good idea, but now we’ve learned that there were many incorrect indicators and assumptions.
Gerry Scimeca joins Jim Blasingame to report on the excesses of some politicians in their lockdown plan which shows that they’re more interested in control than in solutions that work best for their citizens.
Gerry Scimeca joins Jim Blasingame to report on politics of credit scoring for those who’re negatively impacted by the coronavirus shutdown, and differentiate them from those who were already not credit-worthy.
Wednesday - May 20, 2020
Hayim Herring joins Jim Blasingame to report on his research of the younger generations and the impact and implications of the pandemic on their lives and future.
Hayim Herring joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impact of the pandemic and the political response to it on our younger Americans, including restarting their lives post-pandemic.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Instagram’s efforts to fight cyber-bullying has resulted in giving users more control over the posts they don’t like.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the changes by Facebook to encourage more face-to-face time on their platform, in response to the growth of Zoom, plus their increasing political censuring of user content.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new team of “journalists” being hired by LinkedIn to create, curate and control news and politics on the platform.
Rob Birgfeld joins Jim Blasingame to report on how community banks continue to step up for Main Street businesses as they served throughout the pandemic shutdown period.
Rob Birgfeld joins Jim Blasingame to report on the awesome contribution of community banks across America in helping small businesses gain access to the Paycheck Protection Program.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the pandemic shutdown has impacted the once-prolific blockchain learning efforts across the globe.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the pandemic implications for the blockchain technology platform, including why it will become even more essential as the future of digital trust.
Daniel Cage joins Jim Blasingame to focus forward on the resetting of blockchain as a supply chain imperative as we emerge from the pandemic era to the post-pandemic marketplace.
Thursday - May 21, 2020
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the difference between investing and trading practices, and why the former is the true capitalism practice of Main Street business owners.
Gary Sirak joins Jim Blasingame to offer his professional advice on how to manage your money at a time when uncertainty is the daily order of business.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current coronavirus pandemic timeline, why China could have prevented the global disaster and what we have learned about the values of the communist leadership in that country.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why China’s leadership can never again be trusted, and why that country must now be isolated as a global bad actor without regard to the well-being of other nations.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the exposure of China’s true values by the coronavirus pandemic must lead nation states with global values to hold China accountable and minimize that relationship.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Paycheck Protection Program helped him see the difference between big banks and community banks, in this interview with community banker Ginger Martin.
Jeff Zbar and Ginger Martin to reveal how they came to be acquainted and do business together as a result of this business owner seeking relationship banking during the pandemic crisis, and having not found it at one of the big banks.
Don Stenberg joins Jim Blasingame to report that it’s quite likely that, based on some precedent, government officials would prevail in court in defending their initial shutdown orders based on powers granted to them Constitutionally.
Don Stenberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Constitutional limits of government shutdown responses to the pandemic with regard to current and near future circumstances, which are different from when the first orders were made.
Don Stenberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the scenario of a future pandemic health threat, and how the response to that event will be heavily weighted with current experience and knowledge of the total cost of an economic shutdown.
Friday - May 22, 2020
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to create your own post-pandemic re-employment plan, including a realistic budget that includes all resources.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices to use when focusing on becoming re-employed post-pandemic, including staying in touch with the former employer, and creating an A-I compatible resume.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the issues that will be part of the decision by some senior business owners as to whether they want to restart their business and build it back again.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the business acquisition landscape post-pandemic will be a buyer’s market and will be heavy on absorbing un-reclaimed market share rather than buying it.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the supply chain will be different in the New Regular, as in less China and more global redundancy.
Michael Freeman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the work his company is doing to help those who need telemedicine, and the technology that is emerging to help them.
Michael Freeman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the advent of 5G mobile connections, what it will do as well as the deficiencies, including the fact that all mobile networks are fiber-dependent.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the pandemic issues that the USPTO is dealing with during the coronavirus shutdown.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential exposure and opportunities for intellectual property during the pandemic and afterwards, including the potential loss of IP by some companies.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the extra level of challenges in protecting your intellectual property as we enter a period where more employees are working remotely.
Monday - May 25, 2020
Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to review the origins of Memorial Day, including those we memorialize for their sacrifice, and celebrate the continuation of what they died defending: liberty.
Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that Memorial Day isn’t to have picnics, but to remind us of the price that has been paid by so may for the liberty that we continue to enjoy.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate Memorial Day with a recommendation that each of us take a pilgrimage to at least one major war memorial to honor the fallen heroes who are represented there.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss World War III, the very serious global conflict in cyber-space being waged between the West and despots like China, Iran, and Russia, and the fact that this war shouldn’t result in body bags.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how extending the ideal of liberty to each other every day is a way of earning the sacrifice of those who gave their lives so that liberty might prevail.
Jim Blasingame reminds us of the origins of Memorial Day, and how the coronavirus pandemic should make us all even more reverential to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to preserve liberty.
Jim Blasingame celebrates Memorial Day by remembering four people - by name - who are part of his life, and who gave their lives so we have the opportunity to enjoy liberty: Joel Mock, Danny McGee, Joel Forrester, and Matt McCormick.
