Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro

My innovation work over the past two decades has shown me that the most effective organizations have a good balance of complementary styles. I call this “playing with a full deck.” Why is this important?

In 2010, Personality Poker, published by Portfolio, was selected by 800-CEO-READ as one of the best innovation and creativity books of the year. That recognition meant a great deal to me. 800-CEO-READ had long been

The other day, I gave a presentation to the Central Florida chapter of the National Speakers Association on the future of speaking. One of the points I shared was that, in a world where content

Sometimes the best way to grow your business is to stop telling customers what to do. That may sound strange coming from someone who writes books, gives keynote speeches, and teaches people how to innovate.

“Don’t show data. Show decisions.” This was the advice I got from Brad Kolar, a colleague from my Accenture days and one of the smartest people I know. I shared with him the system we’ve

Have you ever spent two hours watching a webinar and then wondered what to do next? Have you ever watched a YouTube video packed with ideas but struggled to turn those ideas into action? Here’s

When organizations hire a keynote speaker, they often focus on the event itself. Will people enjoy the presentation? Will the speaker get good ratings? Will there be a standing ovation? Those are all reasonable questions,

FULLDECKIQ.APP This is a system I envisioned over a decade ago. The ability for people playing Personality Poker with physical cards to enter their hand during an event and get a real-time interpretation. More importantly,

Do you want the complete You’re Not Playing with a Full Deck experience? You get: The paperback version of the book ($15.95 retail) A deck of Personality Poker cards ($25 retail) The audiobook ($9.99 retail)

I typically avoid posting anything AI-generated, unless it is a NotebookLM summary of concepts from my book. Those have real value to you, the reader. However, when I saw a colleague’s ChatGPT-generated sketch, I was

I helped a company lay off 10,000 people. I didn’t fire them. I optimized their processes. The layoffs came after. They always did. To me, they were just a number on a slide. Then one

Last night I judged a ProductTank Orlando competition. The task: design the bookstore of the future in a world where AGI exists. Four teams of four people each. Three judges. Here’s what struck me. Every

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