The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Transformation Economy by THRESHOLD

Peter Block, an esteemed author and consultant from Cincinnati, shares his transformative ideas on empowerment, stewardship, and community building. He discusses how adopting new behaviors can enhance professional effectiveness, urging listeners to rethink their approach to customer relationships. The conversation highlights the importance of genuine human connections in a technology-driven world and the necessity of asking the right questions to foster creativity and accountability in leadership. Block's insights challenge conventional thinking, inspiring innovative change.

Without the value conversation, there can be NO value pricing. Without the ability to have this conversation, value pricing is dead on arrival. Without knowing what the perceived value is, there is no way to use it as the primary influence in the setting of a price. So why do professionals not engage in the value conversation? The answer is simple: it is difficult to do (a secondary reason: they fear they don’t provide anything of real value; that what they do is a “commodity”). There is no question that the value conversation requires a high level of skill, the ability to focus deeply, and lots of practice. Join Ed and Ron as they discuss the elements of conducting an effective value conversation: Questioning, listening, moving off the solution, and getting to value.

“Trickle Down Economics” is hurled around as a pejorative by politicians, the media, and other opponents of free markets. Yet there is no such theory in learned histories of economic thought. It’s a non-existent theory, a caricature of reality. So why is it continually used to describe supply-side economic policies, such as tax cuts, deregulation, and other policies to incentivize more risk taking, capital investment, and entrepreneurship? Join Ed and Ron as they discuss how economies and wealth creation really work.

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. 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 of others and consequently refusing to bear the full costs of those actions. This means Ed and Ron will free ride off of the news, and each other, with no advanced knowledge of the events either will bring up. If you’d like to call-in during the live show, the listener line is: 866-472-5790. You can also participate on Twitter at #ASKTSOE, @asktsoe, or email us at asktsoe@verasage.com.

For 2,400 years patients believed doctors were doing good; for 2,300 years they were wrong. Until the invention of antibiotics in the 1940s doctors, in general, did their patients more harm than good. Why do bad ideas die hard? Why do professions and professionals cling to ineffective theories and methods? Join Ed and Ron as they discuss two important books that illustrate the need for us to constantly challenge our core assumptions about the way world works: Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates, by David Wootton, and The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine, by Lindsey Fitzharris.

Ron and Ed are thrilled to be interviewing Barry Melancon, President & CEO, American Institute of CPAs and CEO, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Barry joined the AICPA in 1995 when he was 37 years old, and is now the longest serving CEO in the organization’s 129 year history. Under his tenure, the AICPA has grown to become the largest membership body of CPAs in the world and has spearheaded a number of initiatives to benefit not only the profession, but also investors, business owners, lenders and the general public. These include audit quality centers; private company reporting standards; eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL); the computerized CPA exam; and two consumer financial literacy education programs.

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do “Free-Rider Friday.” Most of our shows are “topic” driven, where we dive deep into one subject. 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 of others and consequently refusing to bear the full costs of those actions. This means Ed and Ron will free ride off of the news, and each other, with no advanced knowledge of the events either will bring up. If you’d like to call-in during the live show, the listener line is: 866-472-5790. You can also participate on Twitter at #ASKTSOE, @asktsoe, or email us at asktsoe@verasage.com.

Peter Senge posits the Laws of Systems Thinking in Chapter 4 of in his seminal work, The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. During this show, Ron and Ed will introduce you to the basic concepts of Systems Thinking and discuss the laws by giving specific examples of how they manifest themselves in business today.

Thousands of business 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 business books they read in 2017.

Ed and Ron will discuss some of their favorite shows from 2017; discuss a selection of best books that they read during the year; comment on the notable people we lost in 2017 as well as some other topics.