Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
The other day, I posted about how children start life as red cards: creative, playful, connected. But as we age and learn to fit in and be successful, we start to collect black cards: logical,
Many years ago, I was friends with Tom Peters’ brand manager. I asked him for his definition of a brand. He gave me six simple words: “What your customers say it is.” It’s not your
Somewhere along the way, most of us stop being who we really are. After my Personality Poker session last night, I spoke with an attendee in his 60s, a semi-retired grandfather. He picked mostly red
Chuck Barris, the creator and host of The Gong Show, was one of my childhood heroes. I always wanted to be like him, a game show host with big, quirky ideas. Although my TV career
Have you lost your mind? That’s what people were saying when I posted about writing another book. I suspect people will lose their minds when I tell them they can’t buy the new book—now or
Call me crazy… I just re-released the Personality Poker book last week. And yesterday? I started working on my next book, planning to publish it this year. Have I lost my marbles? Maybe. The current
Most authors think they have a sales problem. They don’t. A colleague told me, “If more people bought my book, I’d get more speeches and coaching gigs.” My response: “You don’t have a sales problem.
When I founded my business in 2001, my title was “Innovation Speaker and Author.” Descriptive but boring. In 2010, I switched to “Innovation Evangelist” (and sometimes “Chief Innovation Evangelist”). It was more interesting, but some
When I was a kid, I had a dream: I wanted to be a game show host on television. That dream is gone, but not forgotten. Thirteen years ago, it came close to happening. I
Big milestone today—I just received the author proof for the new edition of Personality Poker! Holding it in my hands is both exciting and surreal. This updated version brings the concepts to life in a
Do you have a book inside you that’s waiting to be shared with the world? Are you worried the process will be too complex, time-consuming, or expensive? Traditional publishing can be all of those things.
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