Predictable Growth in an Unpredictable World
Interactive Experiences That Transform How Teams Think, Innovate & Collaborate...with Impact That Lasts Long After the Event.
Trusted by more than 500 companies across 50+ countries
Why Smart Teams Struggle
Even the most talented organizations find themselves caught in familiar patterns:
- Chasing shiny trends without moving the needle
- Teams act fast in the wrong direction
- Smart people working in silos
And traditional learning experiences and events fail to solve these problems because:
- Motivation fades as soon as the session ends
- Audiences passively watch content, but don’t engage and apply
- Cookie-cutter presentations miss your organization’s real needs
The result?
You're paying for the expensive illusion of progress while your team’s potential stays untapped.
Stephen Creates Lasting Change
Real impact starts while I’m on stage and continues in the weeks, months and years that follow
Early in my career, I believed efficiency was everything.
After studying Industrial Engineering at Cornell, I joined Accenture. There, I led large-scale process optimization initiatives.
Project after project, I helped companies become more “efficient” which usually meant eliminating positions.
But then came the breaking point: one project that would eliminate 10,000 jobs.
These were real people with families, dreams, and futures, and not just numbers on a spreadsheet. That’s when I realized I was solving the wrong problem entirely.
I realized that great companies don’t grow by cutting jobs; they grow by creating value through people.
While everyone else focused on “How can we cut costs faster?” I thought about “How can we create value through people?”
It led me to build and lead Accenture’s 20,000-person innovation practice (in just 9 months) focused on growth instead of reduction.
Today, I help organizations solve their most critical challenges collaboratively, quickly, and with lasting impact.
Why It Works
The Difference Between a Great Event and Lasting Change
Most speakers stop at interactive. People engage in the room, then go back to their desks and nothing changes. Here is how my work goes further.
LEVEL 1
Interactive
Your audience does not just watch. They play their way to insight, engaged and on their feet. This is where most experiences begin and end.
LEVEL 2
Memorable
The experience sticks. Teams quote Personality Poker years later and still use it. People talk about it long after the event ends.
LEVEL 3
Measurable
Full Deck IQ and the 30-Day Innovation Challenge turn a one-time experience into repeated engagement we can track. You see who stays engaged, where collaboration improves, and what actually changed.
Interactive . Memorable . Measurable
That is the difference.
Here's How We Create Predictable Growth in an Unpredictable World
Choose the path that fits your organization's goals
A high-energy event your audience is still talking about long after it ends.
- Keynotes & Workshops
Interactive experiences that transform how teams think, collaborate and solve problems together
Personality Poker®
Creating High-Performing Innovation Teams
In this energetic and interactive experience, participants “play their way” to powerful insights.
They’ll uncover their innovation styles, spot blind spots, and learn how to collaborate with people who think differently. It’s fast, fun, and something your team will be talking about and using long after the event.
Solve the Right Business Problems FAST
Most teams jump to solutions and end up solving the wrong problem. In this keynote, your audience will learn a simple but powerful process for reframing challenges. It’s an eye-opening, interactive session that sparks faster breakthroughs, better ideas, and more effective problem-solving.
Creating Stability in an Uncertain World
Constant change is exhausting, and not all of it is productive. In this keynote, your audience will learn how to identify what should never change, so they can build lasting value on a solid foundation. Teams discover how to stay grounded, focused, and ready to adapt without losing their way.
Are You Playing with a Full Deck?
Most organizations are not missing talent; they are missing perspectives. This keynote helps audiences recognize the unseen gaps that weaken collaboration, limit innovation, and hold teams back. They leave with a practical framework for building stronger teams, better meetings, healthier cultures, and more innovative organizations.
- Mastery Programs
Deep-dive programs that embed innovation and collaboration into your organization's DNA
FAST Innovation® Mastery
Accelerate breakthroughs while building long-term capability
This hands-on program helps your team quickly:
- Reframe problems
- Uncover opportunities
- Generate better solutions
FAST Innovation® Mastery blends training with real-time application and helps teams deliver measurable impact while embedding innovation into the way your team works.
Personality Poker® Mastery
Create a culture of collaboration by building high-performing innovation teams
- Strengthen collaboration
- Surface hidden strengths
- Build high-performing teams
It equips your internal facilitators with my fun and proven Personality Poker® method so you can build a lasting culture and teach your teams to work together and win.
Full Deck IQ
The AI-Enabled Platform That Makes It Measurable
This platform helps your team continuously:
- See how they collaborate and innovate
- Spot where teamwork breaks down
- Track what improves over time
Full Deck IQ turns a one-time experience into measurable change that compounds.
He led a 20,000-person innovation practice at Accenture, and he can make it a reality for your organization.
Books That Changed How Organizations Innovate
You're Not Playing With a Full Deck
Why the Coworkers Who Drive You Crazy Are Your Unfair Advantage
Pivotal
Creating Stability in an Uncertain World
Invisible Solutions
25 Lenses that Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems
Personality Poker ®
The Fun Fast Way to Unlock Innovation Collaboration, and Predictable Growth
Best Practices Are Stupid
40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition
Goal-Free Living
How to Have the Life You Want NOW!
Transformation That Lasts
The real impact starts after I step off the stage
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Black Belt, 3M
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