3rd Ingredient®

Advice, information and training in the field of economics, business operations and business management.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a fundamental belief system originating with Jim Blasingame.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a line of products and services offered by Jim including a series of books, written articles and publications, and educational materials; advisory services; and consulting/training all in the field of Economics, Business Operations and Business Management.

Please browse the following selection of 3RD INGREDIENT® educational audio products to learn more about Jim’s motivational beliefs, products, and services concerning small business economics and operations; including Jim's exclusive series of 3RD INGREDIENT® shows.

Mike Daniels
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the opportunities and disruptions that represent both sides of the Internet coin, and the unanswered question of how we incorporate digital ethics in the application of digital leverage.
Gary Moore
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to imagine if Smith, Friedman, Templeton and Drucker were on a panel today discussing the future of capitalism, what would they say now.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the C-Suite should include a morality/ethical governance officer who holds the company accountable to more than the profit motive.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the focus on values and ethics is increasingly guiding the mission and goals of corporate America, and what Adam Smith and Milton Freidman would say today.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to report on the research showing most younger generations are critical of how corporate America focuses on their greed and not enough on society.
Anna Murray
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how tech innovations have morphed from exciting new ways to do things, to encroaching on our lives in ways that are creepy and invasive.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the C-Suite should include a morality/ethical governance officer who holds the company accountable to more than the profit motive.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the focus on values and ethics is increasingly guiding the mission and goals of corporate America, and what Adam Smith and Milton Freidman would say today.
Steven Mintz
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to report on the research showing most younger generations are critical of how corporate America focuses on their greed and not enough on society.
Jeff Zbar
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why, even as we create and adopt more technology, the human relationship will never not be the most powerful force in the marketplace.