Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
You work with someone for years. You sit in meetings with them, watch how they make decisions, and see how they respond under pressure. You think you know them. And then you discover you’ve been
You know who you are. But that’s not necessarily who other people experience. I once worked with Rick, a city manager in Texas. When he chose his Personality Poker cards, he had a flush of
Pekka Ketola, from Innovaatioyhtiö Ideascout in Finland somehow captured my life’s work in one article. On one page, he connected ideas from several of my books into a surprisingly cohesive philosophy of innovation. But one
Last Friday I delivered my Personality Poker experience in twelve minutes. The full version runs an hour. It includes card trading, complete with a live demonstration in the crowd, audience interaction, walk-off music, a card
In 2009, I spoke at TEDxNASA, the world’s first TEDx event. Seventeen hundred rocket scientists filled the audience. My talk was called “Rocket Science. It’s Always Rocket Science.” The premise: the best ideas rarely come
My innovation work over the past two decades has shown me that the most effective organizations have a good balance of complementary styles. I call this “playing with a full deck.” Why is this important?
In 2010, Personality Poker, published by Portfolio, was selected by 800-CEO-READ as one of the best innovation and creativity books of the year. That recognition meant a great deal to me. 800-CEO-READ had long been
The other day, I gave a presentation to the Central Florida chapter of the National Speakers Association on the future of speaking. One of the points I shared was that, in a world where content
Sometimes the best way to grow your business is to stop telling customers what to do. That may sound strange coming from someone who writes books, gives keynote speeches, and teaches people how to innovate.
“Don’t show data. Show decisions.” This was the advice I got from Brad Kolar, a colleague from my Accenture days and one of the smartest people I know. I shared with him the system we’ve
Have you ever spent two hours watching a webinar and then wondered what to do next? Have you ever watched a YouTube video packed with ideas but struggled to turn those ideas into action? Here’s
When organizations hire a keynote speaker, they often focus on the event itself. Will people enjoy the presentation? Will the speaker get good ratings? Will there be a standing ovation? Those are all reasonable questions,
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