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.

Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame reveals that we have to begin thinking about how to evolve our analog ethical catalog into a force that will be effective against digital leverage.
Dr. Eric Cole
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we can’t expect the government or big corporations to protect us in the cyber-war, we have to take care of ourselves and offers some tips on how to do that.
Dr. Eric Cole
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to report that the Equifax breach is likely 240 million accounts, each of which includes all of your personal and credit information, and why we’re losing the cyber-war.
Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame reveals that as fear and greed are under assault by digital forces, six other motivators are essentially unchanged.
Christopher Bishop
Chris Bishop joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while Quantum Computing is a reality that when ubiquitous, will change the world, but isn’t going to replace digital leverage anytime soon.
Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame discusses our ethical universe on Main Street and whether our analog ethics are enough to hold digital fear and greed in equilibrium.
Anita Rosen
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the uses of technology and digital leverage and how far we still have to go ethically in order to use it safely.
Christopher Bishop
Christopher Bishop joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reasons why AI is so much more than just an algorithm or a robot, but more like a constellation of capability.
Christopher Bishop
Christopher Bishop joins Jim Blasingame to report on how fast and unrelenting AI is encroaching on every part of our lives and business.
Kathy Perry
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the new ways Facebooks is encroaching on your privacy with targeted ads, and other creepy practices.