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.

Steven Gaffney
Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to look at doing business in a truthful and ethical way as a best practice.
Charles Wheelan
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the significant potential impact of blockchains / distributed ledgers in our future as an important lever on many levels as well as perhaps the greatest disrupter.
Steve DelBianco
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether a global entity, not unlike ICANN, could manage a global blockchain environment that would hold digital fear and greed in equilibrium.
Mike Daniels
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on how authoritarian governments like China, Russia and Iran are controlling the Internet in their countries to impede international commerce and restrict information.
Scott Aurnou
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the world of the Internet of Things, and why he thinks it could become a very dangerous exposure to cyber-attacks.
Jack Uldrich
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Blockchains – aka distributed ledgerd – are designed to do, and how it will increasingly be part of your financial and online life.
Brett Clay, Ph.D
Brett Clay joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how humanity has developed over the millennia regarding our ethical behavior.
Mike Daniels
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the U.S. government is playing out of its league regarding Internet issues when dealing with China, which sees the Internet as a weapons platform, not an information highway.
Joseph Nyre
Dr. Joseph Nyre joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role that studying ethics plays in the education and pursuit of all disciplines, irrespective of any faith-based curriculum.
John Horvat II
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to lament the detrimental impact of reality TV on the U.S. culture regarding how it defined deviancy down, plus the erosion of our commitment to Judeo-Christian ethics.