Episodes
March 30, 2018
Free-Rider Friday, March 2018
The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in th...
March 23, 2018
Net Neutrality: Interview with Professor Thomas Hazlett
Ed and I are honored to be able to interview Professor Thomas Hazlett, one of the country's leading economists in the are of the wireless spectrum, FCC regulation, etc. We will discuss his most recent book: The Political Spec...
March 16, 2018
Interview with Peter Block
Full disclosure: We prerecorded this episode. In our opinion, it is phenomenal. Peter Block is just incredible. Do yourself and your customers and your neighbors and your family, a favor and give this one a listen. This episo...
March 9, 2018
How to Have a Value Conversation
Without the value conversation, there can be NO value pricing. Without the ability to have this conversation, value pricing is dead on arrival. Without knowing what the perceived value is, there is no way to use it as the pri...
March 2, 2018
Taking Down Trickle Down
“Trickle Down Economics” is hurled around as a pejorative by politicians, the media, and other opponents of free markets. Yet there is no such theory in learned histories of economic thought. It’s a non-existent theory, a car...
Feb. 23, 2018
Free-Rider Friday, February 2018
The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in th...
Feb. 9, 2018
Bad Medicine
For 2,400 years patients believed doctors were doing good; for 2,300 years they were wrong. Until the invention of antibiotics in the 1940s doctors, in general, did their patients more harm than good. Why do bad ideas die har...
Feb. 2, 2018
Interview with Barry Melancon
Ron and Ed are thrilled to be interviewing Barry Melancon, President & CEO, American Institute of CPAs and CEO, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Barry joined the AICPA in 1995 when he was 37 ye...
Jan. 26, 2018
Free-Rider Friday, January 2018
The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in th...
Jan. 19, 2018
The Laws of Systems Thinking
Peter Senge posits the Laws of Systems Thinking in Chapter 4 of in his seminal work, The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. During this show, Ron and Ed will introduce you to the basic concep...
Jan. 12, 2018
Best Business Books
Thousands of business books are published each year. Some are worthless, fewer still have lasting value, but a handful possess the ability to transform your business (and possibly, your life). Yet with today’s busy and demand...
Jan. 5, 2018
2017: Year in Review
Ed and Ron will discuss some of their favorite shows from 2017; discuss a selection of best books that they read during the year; comment on the notable people we lost in 2017 as well as some other topics.
Dec. 22, 2017
Free-Rider Friday, December 2017
The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in th...
Dec. 8, 2017
Customer Transformations
Ron and Ed often speak about the knowledge economy, heck the show's subtitle refers to it, and one question often pops up - What comes after the knowledge economy? Our Guest Joe Pine thought it would be the experience economy...
Dec. 1, 2017
Free-rider Friday - November 2017
The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in th...
Nov. 17, 2017
Interview with Howard Hansen on Healing Leadership
One thing is clear about today's leadership model. It's NOT working! Howard chose “Healing” in his company name to describe a new kind of leadership that he proposes. He sees the present problems in organizations and civiliza...
Nov. 12, 2017
Ron Baker Keynote part 2
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Andrew Boer Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Hugh Watson Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Shauna Wortinger Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Catherine Robson Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Joe Aliota Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...
Nov. 12, 2017
Jacqui Brown Live DET Talk
Day 2 of the live event coverage of the VeraSage Symposium. Every two years, the Fellows of VeraSage gather to learn from one another. It is rare to find so much knowledge and wisdom in one place, at one time. You have the ch...