ICTPODCAST

Michael is pragmatic and thoughtful— that is what I love to see in a leader-- he is also an economist.  Seeing the world through that lens creates opportunities for analytical perspectives leading to principled explanations for hard-to-solve problems.  Economists blend facts with human behaviors and that helps us understand where we have been and what we need to do to improve, moving forward.  Mic...

Sam Foreman is a leader.  He leads with his actions.  And he is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent people I know.  Make it a point in your life to find people you respect and engage in a conversation.  Listen empathically and the results are reciprocal advancement.  We are grateful for this enlightened and nourishing conversation with Mr. Sam Foreman. 

My father always tells me to enjoy the victories, no matter how small, and I know he is right.  Robert Feeney the Co-Founder of Ringorang by Knowledge as a Service (KaaS) comes back on the podcast because I love talking to him (and his Co-Founder BW Barkley— BW we will catch you on another convo) and Ringorang is celebrating some Milestones!  The work we do can be a grind and it is the grind that...

Dr. Galichia, a lifelong Kansan, is internationally recognized for the advancements and contributions he has made in the field of interventional cardiology.  Heart Disease is still the #1 killer in the United States and Dr. Galichia has made it his life's work to give people the opportunity to live full lives by treating cardiac and vascular diseases.  His work included the mentoring of hundreds o...

Golf is a great game for life; teaching character, focus, communication, glory, defeat and individual responsibility.  With all of those tremendous lessons to learn it makes sense to introduce kids to golf as early as possible.  And that is what the First Tee does— creates the opportunity for kids to participate.  When we participate we are better equipped to win in life.  Corey Novascone is leadi...

This is just the most fun episode… talking with great friends about the movies we love.  Remember that life needs to be fun and inspiring.  Movies bring us so much laughter and perspective.  Enjoy.

Advocating for free markets and the protection of your personal liberties is a work ethic.  It is not to be taken for granted.  Freedom is not free is true —  it has also been relegated to a slogan or bumper sticker— weakening the strength of that simple but powerful statement.  Freedom is our god given right.  It is not controversial.  And when you think of it as a work ethic you take responsibil...

More important than being an entrepreneur-- teaching others the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.  And that is exactly what Kylie and her organization, Youth Entrepreneurs does; they give young people the tools to create and contribute to society entrepreneurially.  YE has been fostering individual responsibility and freedom through its programs since the early 1990's.  Today they are launching Em...

Sveta grew up in communist Soviet Union. As the Soviet Union fell, her family wanted to come to America, Sveta went along because she had dreams of a better life for her and a better life for her future children.  It turns out that the freedom to choose has its advantages.  Sveta cam to the United States and took full advantage of the freedoms afforded to her.  She created a successful business, s...

Samantha comes back on the ictpdcast because we love talking with her and she has more entrepreneurial efforts to share.  She is the example of keeping at it in life because it is the only way you will detect and then utilize your unique abilities.  Samantha is Publishing 2 magazines now and they are successful because she connects people with her platform.  Activate your unique abilities and you'...

I'll bet you have a definition floating around in your head and I'll bet that its got some relevancy-- on the other hand, you are probably far off.  Blockchain is misunderstood.  So that is why we talk about it in definition and application with the President of Flint Hills Group, (a creator of awesome custom software) Dave Cunningham.   I make the case that Blockchain is simply a technology to im...

They have service in their Company name and that is because they have service in their hearts.  The best entrepreneurs have a connection with their product far greater than profit.  BW Barkley & Robert Feeney created their business out of a mutual desire to improve human behavior.  Changing behavior for the better is a very difficult thing to do.  And these characters took what they learned from y...

Entrepreneurs have a way of seeing obstacles as temporary impediments rather than a crippling problem.  Said another way, they do not focus on hurdles, they adapt and move forward in spite of them.  And in no case is that greater represented than the liquor business.  Laws are draconian in the state of Kansas (or at least they were) and an entrepreneur in that industry must be alert because the ru...

