From Tarot Cards to Poker Cards to Personality Poker
In my upcoming book, “Personality Poker,” I had an appendix which discussed the history of poker cards and how this led to the Personality Poker card game. But when it came time for the final printing, the publisher felt that the book was too long. Therefore the appendix was cut and is included below for […]
Are You Smarter than a PhD?
“Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” is an entertaining show. In the world of innovation, the biggest question is, “Are you smarter than a PhD?” Here’s what I mean… In Personality Poker we address four primary innovation styles. The spades are the ones who are, as we would say in Boston, “wicked smaht.” We […]
Speaking @ NASA
Tonight I am speaking at NASA’s annual inventors awards banquet. I’m honored to be speaking there again. For those of you who missed it, here was my last presentation to NASA. That time I had only 6 minutes! This time I have a whopping 20 minutes. Click the bottom right button on the video player […]
You Failed! What's Next?
Last week, I had 3 conversations with 3 different companies. And each had a complaint about the same group of people: lawyers. If you think about it, innovators and lawyers have completely opposite objectives. Innovators want to grow the business. They believe that risk and failure are a natural part of the innovation process. Their […]
Goal Free Living
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Speed Innovating
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1404241268093{margin-bottom: -60px !important;}”] Watch Stephen Shapiro demonstrate some of his creative thinking techniques, including an introduction to innovation styles. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1398978159007{padding-left: 0px !important;}” ts_row_break_parents=”4″ ts_row_zindex=”0″ ts_row_min_height=”100″ ts_row_parallax_type=”up” ts_row_parallax_speed=”20″ enable_mobile=”false” padding_top=”30″ padding_bottom=”30″ ts_row_bg_position=”top” ts_row_bg_size_standard=”cover” ts_row_bg_size_parallax=”150%” ts_row_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” margin_left=”0″ margin_right=”0″ gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_color_start=”#cccccc” gradient_start_offset=”0″ gradient_color_end=”#cccccc” gradient_end_offset=”100″ video_mute=”true” video_loop=”false” video_start=”false” video_stop=”true” video_controls=”true” video_raster=”false” animation_scroll=”false” animation_speed=”2000″][vc_column width=”1/1″][sortable_post_grid grid_type=”normal” display_type=”cat” post_type=”post” […]
Stephen's Style Demo Video
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Redefining Failure
I view life as a series of experiments. When you look at it through this lens, failure means something completely different. One definition of an experiment is: “A test or investigation, especially one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis.” The only way an experiment can fail is if you don’t get the […]
Measures: Will You Get What You Want?
I recently spoke with a new client who shared with me their innovation measures. When I looked at their measurement system, I immediately saw flaws. But before addressing these imperfections, let me first provide you my perspective on innovation measures. In general, there are three types of measures associated with “challenge-based” innovation (be sure to […]
There is No GPS for Innovation
OK, after 2 weeks of sleep deprivation due to manuscript deadlines, I am now back in action here. The final version of the manuscript went to the publisher on Saturday. I then played Personality Poker in Memphis with nearly 100 representatives from Penguin’s gift sales on Sunday. These individuals sell books into non-traditional bookstores, […]