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Know Me, Surprise Me, Make it Easy for Me: The Power of Yes! for Cure 4 The Kids

By Shawn Nason / October 7, 2019 / Comments Off on Know Me, Surprise Me, Make it Easy for Me: The Power of Yes! for Cure 4 The Kids

At Nason Group, we bring The Power of Yes! and our empathy exercises to large healthcare companies like Walmart and Quest Labs to help them solve big business problems by asking, “How might we?”   Last weekend, we got to think through those same big issues through The Power of Candy Land.   Our founder,…

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Truth Tellers: Living Authentically in a Land of Bullshit

By Shawn Nason / October 2, 2019 / Comments Off on Truth Tellers: Living Authentically in a Land of Bullshit

What happens if you’re caught up in living the best life? You worked hard to build it: a startup, a transformative leadership role at your organization, the boss.  You sacrificed time with family and friends to get here. You put in so many extra hours. Hell, you thought you had to.   And it was…

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Former Imagineer Helps Makes Dreams a Reality for Walmart Health

By Shawn Nason / September 16, 2019 / Comments Off on Former Imagineer Helps Makes Dreams a Reality for Walmart Health

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] CINCINNATI September 16, 2019 – Walmart Health announced Friday a new health initiative to make health and wellness more accessible to its customers, especially in rural areas. Walmart Health, which launched at a new facility in Dallas, Georgia, adjacent to a Walmart store, will provide primary care, dental care, behavioral health services, diagnostics and…

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A Lot Can Happen When We Look Up From Our Phones: Inspiring Stories from Across the Internet

By Shawn Nason / September 3, 2019 / Comments Off on A Lot Can Happen When We Look Up From Our Phones: Inspiring Stories from Across the Internet

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So often, we are bombarded with enough bad news to start believing that the world is unkind. However, when we stop and look around us, we can see that kindness, empathy, and positivity is all around us.  It only takes one person to make a difference in the lives of others. Whether in healthcare, through…

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Teachers are Ready to Innovate. What will enable them to do it? Empathy.

By Shawn Nason / August 29, 2019 / Comments Off on Teachers are Ready to Innovate. What will enable them to do it? Empathy.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Here are 5 ways you can foster innovation by showing empathy to educators in your life: As the first bell rings for the new school year and students file into classrooms, teachers are expected to stand ready and energized to take on the new school year. While most teachers are happy to start their…

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Bringing Dignity Through Design

By Shawn Nason / August 16, 2019 / Comments Off on Bringing Dignity Through Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A clean shave is something many of us don’t think about. But for the nearly 44 million Americans with disabilities and their caregivers, shaving can seem like an insurmountable task. The ability to have a clean shave can provide a person with disabilities the basic sense of dignity, however, most razors are designed to be…

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How Nurses Pave the Way in Healthcare Innovation

By Shawn Nason / July 9, 2019 / Comments Off on How Nurses Pave the Way in Healthcare Innovation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The number of US-employed registered nurses is four times that of doctors, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nurses spend the majority of their days interacting with patients,  so, they see directly what processes already work and what’s failing in a healthcare facility – especially with patient outcomes. Since they’re in the front…

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Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This: Pick of the Litter

By Shawn Nason / June 19, 2019 / Comments Off on Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This: Pick of the Litter

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everyone loves puppies (or they should). So stop what you’re doing and watch this cuddly and cute documentary available on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, which follows a litter of labrador retriever puppies and their training for becoming service dogs who guide the blind. Is the competition to be a guide dog as cutthroat as…

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Caring About Someone Versus Caring for Someone

By Shawn Nason / June 11, 2019 / Comments Off on Caring About Someone Versus Caring for Someone

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s an all-too-common tale in our industry: We provide care for our patients. But we stop caring about them. Instead of treating them like vulnerable individuals with thoughts and feelings, we start seeing them as numbers and quotas. It’s time to change this trend and to start treating our patients with a softer touch. Not…

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How a simple act of empathy had saved my life

By Shawn Nason / June 4, 2019 / Comments Off on How a simple act of empathy had saved my life

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8233″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”by Sarah Crowell, Nason Group Design Strategist” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23f5671a” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] The other day I was stuck in traffic during a rain storm and I suddenly realized my thoughts were being interrupted by a familiar, dull pain in my knee. My mind was flooded by memories of the stormy, painful spring…

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