Ron and Ed are excited to bring back to the show Jody Thompson, co-founder of the Results-only Work Environment. The sudden transition of many of us to work from home status is really only the first step toward transforming the culture of our organizations. Jody will share with us what has to happen next. About Jody Jody Thompson is a world-recognized future workplace expert and change-maker who has been featured on the covers of BusinessWeek, Workforce Management Magazine, HR Magazine, and HR E...
Apr 10, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ed, Ron for our second interview with Dr. Paul Thomas, Founder of Plum Health DPC (Direct Primary Care), to discuss COVID-19, and his experience dealing with this from the front lines. Also, his new revolutionary business model in medicine. Is this the cure for our broken healthcare system, and how’s it going so far?
Apr 03, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free Rider Friday As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions ...
Mar 27, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Freeman Dyson in the report from the 2001 World Economic Forum defined the Precautionary Principle as that if some course of action carries even a remote chance of irreparable damage to the ecology, then you shouldn’t do it, no matter how great the possible advantages of the action may be. You are not allowed to balance costs against benefits when deciding what to do. In this episode, Ron and Ed will speak about the implications of the precautionary principle on society in general and on busines...
Mar 20, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Some 60-70% of projects fail, according to McKinsey, Bain, Gartner and Harvard Business Review, because the people side of change is not considered, and preparations are not in place to help individuals succeed in making the shift. Technology, mergers, acquisition or process evolution alone do not drive change within your organization; it is people adopting the changes that determine success. Like following a recipe, Change Management is personalized and provides actionable items you can do to m...
Mar 13, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast The flip side of the placebo effect is the nocebo effect. The nocebo effect can see us manifest side effects of a 'treatment', which can be as broad as vomiting, pain, headaches and even, it is argued, death. In a new feature, the BBC calls the nocebo effect the contagious thought that could kill you. Join Ed and Ron as they discuss these two effects.
Mar 06, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free Rider Friday As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions ...
Feb 28, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ed and Ron as they discuss updates on the Subscription Business Model, and how it could be adapted to various industries, including professional firms.
Feb 21, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew Burgess co-founded View Legal in 2014, having been a partner and lawyer at one of Australia’s leading independent law firms for over 17 years. Matthew’s passion is helping clients to successfully achieve their goals. Matthew specialises in tax, estate and succession planning, providing strategic advice to business owners and high net worth individuals, and recognised in the ‘Best Lawyers’ list since 2014 in relation to trusts and estates and in ‘Doyles’ either personally or as part of Vi...
Feb 14, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ed and Ron as they discuss the contributions of Clayton Christensen, one of our favorite business authors and thinkers. According to Wikipedia: Clayton Magleby Christensen (April 6, 1952 – January 23, 2020) was an American academic and business consultant who served as the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He was best known for his theory of disruptive innovation, first introduced in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, which has been ...
Feb 07, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free-Rider Friday! As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions...
Jan 31, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast What you can measure you can manage. Tying metrics to strategy has become critical in business, and this can create all sorts of moral hazards. An article from the September-October 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review explored some of these hazards in “Don’t Let Metrics Undermine Your Business,” by Michael Harris and Bill Tayler. Join Ed and Ron as they discuss why “what you can measure you can manage” is actually dangerous thinking, and what to do instead.
Jan 24, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thousands of books are published each year. Some are worthless, fewer still have lasting value, but a handful possess the ability to transform your business (and possibly, your life). Yet with today’s busy and demanding schedules, do you feel you don’t devote enough time to reading and absorbing new ideas? Then this show is for you. Ed and Ron will explore the best books they read in 2019.
Jan 17, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lawyers skeptical about the possibility of offering a subscription-based service for legal services should join Ed and Ron for our discussion with Jon Tobin, founder of Counsel for Creators LLP, a next-generation law firm focused on the needs of creative businesses and individuals. They have reengineered and redesigned the law firm experience for the 21st century. By leveraging cutting-edge technology they are able to make legal services more cost-effective and accessible, on a subscription-base...
Jan 10, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ed and Ron will discuss some of their favorite shows and guests from 2019, comment on the notable people we lost, and other notable events from the year.
Jan 03, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free-Rider Friday! As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions...
