Host Joshua McNary welcomes executive coach and keynote speaker Cory Dunham of Cory Dunham Advisory (Ann Arbor, Michigan), who helps founder-led service businesses close the gap between the value they deliver and the growth they experience.

Cory shares his background co-owning a family marketing business that evolved from pre-internet, handshake-based relationships to modern digital operations, and explains how he uses aviation metaphors to emphasize continual course correction. They discuss how abundant low-cost tools and fast-changing AI create distraction and “C+” execution, shrinking attention spans, and over-reliance that can reduce depth in decision-making.

Cory stresses intentional, values-based leadership, ethical growth, and combining tech with community and trust, including narrowing tools to a few core platforms. His actionable tip: step away from screens to reflect, clarify the ideal client and problem, and then use technology deliberately.

Steve Shriver on Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship, Automation, and Tech at EcoLips & More

Host Joshua McNary interviews Steve Shriver, CEO of EcoLips and Bug Soother in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a serial entrepreneur who owns five businesses and advises startups. Shriver describes EcoLips as a certified B Corp guided by the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit, and shares how mountaineering experiences shape his approach to goal-setting, resilience, and perspective.

He outlines his other ventures—Bug Soother, Brewhemia cafe, Soko Outfitters, and The Olympic event venue—plus a new patented product, Secure Outlet, and recounts making and distributing hand sanitizer during COVID through a partnership with Cedar Ridge Distillery. On technology, he discusses manufacturing automation, the Red Zone production monitoring system, challenges of equipment uptime and power needs, and the complexity of disparate tools driving a move to the DCOM ERP.

They also discuss early experimentation with ChatGPT, organizational change management, and Shriver’s advice to “try something new” with technology.

Doug Wagner on Modern Radio, Local News Immediacy, and Technology in a Shifting Media Landscape

Host Joshua McNary interviews Doug Wagner, morning show host on News Radio 600 WMT and News Talk 1420 WOC (iHeart Media), about radio’s evolution and technology’s impact on media, public service, and community information.

Doug describes AM radio’s historic reach, today’s distribution through the iHeartRadio app and podcasts, and the ongoing value of live, local news, weather, traffic, and sports. He explains how modern radio segments content across wide geographic audiences while staying local, recounts handling breaking news through rapid studio coordination, and outlines a tech environment shaped by proprietary systems, reliability needs, and security-driven limitations. Then Doug shares his workflow for curating dozens of daily stories, listener engagement via texts and app “talkback,” and advice to not fear technology and to delegate specialized digital tasks to skilled staff.