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By Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason / February 10, 2021 /

As we focus on our Black brothers’ and sisters’ achievements during Black History Month, I’m left to wonder why the f*ck we only spend one month—and the shortest month of the year!—talking about Black history. There’s so much we need to learn about the Black experience in the United States and about the people who…

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Is Your Goal for 2021 Disruptive Enough? It’s Time to Dream Big

By Shawn Nason / November 18, 2020 / Comments Off on Is 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?” 

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Act Fast, Fail Fast, Learn Fast? Science says we learn faster when we are free to choose.

By Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason / October 13, 2020 / Comments Off on Act Fast, Fail Fast, Learn Fast? Science says we learn faster when we are free to choose.
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Mindset 2: Authenticity Before Action

By Shawn Nason / September 22, 2020 / Comments Off on Mindset 2: Authenticity Before Action
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Truth Tellers: Let’s Do This!

By Shawn Nason / May 4, 2020 /

Let’s Do This! Hello Truth Tellers, Please know that I’ve been thinking about all of you a lot recently. With all the anxiety and stress caused by the current pandemic, we need each other now more than ever. I know that social distancing has taken its toll on me, and I’m sure it’s had an…

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Turning A Splash Into A Flood

By Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason / April 20, 2020 /

One of my “lean in” moments is to focus on the intensity of human connectedness and the responsibility we have for each other. Our lives, our livelihoods, our wellbeing are intricately tied and cannot be separated.

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Finding Joy in the Yuck

By Shawn "Man On Fire" Nason / April 15, 2020 /

Thirty frickin’ more days of social distancing. Really? The other night, we learned that we were going to have to live in our new norm of social distancing and shelter-in-place for at least another thirty days. I have to admit, these were not the words that I wanted to hear. Stress is getting higher in…

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Finding Joy in the Yuck

By Shawn Nason / March 31, 2020 / Comments Off on Finding Joy in the Yuck

Thirty frickin’ more days of social distancing. Really? The other night, we learned that we were going to have to live in our new norm of social distancing and shelter-in-place for at least another thirty days. I have to admit, these were not the words that I wanted to hear. Stress is getting higher in…

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Who Will Be in Room 716?

By Shawn Nason / March 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Who Will Be in Room 716?

Thursday, March 19th, 2020, will be a day I’ll never forget. My team and I landed in Southern California in the midst of the most widespread pandemic our world has faced in my lifetime. After we arrived at our (not small) hotel, we discovered that our group of four people accounted for 20% of the…

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Truth Tellers: Reloaded

By Shawn Nason / October 31, 2019 /

Neo: “Why am I here?” The Architect: “Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix.” -The Matrix Reloaded Even if we don’t realize it, too many of us live a life of answering to others. The pressure to please other people never stops and…

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