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Episode #76. Bureaucracy vs. Entrepreneurship: How Bureaucratic Thinking Destroys Value Creation with Ryan Turnipseed

October 15, 2025 /0 Comments/in /by

Bureaucracy is the hidden enemy of entrepreneurship. In this conversation with Ryan Turnipseed, Hunter Hastings unpacks how rules, managerialism, and corporate structures stifle creativity and redirect businesses away from delivering real value. Ryan shares insights from Burnham and Mises, explains why bureaucracies endure, and highlights how entrepreneurs can break free—using autonomy, decisiveness, and a focus on consumers. If you lead a business, this episode is a guide to dismantling barriers and building adaptive, value-driven organizations.

Episode #75. From Structure to Flow: How Organizations Evolve Beyond Industrial-Era Mindsets with Dr. Ross Wirth

October 9, 2025 /0 Comments/in /by

What does it take to build an organization that can actually adapt—not just talk about change?
In this episode, Hunter Hastings interviews Dr. Ross Rushworth to explore why most corporate change programs collapse and why real transformation comes from granting autonomy and judgment at the edges of the organization. Rushworth argues that decentralization is not delegation—it’s true ownership, and that entrepreneurial intent, not managerial control, must guide strategic direction.
If you’re a leader navigating complexity, this episode offers a practical, experience-based framework for shifting from control to capability, from rigidity to evolution.

Episode #74. Volitional Science: Freedom, Markets, Value, and Entrepreneurship with John Deming & Mike Hamel

September 29, 2025 /0 Comments/in /by

What does it take to build an organization that can actually adapt—not just talk about change?
In this episode, Hunter Hastings interviews Dr. Ross Rushworth to explore why most corporate change programs collapse and why real transformation comes from granting autonomy and judgment at the edges of the organization. Rushworth argues that decentralization is not delegation—it’s true ownership, and that entrepreneurial intent, not managerial control, must guide strategic direction.
If you’re a leader navigating complexity, this episode offers a practical, experience-based framework for shifting from control to capability, from rigidity to evolution.

Episode #73. Systems, Value & Action: Organizational Design with Mike Jones

September 14, 2025 /0 Comments/in /by

In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with consultant and organizational psychologist Mike Jones, host of Strategy Meets Reality. They explore why traditional, linear management models fail in today’s adaptive world, how real value is revealed through customer experience, and why execution and iteration matter more than endless planning. If you’re building or leading an organization, this conversation is a guide to designing systems that create lasting value.

Episode #72. How Entrepreneurial Businesses Can Harvest The Science of Meaning: Semiotics, Emotion, and Customer Value With Duncan Berry

September 4, 2025 /0 Comments/in /by

Episode 72 of The Value Creators Podcast examines how businesses can bridge the gap between economics and commerce. Hunter Hastings is joined by Duncan Berry, PhD, to discuss how semiotics, psychology, and neurology reveal the hidden processes that drive consumer behavior.
Berry argues that decisions often happen in just 2.5 seconds, long before conscious reasoning. Signals, symbols, and design play a central role in guiding those choices. For entrepreneurs and executives, this episode highlights why value is not engineered in supply chains but discovered in customers’ perceptions—and how firms can design for resonance, meaning, and emotional impact.