Posts by Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason
Reinventing Our Rituals: Why We Need to Hold On to Our Traditions—But Not Too Tightly
As the year finally—thankfully—comes to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about all that we’ve experienced in 2020. It took me all the way back to last spring, as the first waves of the coronavirus pandemic began crashing ashore and changed pretty much everything for pretty much all of us. I remember that at that…
Read MoreOvercome by a Challenge? Forget about It and Go Play
Noted improv expert Janna Sobel joined us for a recent Disruptor Studio session to demonstrate how doing improv can help us access new ways of solving problems as we work to blow sh*t up on a daily basis. Janna knows what she’s talking about: she’s a graduate of The Second City’s Conservatory Program, where she’s…
Read MoreGo, Set the World On Fire!
Like most things 2020, the upcoming holiday celebrations will look different than they usually do. But the feelings of gratitude, joy, and inspiration burn brighter than ever. I considered this as we finished recording Season 3 of our new podcast, The Combustion Chronicles, which Man on Fire launched earlier this year, to spark game-changing disruption…
Read MoreIs Your Goal for 2021 Disruptive Enough? It’s Time to Dream Big
To succeed as disruptors, we must envision the impossible for our clients and ourselves, to ask, “How might we?†in bold, creative ways and include the question, “How might I?â€Â
Read MoreDon’t Call It A Comeback! Lessons From LL Cool J on Disrupting Yourself
As the Vulture described, “With massive hits across multiple decades, no one has been as good—or at least as relevant—over as long of a period as LL Cool J.”
How does LL Cool J stay on top of his performing game? Here are the top tips from the G.O.A.T. himself.
Read MoreHave We Lost Our Curiosity? Here’s How To Find It
With consumer behavior and expectations shifting, curiosity is more important than ever. How do we position our minds to maintain curiosity?
Read MoreWhat the Roomba Teaches Us About Pushing Through Fear of Failure
Like all robots, a Roomba does its job with no sense of success or failure outside of completing its mission. How could we be like the Roomba?
Read MoreTurn On, Tune In, Try Out: Three Ways Music Inspires Ingenuity
Act Fast, Fail Fast, Learn Fast? Science says we learn faster when we are free to choose.
ACT FAST, FAIL FAST, LEARN FAST? SCIENCE SAYS WE LEARN FASTER WHEN WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE.
A recent study in Scientific American showed that people learn faster when they are free to choose which action they make, even if the choice initially leads to a negative outcome. The concept, “choice-confirmation bias,†produces “stabler learning over a wide range of simulated conditions than unbiased (no choice) did.†Researchers also believe that choice-confirmation…
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