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Episode #46. Digital Enablement: Customer-Led Business, Subjective Value, and Empathy with David Kramer

Digital enablement and AI are revolutionizing how companies operate and reshaping the economy. At the core of this transformation remains a fundame…

Episode #45 – Embrace the Hyper-Entrepreneurial Era: Creating Innovations to Serve Customers’ Needs (Working On Purpose Podcast Repost)

This episode is a repost from The Working On Purpose Podcast Capitalism comes in for criticism, despite the fact that this economic system has result…

Episode #44 – Understanding Customer Capitalism: A Conversation With Hunter Hastings (Innovation Meets Leadership Podcast Repost)

In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings, an economist and corporate marketing professional, is interviewed by Natalie Born, h…

Episode # 43 Understanding the Decline of Customer Capitalism: The Impact of Financialization and the Importance of Empathy in Business (The Learn-It-All Podcast Repost)

The decline of customer capitalism and the shift in support for capitalism among young people highlights the need for a cultural transformation in bus…

Episode #42 – Yasmin Davidds on How Becoming A Better Human Makes You A Better Leader

Yasmin Davidds, president & CEO of Dr. Yasmin Davidds Leadership Institute and Multicultural Women's Executive Leadership Institute advocates for a le…

Episode #41 – Projjal Ghatak On Harmonization Via Collaborative Team Development

Teams are the new focal point of organizational design and organizational function. Motivation - quantified as “energy” by Proijal Ghatak and Onlo…

Episode #40 – Kimberlee Josephson: A Better Understanding of the Role of Business in Society

Kimberlee Josephson is an associate professor of business at Lebanon Valley College, and an insightful and energetic promoter of entrepreneurship and…

Episode #38 – Professor Mark Packard On the Future Of Business Education

Entrepreneurship can be learned via philosophy and principles: cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, fostering adaptability, and problem-solving ski…

Episode #37: Bill Aulet Disciplined Entrepreneurship

Disciplined entrepreneurship refers to an approach to starting and growing a business that emphasizes rigorous application, methodical processes, and …

Episode #36 Aberrant Capitalism: The Decay and Revival of Customer Capitalism

Capitalism fosters widespread prosperity. But we must acknowledge a set of emerging hazards associated with corporate management practices, and take p…

Episode #35. Maisie Ganzler: You Can’t Market Manure At Lunchtime

Sustainability in the food supply chain has become a vital consideration for the resolution of food chain risk. It’s also become a mission for some …

Episode #34. David Kong’s Entrepreneurial Voyage from Finance to Fine Glassware

David Kong discusses his transition from Finance to Entrepreneurship and the process of building a supply chain for a product with exclusive features,…

Episode #33 Mike DeKock on Building Competitive Advantage

How do the value creation principles of subjective value, entrepreneurship and creativity apply in a highly technical rules-based environment like SOC…

Episode #32. Jeff Amerine on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Jeff Amerine and Hunter Hastings, discuss the detailed process of building startup ecosystems and fostering entrepreneurship. Jeff Amerine, emphasizes…

Episode #31. Christian Sandstrom: How Entrepreneurial Initiatives Beat Government-Backed Missions

In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, dive deep into the classic battle between market-driven innovation and centrally planned industrial pol…

Episode #30. Kartik Gada: The Impact Of AI on Entrepreneurship

Hunter Hastings and Kartik Gada discuss the transformative dynamics of the digital economy and its profound implications for society, economics, and g…

Episode #29. Raushan Gross on Entrepreneurial Value Creation in the AI Economy

Professor Raushan Gross, who teaches Business Management And Leadership at Pfeiffer University, has focused his most recent research on the impact and…

Episode #28. Chet Richards: Certain To Win

Chet Richards discusses the intersection of military strategy and business leadership, offering valuable insights for navigating complex environments.…

Episode #27. Mark McGrath on Entrepreneurship Versus Managerialism

Adaptive entrepreneurship refers to a dynamic approach to business leadership and business practice that embraces continuous learning, rapid adaptatio…

Episode #26. 11 New Mental Models for Business

Mental models are defined as fundamental assumptions that shape the way individuals perceive and interact with the world. When our mental models are w…