Terrence Hayes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the memories he has of Memorial Day before he went to war with those who didn’t return with him, and in the years since.
Terrence Hayes joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the events – large and small – around the world conducted by the VFW, and why we can never stop memorializing those who died.
Terrence Hayes joins Jim Blasingame to report on a special program for veterans who are having financial difficulty, and how it helps them pay bills and get back on their feet – VFW.org.
Tuesday - May 26, 2020
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some ways to manage the understandable stress associated with reopening your business after being shut down for several weeks.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to offer ideas on how to get reestablished with customers you’ve lost contact with in the past few weeks, and check with them about how they want to work with you going forward.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to prepare for an emergency in your life that would cause someone else to be required to manage your business and personal finances.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things we’ve learned about all of the factors in shutting down the economy for coronavirus, and why it’s time to get back to business.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on her experience of flying cross-country commercially, including the almost empty airport, but the almost full airplane.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likely impact on how affluent customers and prospects will behave, and what they’ll expect from your business, including an increased focus on well-being and health.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the new expectations of affluent customers, including personalization, customization, and other post-pandemic steps, and why you should charge for these extras.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why, now more than ever, your small business must be able to meet the digital expectations of the post-pandemic marketplace.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that communication, personalization and digitization are at the heart of the strategy the companies he’s involved with are executing in reconnecting with employees and customers post-pandemic.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the cyber-bad guys – including nation states like China – are redoubling their efforts to compromise U.S. companies and our government, and why we have to step up our game.
Wednesday - May 27, 2020
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to think bigger while you’re staying focused on surviving in the very different post-pandemic economy.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to identify and eliminate pre-pandemic practices and behaviors that could prevent you from surviving in the post-pandemic economy.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on why the sentiment of the manufacturing sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic understandably dropped like a stone this month.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current drop in construction in all sectors, plus why the U.S. economy must bring back supply chain options closer to home, at least within the western hemisphere.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report that the economic recovery will be more deliberate than fast, and that all stakeholders, including Wall Street, will have to reconcile to having a supply chain closer to home.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to report on the progress of his Cloudcoin, which is on a cloud-based platform, and why this method of crypto-currency has many advantages over a currency on blockchain.
Sean Worthington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why the Raida-based Cloudcoin is inherently safer from loss, theft and hacking – even from quantum computers – than other crypto-currencies.
Kelley Vlahos joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the stories about having to justify your pandemic shutdown movements with “essential business” papers, and why that doesn’t fit with any part of the U.S. Constitution.
Kelley Vlahos joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many ways governors and local authorities have assumed control during the pandemic, and why we now have to notify them that we’re no longer going to allow them that control – ever again.
Kelley Vlahos joins Jim Blasingame to report on the federal level of pandemic response, and why allowing the states so much latitude was the right thing to do.
Thursday - May 28, 2020
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to make sure that, post-pandemic, your online video calls are conducted more professionally, especially with sound technology and your appearance.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of getting good at managing online video technology so you can make professional and effective sales calls and meetings.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new expectations and behaviors of prospects and customers, that will require you to make adjustments from how you used to do business with them.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the changes your business will have to make to adjust to the New Regular that the post-pandemic marketplace will create, including shifts in how customers buy.
John Paul Mendocha joins Jim Blasingame to propose that establishing post-pandemic relevance will be the key to your success in the New Regular era, which will be different relevance than a few months ago.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current pandemic world we’re in right now, put it in perspective with past global challenges, and warn about the erosion of liberty.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impact of book writing, selling and reading during the coronavirus pandemic.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to put in perspective with other global challenges the current pandemic that has planet Earth in its grasp, and how this one is different, if only in velocity.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how prescient his novel, “The Rationing,” was in depicting a world in the grips of a dangerous virus, and the associated human response to it.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to share his experiences and advice about the good, bad and ugly of distance learning, including what we’re likely to gravitate to as we move into post-pandemic.
Friday - May 29, 2020
Sarah Petty joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to pivot your business model to more closely fit the pandemic reality facing your customer relationships.
Sarah Petty joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of staying in touch with customers in an appropriate way – more values, less selling – so they will know who to count on post-pandemic.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on an innovation that uses an artificial leaf to turn water and sunlight into hydrogen power.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss concerns about the current velocity of climate warming becoming a habitation problem for parts of the planet, as well as how will we know if we slow things down too fast.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a medical research breakthrough that could extend the life of older antibiotics that have become less effective in recent years against morphing pathogens.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you must demonstrate leadership and character during these difficult times, and why customers will reward those who do post-pandemic.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal five behaviors and practices to demonstrate as you begin to reopen your business, including being intentional, have a plan and be honest.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the cyber-security landscape, and explain the two prominent ways that your business can be compromised by cyber-criminals.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to explain how her job is to break into businesses – physical and online -- as a way to expose their weaknesses and why the pandemic is causing increasing breach attempts.
Stephanie Carruthers joins Jim Blasingame to explain how your business could become the weak link in your larger customer’s online network, and how to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.
