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.

Mark Babbitt
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of digital ethics, why it’s important, but not easy to discuss.
Kathy Perry
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps Facebook is injecting some ethical bearing into the monster of a digital leverage platform they’ve created.
Kathy Perry
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a micro-influencer is on social media, and whether associating with one is the right thing to do for your business.
Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the high-level technology areas to pay attention to, especially in regard to the blockchain capability as well as digital ethics.
Shawn Vij
Shawn Vij joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the evidence that the way we take ethical behavior for granted won’t work in the digital age.
Jeff Zbar
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the recent ethical breaches of corporations and why consumers have to be more aware of the ethical elements of doing business in the digital age.
Judith Glaser
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the speed of digital leverage and how we reconcile that power with Conversational Intelligence and our ethical imperatives.
Judith Glaser
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to explain how we can each expand our Conversational Intelligence capacity, including being open, listening, and a few others.
Judith Glaser
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Conversational Intelligence is, how it has progressed, whether it’s regressing, and its association with our ethical catalog.
Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame celebrates his 20th anniversary on the radio by revealing that in the next 20 years, we’ll have to focus on the ethics of using digital leverage.