Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
Currently, Best Practices are Stupid is the best selling business book in Canada.
We are constantly bombarded by expert advice from advertisements, books, magazines, TV and the Internet. But how much of this information is actually true? From my experience, there is reason to believe that little of
As readers of this blog know, back in November 2005, I was on the cover of O Magazine. No, my face was not on the magazine. But an article talking about my Goal-Free Living philosophy
I recently gave an hour-long webinar for eCornell and TrainingIndustry.com. Over 3,000 people registered for only 1,000 slots, maxing out the system. Thousands of people were unable to attend, so they made the recording available
Normally we don’t do this. We have not yet posted an entire tip to this blog. Yet, at the request of one of my clients, the publisher has agreed to let us do it…just this
I recently spoke in Houston at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. This is 81 minutes of talk on innovation and crowdsourcing.
Friday evening, on JetBlue flight #1696 from Orlando to Boston, we had a bit of a problem. About an hour outside of Boston, the pilot got on the intercom and told us that the main
I saw this sign while driving in Orlando. It caught my attention. As it turns out, there is very little innovation going on at Innovation Way. Maybe they need to raise the toll.
This article originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum The way we frame our business world can significantly impact our success. Frameworks are useful, but they can also be limiting. Perhaps it’s time to
A lot of theories circulate on how organizations make innovation a reality. Over the past 20 years, I have found a very simple formula that helps a company transform the way it innovates. Here’s the
Today I received an email from the owner of a furniture store who read my “Best Practices Are Stupid” book. He asked (paraphrased)… In all my years of furniture advertising, I have been showing pictures
It is the Monday after the Superbowl. While scanning the TV stations and flipping through the radio channels this morning, it seemed as though everyone was discussing and analyzing (and analyzing and analyzing…) the football
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