Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
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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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
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