Dec 27, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ron and Ed are thrilled to welcome Dr. Keith Smith co-founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and the Free Market Medical Association. Dr. G. Keith Smith is a board-certified anesthesiologist in private practice since 1990. SCO is owned by over 50 of the top physicians and surgeons in central Oklahoma. Dr. Smith serves as the medical director, CEO and managing partner while maintaining an active anesthesia practice. In 2009, Dr. Smith launched a website that displays SCO’s all-inclusive pricin...
Dec 20, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Karl Marx wrote that “The final phase of a historic political system is comedy.” Did the telling of jokes tumble the old Soviet system? George Orwell wrote that “Every joke is a tiny revolution.” Jokes were the communist system’s jazz, the music of the oppressed. Jokes eased psychological pain; helped forge trust between contemporaries; helped make sense of their lives. Join Ed and Ron for a rollicking look at Communist Humor, and some of the better jokes that were told during its reign.
Dec 13, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it possible for family physician to operate under a subscription-based business model, priced below what you pay for your mobile phone service? What about services not covered by the subscription? Could those be priced with full certainty and transparency? Join Ed, Ron and Dr. Paul Thomas, Founder of Plum Health DPC (Direct Primary Care), to discuss this new revolutionary business model in medicine. Is this the cure for our broken healthcare system?
Dec 06, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free-Rider Friday! As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions...
Nov 22, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are excited to welcome back on the show Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy in the UK. Rory has delivered several TED talks, along with many others, including our favorite, a Zeitgeist talk he delivered to Google. They are all incredibly thought-provoking, and rooted in behavioral, and Austrian, economics. In his spare time, Rory collects self-aggrandizing job titles. He was President of the Direct Jury at Cannes in 2007, and was elected President of the Institute of Practitioners in Adver...
Nov 15, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ed, Ron and special guest Reginald Lee, author of Lies, Damned Lies, and Cost Accounting as well as Strategic Cost Transformation as they discuss the sessions they delivered at the Ohio Society of CPAs' 2019 Cleveland Accounting Show.
Nov 08, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re excited to speak with Tom Hall, a millennial (we say that tongue-in-cheek) from the UK, studying economics and political science at the University of Bristol, UK. He produced a report on the billable hour and timesheets. He sent us a list of questions, which were excellent, so we are happy to have the chance to speak with him about his findings.
Nov 01, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free-Rider Friday! As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions...
Oct 25, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andy Armanino started his career with Arthur Young as an auditor and joined Armanino LLP in 1989 where he built a full-service audit offering before becoming, at 29, the youngest partner in the firm’s history. In 2005, he was elected to Managing Partner where he served until his retirement from Armanino in 2018. Andy’s leadership helped propel the firm to be one of the fastest growing and best managed firms in the US, earning awards and accolades from the profession for its entrepreneurial spiri...
Oct 18, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ed and I are honored to have Chris “Elroy” Stricklin back on the show for the third time. We will be discussing his new book, released October 1, 2019, Survivor’s Obligation: Navigating an Intentional Life. Chris Stricklin ejected from the F-16 he was piloting during a Thunderbirds air show. Joel Neeb was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal cancer. Against the odds, both survived. Chris and Joel met years after their individual life-changing events and discovered they both had a desire to shar...
Oct 11, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ed and Ron as they discuss the chapter that didn't make it into Ron's book, Implementing Value Pricing: A Radical Business Model for Professional Firms. Topics such as: Is the Salvation Army the most effective organization on the planet?; why people work; becoming a lightening rod for talent; the importance of continuous learning; work-life balance; are professionals really knowledge workers?; negative human capital, and more.
Oct 04, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the glorious tradition of afternoon naps and Taco Tuesday, we are fast approaching the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing…Free Rider Friday As many know, our typical show is “topic” driven. We dive deep into one subject for the length of the show, usually with a guest or two. Free Rider Fridays are designed to be “event” driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions ...
Sep 27, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ed and Ron are honored to have our three VeraSage colleagues, and Australian lawyers, on the show for the second time: John Chisholm, Matthew Burgess, and David Wells. We will discuss what's happening with Value Pricing in Australasia, and peel back the curtain on this November's VeraSage DownUnder Symposium.
Sep 20, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for our second interview with Accounting Profession Thought Leader Joe Woodard. Joe and his company has adopted a powerful vision: To transform small business through small business advisors. Its purpose is an extension of its vision – a single statement that shapes every task Woodard performs to achieve its vision: We empower small business advisors. We will discuss the current and future state of the accounting profession, innovation Joe sees taking place, Value Pricing diffusion, alon...
Sep 13, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
