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.

Jeff Zbar
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new service the USPS is rolling out where they send you a listing and possibly pics of the mail you’re going to receive today.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways small businesses can use the blockchain platform to gain access to capital and conduct business globally.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different ways the small business sector can disregard historical intermediaries by using blockchain contracts to start and fulfill business relationships globally.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the way businesses should think about how to define blockchain and how they can use it to their advantage.
Soulaima Gourani
Soulaima Gourani joins Jim Blasingame to report on how human work and AI will intersect and interact over the coming decades, and change how we work in the process.
Arky Ciancutti
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to use trust to accomplish civility in a world that is increasingly moving from miles per hour to billions of bits per second.
Janet Christy
Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons you might not be successful responding to RFPs, including not fulfilling the specifications.
Joe Tankersley
Joe Tankersley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that humans have the ultimate control over how intrusive and dangerous artificial intelligence is in our lives and future.
Soulaima Gourani
Soulaima Gourani joins Jim Blasingame to report on how human work and AI will intersect and interact over the coming decades, and change how we work in the process.
Steve DelBianco
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the results of polling that indicates most people don’t want tech giants to be subject to anti-trust, and debate whether it’s in the nature of those companies to operate ethically.