The Mel Blackwell Experience

Ronald Reagan 1981 - America! Business Best Practice: Agency, Capability Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) Can do - and will do makes the team - We find the way to do it. Beware "Can't Do" leaders Friends, tomcats, and cat pee Bats in the Belfry- Oh MY! LCD - protects Square wheeled Wagons Lower the slope includes a radical disdain for LCD Thomas Sowell - A Conflict of Visions: Constrained versus Un...

Three Laughing Monks Business Best Practice: Laughter at work, Joy and the source, Be easy to do business with, Honor the brand in all interactions, Be willing to fight for what you were promised Bewilling to lead to deliver what you promised, Don't make your problems my problems.  Mel Blackwell joins Niels on The Business Leadership Podcast: Excerpt from Discussion between Niels Brabandt. Niels h...

Denzel Washington - The Critics, Business Best Practice: Traction has to be built from within your culture.  Art Williams on Culture. Just Do it. Tommy Tuberville and Tim Burchett on Waste fraud and abuse. 

The Man on the Middle Cross! - Alistair Begg Business Best Practice: All Metrics Improve with Culture! People being their worst self cannot implement real business best practice!  The Best Pledge(TM) - transform your culture, lift all metrics, achieve real traction in 2026 Ho your Row in 2026 Stop doing the 5 dumbest things you do in business CS Lewis The Abolition of Man: Benjamin McLean, Neil Sh...

Jimmy Stewart - On Its A Wonderful Life Business Best Practice: Merit Based: Fair and Honest Culture is the Baby Crib, The Baby is the Business, and the Rattlesnake is the threat How to win in business by shunning DEI New Days - Old Ways, Elites suppressing Common Man  The American Republic is a Unicorn, historically English Fencing Laws, Irish Famine - Old ways looking for new days Cows, Pigs, De...

John Wayne - God Bless America Business Best Practice: Driving the "How to get there" vision The sub-vision is the journey; how to get to the ultimate vision destination Best practice: Self -> Selves -> Team -> Teams (TM) Answering 20-30 years olds on  why America is still worth fighting  The American Republic is a Unicorn, historically Self Rule, the founding fathers’ ages, and freedom P...

JD Vance on "Do not Despair!, Business Best Practice – If you aren't wrecking, you aren't riding!  Building the Empowerment Culture to push opportunity down and allow people to grow. Are you unwittingly building a culture of almost hitting goals? We start doing our job at goal. Building a "special circumstances" response team to handle crisis at the speed of business. What to make of the Anti-Isra...

Charlie Kirk on Wisdom, Business Best Practice – Hierarchy of Wisdom: Feel - Hear - See; Using Feel-Hear-See to unite behind one vision shared by all, and then to create such an effective use of language = Nothing we set our minds to can we not do; What or Who is the source of truth? How does Feel - Hear – See help businesspeople be discerning, decisive and bold? Kristy Noem on Mexican Drug Cartel...

Featuring Jordan Peterson and Charlie Kirk Discussion, Business Best Practice of Momentum as a MAJOR metric on the dashboard, Kerr Starmer on Digital ID and Tyranny, Joe Rogan on the madness of citizen rights abuses in the UK, Canada’s Gun Grab, RFK Jr on the convergence of technology, capability and Tyranny, Bill Maher on Islam as a unique oppressor (no both sides crap), Jordan Peterson and Charl...

Charlie Kirk – Christian, Patriot defending being both a Christian and a nationalist, Elon Musk on insanity of the left, Tusli Gabbard on the peace of Charlie Kirk, RFK Jr - Charlie Kirk led him to unite with Donald Trump, Steve Bannon on Gov. Cox, Charlie Kirk and Antifa, The Peaceful gentle Charlie Kirk - Megan Kelly and Don Trump Jr, Mark Driscoll on the killer, demons and Luciferianism, Crazy...

Kevin O’Leary on Signal Versus Noise, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, Business Best Practice: Identifying key issues, prioritizing them, and focusing the execution of your team on the signal, not the noise. Charlie Kirk on America, Tim Cain on rights come from government, Iryna Zarutska tragic murder, Steven Miller, Tommy Robinson on UK rapes, American reports on living in London, EU Digital ID Tyranny,...

Featuring Jordan Peterson on Trust, Betrayal, and the Underworld. Trust as a business Best Practice, Business Best Practice - Back to basics, the sandbox ethics, "Taking Care of Things", Cracker Barrel, JD Vance, Matt Van Swol, RFK Jr on Cause for Autism being disclosed in September, It takes a crazy evil person to kill innocent children in cold blood, Christian Persecution worldwide, and Jerry Se...

