Value Creators

In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Professor Mohammad Keyhani to explore generativity — the ability of ideas, tools, and technologies to create more ideas and innovations beyond...

What does it really take to build a successful entrepreneurial business—and a successful entrepreneurial life? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with entrepreneur and author James...

Customer experience is the new gold — valuable, and becoming more valuable. In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Sujay Saha, CEO of Cortico-X, a leader in experience design, to...

What do billion-dollar founders see that the rest of us don’t? What separates those who build legacies from those who just build businesses? And how can storytelling—not just strategy—be the most powerful tool for...

In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Ryan Turnipseed about the greatest enemy of entrepreneurial value creation: bureaucracy. Value creation is a universal economic goal, so how and...

Corporations were built for stability, hierarchy, and control—but the world now moves in networks, flows, and continuous change. In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Dr. Ross Wirth...

What does it mean to build a civilization that advances forever—and what role do entrepreneurs play in that project? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings interviews John Deming (author) and...

This episode has been reposted from Strategy Meets Reality Podcast. How do organizations create meaningful value in a world that’s complex, nonlinear, and constantly changing? In this episode of The Value Creators...

Why do customers choose one offering over another—often in a split second? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings talks with Duncan Berry, PhD, a consultant to leading brands at the intersection...

How should entrepreneurs act when uncertainty is everywhere—from volatile markets to chaotic policies and global instability? In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Jeremy Vesta helps us explore the role of...

AI is now at the leading edge of value creation, where creativity, innovation and new business thinking will exercise great leverage. Entrepreneurs - and especially young entrepreneurs unburdened with the baggage of old...

Many businesses and business functions are grappling with the question of the role of AI in future value creation, none more so than marketing agencies and the marketing function in business. Bryan Phelps is CEO of the...

How do you design a company—and an AI—that leads with empathy? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Stephen Sakach, founder and CEO of The Zero Company and creator of aiCMO, an...

The robots are here. Are they useful? Are they ethical? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Marianela Nanninga, CEO of ToDo Robotics. Marianela shares her journey from global tech...

What does it take to unlock capital in a system full of red tape, landmines, and outdated institutions? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings is joined by Dave Kotter, CEO of Integrity Capital...

Entrepreneurial leaders are focused on value for others, especially customers and colleagues. They deliver through innovation, which is the implementation of a better future for those customers and colleagues. This...

What makes a business truly stand out in the hyper-competitive challenge to create customer value? It’s not just the product—it’s the experience, and the system that generates and sustains it. In this episode of The...

How do you build a retail business around passion—and scale it successfully? What does it mean to think in systems, not just solve problems? In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with...

How we lead is who we are. In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Becky Schmooke—entrepreneur, leadership coach, and author of Choose the Handle That Holds. Becky shares how the...

The term alternative investments refers to investment opportunities that the financial regulators want to preserve for financial elites and protect from the average “retail investor” like you and me. They’re investments...

How does entrepreneurship truly drive economic growth, and why is it often ignored in mainstream economic models? What role does imagination play in creating market-changing value? In this episode of the Value Creators...

Can companies operate effectively without bosses, titles, or hierarchies? How can organizations empower employees to take full ownership of their roles while maintaining accountability and productivity? In this episode...

What if the traditional view of leadership—an individual who is assertively bold, visionary, and all-powerful—was actually harmful? What if leadership is not about commanding authority but interpersonal relationships...

How can businesses shift from rigid, hierarchical structures to agile, fast-moving organizations that adapt to change effortlessly? What if businesses could remove bottlenecks, eliminate bureaucracy, and enable...

Real estate is more than buying and selling properties—it’s about creating value for tenants, investors, and communities. How do you scale a real estate business from a single duplex to managing thousands of units? How...