The measure of a strong community is in the ability to collaborate to increase capabilities and deliver a higher level of service for all.  The partnership between the Wichita Open and Kansas University School of Medicine Pediatrics exemplifies how private solutions impact the lives of a community.  The beneficiaries are the children and families in this Greater Wichita and that makes us all stron...

CULTURE WARS! This is most certainly an American conjured social construct and primarily a bunch of nonsense, but it sure is fun to talk about the affects culture has on us in this Awesome, wonderful, free country --that gives us all the opportunity to live and say the way we choose-- with Dr. Dix who is full of knowledge and interesting perspectives (yes I know this is a run on sentence).  Lets t...

I could tell from the first time I met Jacob that he would be a difference maker in the entrepreneurial community.  He has talked the talk and walked the walk— the most important of entrepreneurial traits.  And he has evolved and adapted to life as he presses to set higher goals and exceed expectations as he runs his own businesses and builds a family.  I enjoy this conversation with Jake Wayman. 

Prolific writer, Traditionally Published Sci-Fi Author and a man with a curious nature who studies people and their relationship with this earth and then talks about it-- Andy is one of my favorite conversations.  And it reminds of a a passage in a Kerouac novel, "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time..."

Don Cary, Ladies & Gentlemen, is a very interesting man and they say you must be interested to be interesting.  Don has an interest level in life, people and business of which I have rarely seen.  The businesses that he has created throughout his entrepreneurial career are not easy businesses with a low barrier to entry— they are hard businesses.  And Don does what the best entrepreneurs do, he ha...

Think it through, analyze, prepare, consider… or just do? Opportunities are great and there is a funny thing about them— if you don't take them there is a high probability that they won't come back.  Opportunity is in every one's life every day.  Take the ones that you know you should (and perhaps some you shouldn't). Clumsy or not, here I come.  Gonna find it and make it go. 

Brett Harris instantly grabs your attention.  It's possible that it is that charismatic garrulous voice that lures you in— courtesy of decades dominating FM radio.  I think its because he has done so many different things at the highest level and Brett delivers an authentic perspective.  His latest and greatest is the CBD business.  CBD has valuable properties and it has made lives better for mill...

Challenge yourself so that the real challenges in life don't derail your journey.  This is truth about people who do difficult things.  Author, Jennifer Strong McConachie invites this perspective in her new book Go Far: How Endurance Sports Help you win at Life.  Jennifer's calm confidence is inspiring.  Her experiences teach.   And it is remarkable how your life starts to open up when you learn....

PICKLEBALL.  This is the fastest growing sport in America.  You have heard of it and maybe you have even played it.  Today you get to listen to Pros who are at the pinnacle of this sport.  Matt Wright and Lucy Kovalova are National Champions in mixed doubles 4x over and not showing any signs of stopping.  This is a great sport because you can play almost anywhere and at any level of skill.  Today...

On October 2, 1970 the Wichita State Football team boarded 2 planes, the Black & the Gold, to go play Utah State.  The Black plane made it, the Gold plane crashed in the Rocky Mountains outside of Denver.  It is an American tragedy.  Ed Plopa was a Freshman on that team.  He was recruited from Pennsylvania to come play for the Shockers.  Ed was over-joyed to earn a scholarship to play football.  T...

I ask myself regularly, why do I love conversations with interesting people?  And it seems like a rhetorical question-- because they are interesting!  Interesting people think differently which leads to unique dialogue because largely its novel.  But there is more to it; interesting people share their perspective, they do not shy away from displaying an attitude inconconsistent with social norms,...

The fight game is tough.  Succeeding in the fight game is even tougher.  Tyler Stinson believed he could and he did.   Putting in the work and grinding out 40 professional fights over a 10 year period— your life evolves.  Tyler made his way back to Kansas when fighting was done and now he uses that wisdom to move people to a better life.  Whether it is your fitness or you want fight and compete— T...