Episode #24. Amanda Goodall on The Power Of Expert Leaders

In our ongoing series investigating leadership in business - coming from the skeptical perspective of “Is there such a thing?” - we meet Amanda Go…

Episode #22. Cynthia Kay on Small Business, Big Success

We live in a video age, which opens up a vast array of entrepreneurial pathways. Video is a field for open-ended free creative expression, as well as …

Episode #21. Forging New Relationships Between Entrepreneurs and Capital with LaSean Smith

LaSean Smith outlines a business investment partnership built on permanent capital, emphasizing long-term commitment and trust-building between an inv…

Episode #20. Julie Kantor and Felice Ekelman on How To Thrive With A Hybrid Workplace

The nature of work has changed, so how we manage it must change, too. As businesses barrel along into the fast-changing digital age, we find that the…

Episode #19. Trini Amador on The Theory of Talkability

Trini Amador is the Value Creators’ go-to guru for all things marketing. He has a long career as CEO of a global branding consultancy, BHC Consultin…

Episode #18. Anthony Iannarino on The Negativity Fast

We all suffer from negativity. That’s a business risk for entrepreneurs, since we are in the business of running lots of experiments, some of which …

Episode #17. Jeremy Vesta: Curally, Nurse-Coaching, and Medicine 3.0

Jeremy Vesta is a Value Creator in a field where value creation is intensely focused on the experiences of individual consumers: health care. He’s C…

Episode #16. Beverlee Rasmussen On Systems For Organized And Profitable Small Business

Don’t manage, build systems. Many small business owners experience frustration in trying to manage their businesses. So many things can get in the …

Episode #15. Damon Lembi: The Learn-It-All Leader

Damon Lembi is CEO of LearnIt, a service company dedicated to helping all firms to become learning organizations. He is the go-to expert on learning, …

Episode #14. Josefine Campbell on The Personal Energy Of Agile

Agile is the most important and most impactful management innovation of the 21st Century. It’s the approach of stripping away all bureaucratic and p…

Episode #13. Ben Johnson On The Evolution of Software Entrepreneurship

It is evident that in today's economy, AI & software are extremely powerful tools in business, creative pursuits, and innovation. In this episode…

Episode #12. Mark McGrath On Adaptive Entrepreneurial Management

Mark McGrath of AGLX has developed a management approach he calls The Adaptive Entrepreneurial Method. He combines the insights of John Boyd and the e…

Episode #11. James Burstall On The Flexible Method

There’s a considerable debate among consultants and academics regarding the definition of management: what is it? Is it a science, is it a process, …

Episode #10. John Tamny Entrepreneurs Don’t Meet Needs, They Lead Them

Entrepreneurs aren't just about meeting needs; they're all about setting trends and leading the way. Think of the big names like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs…

The Value Creators Podcast Episode #9. Mark Packard on Subjectivism

At the Value Creators, we favor a much different business model than the one that’s traditionally taught in business school. Our model focuses on va…

The Value Creators Podcast Episode #8. Peter Lewin on Capital Value

What is capital? Capital is value. And since all value is subjective, capital can be understood as the value subjectively attributed to any resources…

Episode #7. Hermann Simon: Hidden Champions Of Value Creation

The vast majority of businesses – the very backbone of the economic system – are derogatorily defined as small and medium enterprises by governmen…

Episode #5. Adam Bryant on Leadership In Business: It’s More Than Just Business School Contrivance

Is there such a thing as leadership in business? Or is it a manufactured concept to sell books and executive education courses from big name business …

Episode #4. Reza Farhani: Navigating the Future of Work: Insights on Culture, Communication, and Entrepreneurship

Successful innovation is a combination of deep customer knowledge and deep technical knowledge. Both are critical, and it is the unique combination of…

Episode #3. Jason LaBaw: Culture And Technology Amidst High-Speed Change

You need two types of knowledge to succeed in the business world- specialized technical knowledge and deep customer knowledge. This will allow you to …

Episode #2. John M. Jennings: Mental Models Are The Uncertainty Solution

In a complex world full of uncertainty, all businesspeople and entrepreneurs can draw guidance from shared mental models that help us make better choi…

1. Curt Carlson: For Value Creators, The Customer Is The Business Model

Curt Carlson is both the leading theorist and the leading practitioner of the economic science of value creation – the practice and discipline firms follow…