Learning is Change

What we are capable of now.

I am constantly struck with an awareness of what is possible. That I am now capable of creating almost anything at any time: value, context, or insight. Art isn’t for isolated spaces anymore. It is democratized. It is in our hands. The creative class is us. The only thing stopping us from realizing it is that we are so good at moving the bar. Now that we can make movies or images from anywhere that would have astounded us 5 years ago, we are no longer impressed. Now that we have the capacity to incite revolution with a hash tag, we are simply expected to do so.

We move the bar, so that wonder is further and further from our reach. But, I want that to stop. I want to pause and marvel at the types of sharing and creation we can do at a moments notice. I want to be clear and passionate about the things that are now possible. These are amazing times we live in and we can’t treat them as anything but.

We are in need of a revolution of enthusiasm. A revolution free from snark and one-upsmanship. When we share something on Instagram, we shouldn’t simply like it, but rather we should react to it. We should share how it makes us feel. We should not let the fast pace of information drown us, but rather let it wash over us and become amazed anew by how it drips from our bodies and pools all around us.

We can wonder again. Not about every new thing, but about every human thing. We can see what connects us and embrace it.

This is something I made. It is now a part of me. Let it become a part of you too.

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Anyone that is interested in starting a company or in #startup culture, this is a Hangout on Air with your name…

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Anyone that is interested in starting a company or in #startup culture, this is a Hangout on Air with your name written on it. 

Originally shared by Two Red Chairs

Small Business innovators and INC 500 list regulars, MHD Enterprises and uShip, sit down with 2 Red Chairs to discuss their breakthrough growth and the next barriers they are looking to tackle as they bring their company culture to the world.

You can watch live on YouTube, as the CEOs from these two companies discuss the choices that have led to such impressive results for their businesses. Learn how their culture has been a transformative force in establishing expectations for employees, customers, and themselves.

Featured Guests:

*Michael Dedashi – http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldadashi*

*Matt Chasen – http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewchasen*

Michael Dedashi, founder of MHD Enterprises, has defied just about every possible convention on how to grow a business.  When his competitors were setting up payment terms to manage the business from cash, Michael was prepaying for everything he could and re-investing every made dollar back into MHD.  In the process building critical industry relationships on better terms which kept product coming, and his employees working.  When others were doing background checks on employees handling millions of dollars of liquid electronics inventory, he seeks out and embraces those with troubled pasts who have a hard time getting that second chance.  The result is a company culture of trust, accountability, and spirituality not commonly found in the reverse logistics business, or any other for that matter.  And when other companies look to train up employees into senior roles, Michael is mentoring those to follow a path to their own ownerships, now working with several former employees as his customers.

 

The results speak for themselves.  As CEO of MHD Enterprises, Michael is the 28th  fastest growing small business in the country, and #1 in their category in the 2012 Inc. 500.  

Matt Chasen revolutionized a stagnant industry’s ecosystem.  He was determined to find a better, more cost effective way to send goods from point A to point B utilizing excess, not often maximized, carrier capacity.  And it’s the same borderline naiveté that’s driven him to create a company in his image since.  After all, if he could change the way people ship things, why couldn’t he change the way people work?  Look inside the story of uShip; a determined entrepreneurs path driven by a fearless regard for the norms resulting in a shakeup of an industry, and inspired devotion to his employees who’ve helped him do it.

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Here you go. Yo.

 

Here you go. Yo.

Originally shared by Two Red Chairs

Small Business innovators and INC 500 list regulars, MHD Enterprises and uShip, sit down with 2 Red Chairs to discuss their breakthrough growth and the next barriers they are looking to tackle as they bring their company culture to the world.

You can watch live on YouTube, as the CEOs from these two companies discuss the choices that have led to such impressive results for their businesses. Learn how their culture has been a transformative force in establishing expectations for employees, customers, and themselves.

Featured Guests:

*Michael Dedashi – http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldadashi*

*Matt Chasen – http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewchasen*

Michael Dedashi, founder of MHD Enterprises, has defied just about every possible convention on how to grow a business.  When his competitors were setting up payment terms to manage the business from cash, Michael was prepaying for everything he could and re-investing every made dollar back into MHD.  In the process building critical industry relationships on better terms which kept product coming, and his employees working.  When others were doing background checks on employees handling millions of dollars of liquid electronics inventory, he seeks out and embraces those with troubled pasts who have a hard time getting that second chance.  The result is a company culture of trust, accountability, and spirituality not commonly found in the reverse logistics business, or any other for that matter.  And when other companies look to train up employees into senior roles, Michael is mentoring those to follow a path to their own ownerships, now working with several former employees as his customers.

 

The results speak for themselves.  As CEO of MHD Enterprises, Michael is the 28th  fastest growing small business in the country, and #1 in their category in the 2012 Inc. 500.  

Matt Chasen revolutionized a stagnant industry’s ecosystem.  He was determined to find a better, more cost effective way to send goods from point A to point B utilizing excess, not often maximized, carrier capacity.  And it’s the same borderline naiveté that’s driven him to create a company in his image since.  After all, if he could change the way people ship things, why couldn’t he change the way people work?  Look inside the story of uShip; a determined entrepreneurs path driven by a fearless regard for the norms resulting in a shakeup of an industry, and inspired devotion to his employees who’ve helped him do it.

events/cb4rgqgehslk2jplj82pe47mjsg