Episodes

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...

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.

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 ...

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.

Ed and Ron will be joined by VeraSage Fellow Matthew Burgess, a pioneer in subscription pricing in a law firm.

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 ...

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...

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.

Ed and Ron discuss the best books they read in 2019.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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?

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 ...