Stay Connected by Disconnecting

While here Malaysia, my BlackBerry was stolen.  It reminded me of something I wrote in my book Goal-Free Living: Every day we are presented with numerous opportunities, but they often pass us by without our even noticing. In order to find these hidden opportunities, you must be sensitive to the environment around you. Sometimes this means disconnecting […]

What Can You Give Away for Free?

Today I leave for Asia and will be gone for 3 weeks. Before I go, I want to throw out an idea I have been playing with. It’s rough, and I will write more about it soon. The concept is probably most relevant to those in the “intellectual property” business – speakers, trainers, advisers, coaches, […]

Innovation Personality Poker Solitaire

I have played Innovation Personality Poker with groups from 8 to 800 in size. David Zinger, a fantastic blogger (who incidentally wrote a brief review of Personality Poker today), provided me with a solitaire version that I really like. He noted that there are 52 weeks in the year and 52 cards in the deck. […]

Blog Talk Radio Interview

The other day I was interviewed by Lorraine Cohen on her show “Powerfull Living” on Blog Talk Radio.  We discussed Goal-Free Living and innovation. You can listen to the hour long interview by clicking the Blog Talk Radio button which will take you to their website.  I join the conversation at the 5 minute mark and […]

Poker and the Parkers

Last night, I held a launch party for my Personality Poker at the home of Robert and Joan Parker.  OK, actually the party was planned a while back (I bought it at a charity auction) and it just coincidentally fell at the time when the cards were officially released. Robert B. Parker, is the author of […]

Nokia Giving Away Software for Free

Yesterday I mentioned that GlaxoSmithKline is giving away a small fortune’s worth of cancer research.  The idea is to speed up the process. Yesterday, Nokia announced that it will spend nearly a half billion dollars to buy a software consortium – so that it can give away the software for free.  Symbian, one of the […]

Open Source Innovation vs Open Innovation

I discussed Open Innovation many times in this blog.  The other day, GlaxoSmithKline announced that they are collaborating with the National Cancer Institute to make a “large body of cancer cell genomic data available to all cancer researchers.” This feels more like “Open Source” Innovation. Much like Open Source Software, GSK has turned over a […]

See Me in Asia

I am leaving for Asia July 3 and will be there until July 21.  I am presenting in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Singapore.  This is a rare opportunity to see me in action in these countries.  The last time I spoke in Singapore was 2002.  The last time I was in Thailand was 2005.  And I […]

George Carlin Quote

Today’s quote is from the great comedian, George Carlin, who passed away Sunday.  Although this quote is less raunchy than most, it’s still not quite “G” rated… “I got a lot of ideas.  Trouble is, most of them suck.” Although this is a simple saying, there is some real depth to it.  The reality is, you have a […]

Shapiro Quotes

I did not know this, but excerpts from my blogs have been appearing regularly in a newsletter containing inspirational quotes.  Members of the Gaia Community select their favorite tidbits and then distribute them via email and the website.  Click here if you want to read a bunch of my quotes.