Building Transformative Relationships

CareerCast - Life-long Career Development

Powerful relationships are the currency of your career and life. Yet where do you start? Shawn Nason, founder & CEO of MOFI, the Nason Group ecosystem, author of Kiss Your Dragons: Radical Relationships, Bold Heartsets, & Changing the World, and host of The Combustion Chronicles podcast, believes you need to look at the relationships that might even scare you and go for them anyway. In the process, you will transform yourself, your career, and your organization. In this CareerCast, Shawn shares his approach to creating greater success, happiness, and positive impact when you prepare for the challenge.

Aired April 16, 2021

Biography

Shawn Nason, founder & CEO of MOFI and the Nason Group ecosystem, is on a personal mission to disrupt as many industries as possible. To do this, he’s in relentless pursuit of putting the consumer’s voice first and infiltrating tired, outdated systems with bold, game-changing ideas, mindsets, and heartsets.

Shawn creates strategic disruption by combining the principles of consumer-centered design with radical relationships and a full-court press approach to making epic sh*t happen. He channels his frustration with the status quo into fighting for systemic change and inspiring others to disrupt with him. He’s the person in the room who is undeterred by convention, unafraid to dream big, and unable to settle for mediocrity.

Prior to launching MOFI, Shawn led the Healthways Innovation Living Lab, served as the chief innovation officer for Xavier University, and worked in the innovation area at Humana. He also spent six years at The Walt Disney Company in various capacities within Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Cruise Line. He’s the author of two books, The Power of YES! in Innovation (2017) and Kiss Your Dragons: Radical Relationships, Bold Heartsets, & Changing the World (2021), and the host of The Combustion Chronicles podcast.

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Kiss Your Dragons: Radical Relationships, Bold Heartsets, & Changing the World by Shawn Nason, Robin Glasco, and Michael Harper (2021)

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The Seven Levels of Communication: Go from Relationships to Referrals by Michael J. Maher (2016)

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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki (2012)

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