Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro

Recently, I posted about a Harvard Business Review (HBR) article remarkably similar to my book PIVOTAL: Creating Stability in an Uncertain World. I wasn’t implying that my ideas were copied. Quite the opposite. Sometimes, great

I published PIVOTAL: Creating Stability in an Uncertain World four months ago after two and a half years of writing. The premise is simple: In an ever-changing world, we must slow down the pivoting and

I recently had the great privilege of being on AJ Harper’s Monday Night Reads. She invites authors to read chapters of their book to a live audience. During our hour together, we discussed my book

The standard questions associated with innovation of lead us down the wrong path. Here are ten questions you can ask your team to help you move in the right direction. ‘Instead of asking, “What’s the

Pivotal means being of crucial importance. It is not about shifting direction. And in today’s uncertain world, creating stability is the only way to become pivotal. Maybe you are too busy and don’t have time

I’m an engineer, and I believe this makes me a better innovator. I was on the Teach the Geek podcast and we had a great time, because, well, I’m a geek! Watch the Video Here

I was recently interviewed by Simon Hill, the CEO of Wazoku, for The Total Innovation Podcast. We had an engaging conversation about my latest book, PIVOTAL: Creating Stability in an Uncertain World. Listen to the

I recently had the great pleasure of being on The Changemaker Mindset Podcast with Greg Satell and Royfield Brown. We talked about a number of cool topics, including goal-setting (I’m against it), optimizing organizational processes

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been on a dozen podcasts. What is fun is that each is very different—different topics, different questions, different conversations. I was recently interviewed by Rajiv Menon, a brilliant

Picture this: You have a team that is devoted to growing your business. They set higher goals, work together to reach them, and consistently deliver stellar results. 🎉 It doesn’t have to be a daydream.

I had the great pleasure of being on The Learning Imperative podcast with Shawn Hunter and Michelle Braden. Although we originally planned to talk about Pivotal (which we did), we spent a lot of time

In 2010, Personality Poker was selected as one of the top five innovation books of the year by Porchlight Book Company (then 800-CEO-READ). In 2011, they selected Best Practices Are Stupid as the best innovation

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