Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
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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What if you could go from a blank sheet of paper to a launched product in less than two hours? That’s the challenge I gave myself this past week—and the result surprised even me. The
Sometimes the best ideas come from mistakes. Case in point: I asked an AI tool to redesign the cover of my Personality Poker book. It got most of it right… except for one curious detail.
I love card magic, and one of my favorite routines is by Shawn Farquhar. In it, he performs beautiful cardistry to Sting’s Shape of My Heart. The routine is amazing, and the song is one
In 2010, the Personality Poker book was published by Portfolio Penguin. But as I mentioned in my previous post, due to some design issues, we pulled the book from stores in 2014. For over ten
In my last post, I shared the story behind the original Personality Poker book design. When it was first published in 2010, the concept was innovative: A hardcover book with a deck of cards glued
There’s a big difference between good ideas in theory and good ideas in practice. On October 28, 2010, Personality Poker was published by Portfolio Penguin. To solve the challenge of pairing a book with a
Twenty years ago, Wiley published my book “Goal-Free Living.” It was ahead of its time in many ways. In 2009, Harvard Business Review published the article “Goals Gone Wild,” a warning about the downside of
Music has always been more than background noise for me. I like to really listen, to dig into the layers, and to hear what’s going on beneath the surface. That’s why I love using Moises.ai.
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