Featuring Ronald Reagan Effective government, Special interest needs to be middle class, Business Best Practice - Jordan Peterson Negotiating, The Razor, Improve debate tactics 100 fold, The Angel, Nick Freitas on Communists, Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals - Tulsi Gabbard on same script, Sam Kinison Solution for Starving People, Victor Davis Hansen on arrogance of Democrat position as rulers, J...

Featuring Billy Graham Wisdom, Blinded or Gifted Sight? Business Best Practice - Truth: The ultimate Best Practice,  Joe Rogan on Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Roman Tamplolskiy,  Blessed is President Trump the Peacemaker? President Trump on crime ridden DC and cities, RFK Jr on crisis in children and schools, Act Blue, Ghost Mortgages and Money Laundering Scam? and Nate Bargatze 

Featuring Thomas Sowell Intellectuals and Society, Intellectuals Embrace "Moral High Ground" - why?, Business Best Practice - Master of the Obvious and LDIB (Less Detail Is Better), Best Practice for How Leaders Can Lead in Merger Acquisition Situations, Step-by-Step Leading and Managing Merger Culture, Mel Gibson on Maui Plan and Palisades Debacle, Thomas Sowell on Marxism as magnificent model fo...

Featuring Jordan Peterson on The Tower of Babel, Business Best Practice - Decisive and Discerning Leadership, Best Practice for How Leaders Can Overcome in Trying Times, Leveraging Sound "Directional Decisions", Connect the Dot Adjustments, Jordan Peterson - Tower of Babel/Totalitarianism, Speed of Business Best Practice, Force for Good,  Howard Lutnick, Russia Russia Russia. President Trump Janks...

Featuring Jordan Peterson on Need for Strong Men, Danger of Weak Men, Business Best Practice - Riding the You Horse, Best Practice for How Leaders Can Overcome in Stressful, Unleveraged Situations, Manly Constructs Versus Godly Divine Design, Feed the Good Wolf, Mike Rowe, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Mike Benz on Obama and the Smith Mundt Act, and Shane Gillis! Mel is a masterful storyteller and spe...

Featuring President Ronald Reagan - Independence Day, Best Practice: "If you are going to be dumb, you better be tough", The Copy - Paste of Best Practice, Stefan Molyneux Inner Monologue - Voices in our head, Benny Hill on AOC from Bronx? Zohran Mamdoni's real heritage, Stephen Miller on the Border, JD Vance on middlemen grifters, and Dennis Miller. Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who...

Featuring President Teddy Roosevelt - Man in The Arena, Best Practice: "What, How, When", The Pensacola Christmas Firing, Pay the bad guys to go away..., President Trump, Pete Hegseth, General Dan "Raisin'" Cain, Alex Newman, and Rodney Dangerfield. Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, a...

Featuring Bo Jackson, Best Practice: Never Negotiate with Yourself, The "Talk About Talking" people, Jon Solomon and Amanda Head, Mike Benz, Mark Driscoll, President Trump, Cortes on Wind Energy, Scott Bessent, and Dave Chappelle. Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, and practical strate...

Featuring Mr. Rogers, Uncommon Sense Business Culture, Everyone That Works For us Has a Sign on His/Her Chest That Says "Make Me Feel Special." Art Williams. Mediocrity is the Death of Excellence. Tommy Boy. Drone Attack on Russian Nuclear Aircraft: Dick Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham, Caroline Leavitt, Steve Bannon, Gen Mike Flynn, Poso, Chinese viruses, and Stephen Wright. Mel is a masterful storyte...

Episode 5: Featuring Neal Ford, Business Culture Kung Fu, The Scorpion and the Frog, The Frog Pond, Erin Brockovich, Tom Fitton, President Trump, and Dave Chappelle.  Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, and practical strategies, delivered with a plain-spoken charm that captivates audien...

Episode 4: Featuring Nick Saban, Insight on Business Culture, Problem Worship and transforming to a Solution Culture, Pres Ramaphosa, President Trump,  Elon Musk, Optimus Robots, and the Fruitcake Lady. Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, and practical strategies, delivered with a plain...

Episode 3: Featuring Art Williams, Elon Musk, The Blues Brothers, Scott Bessent, Mike Benz, Mark Driscoll, Norm McDonald, President Trump and RFK Jr. Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, and practical strategies, delivered with a plain-spoken charm that captivates audiences.

Episode 2: May 8 2025: Mel is a masterful storyteller and speaker who transforms leadership lessons into unforgettable experiences. His talks blend humor, vivid metaphors, and practical strategies, delivered with a plain-spoken charm that captivates audiences. Attendees leave not only entertained but also equipped with actionable tools to drive success in their organizations.