Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro

Back in my Accenture days, I had the pleasure of working with many brilliant individuals. One person in particular stood out amongst the crowd: Brad Kolar. Although he worked in the “professional development” department (which

I’ll admit it. I, unlike most people in the United States, did not watch Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” the other night. But in a conversation with some people who did tune in, it sounds like

  As many of you know, my sister (Deborah) and her husband (Gary) sold their house and are now traveling the country in an RV for the next year. Gary sells cancer insurance door to

Tomorrow, Friday January 4th, I will be on Fox 25’s Morning News in Boston. I am scheduled to be on at 8:20AM. I will talk about my story that appeared in the recent “Chicken Soup

By know you know that I am a believer in setting theme-based resolutions. Every year at this time I announce my theme. After considerable contemplation, I have decided on my theme for 2008: “PLAY LIKE

Tools are great. But giving people tools, without first changing their mindset is useless. People buy more weight loss books/diets (tools) than all other books, yet people are fatter than ever. Why? Most diets do

January 1st is the traditional day of setting your goals for the year. Why not start 2008 right by listening to me talk about Goal-Free Living on Jim Blasingame’s The Small Business Advocate radio show.

Once again it is that time of year when we look forward into the new year. We set our resolutions. Lose 10 pounds. Stop smoking. Get out of debt. Unfortunately, most resolutions are about fixing

Yesterday I watched my American football team, The New England Patriots, reach 14 wins with no losses in the season. They are only the second team in history to do so. Whether or not you

Every year at this time, Chuck Frey at innovationtools.com asks experts/readers for the most important lesson learned during 2007 regarding innovation, creativity or brainstorming. Here is my response: Over the past couple of years, I

When I conduct executive training, one of my favorite activities requires participants to consider a typical set of processes common in the insurance industry: Develop Products and Services, Customer Service, Manage Revenues, Manage Distribution Channels,

Antony from Sydney, Australia has sent me dozens of great quotes. Today, he is providing his own personal quote. “I just realized that few of the greatest things I’ve achieved in this life were planned

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