Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro

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

In 2010, the Personality Poker book was published by Portfolio Penguin. But as I mentioned in my previous post, due to some design issues, we pulled the book from stores in 2014. For over ten

In my last post, I shared the story behind the original Personality Poker book design. When it was first published in 2010, the concept was innovative: A hardcover book with a deck of cards glued

There’s a big difference between good ideas in theory and good ideas in practice. On October 28, 2010, Personality Poker was published by Portfolio Penguin. To solve the challenge of pairing a book with a

Twenty years ago, Wiley published my book “Goal-Free Living.” It was ahead of its time in many ways. In 2009, Harvard Business Review published the article “Goals Gone Wild,” a warning about the downside of

Music has always been more than background noise for me. I like to really listen, to dig into the layers, and to hear what’s going on beneath the surface. That’s why I love using Moises.ai.

I’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT to enhance the appearance of a dull webpage, specifically the landing page for Personality Poker Certification. The process was surprisingly simple. I uploaded screenshots of each section I wanted to

After a long hiatus, my podcast is back with a new name and renewed focus. Introducing the Personality Poker® podcast. To kick things off, I released the Introduction chapter from the audiobook. What makes it

They are in! Our limited-run “I’m not playing with a full deck” t-shirts are here. For now, these are exclusively gifted to participants of my Personality Poker sessions and those enrolled in the Personality Poker

People often ask me if Personality Poker® is just DiSC or Myers-Briggs with cards. The answer? A resounding NO. Personality Poker was designed specifically for innovation, not just as another personality test. And unlike traditional

Recently, during a webinar on speaking and thought leadership, a simple question came up: What does it take to create long-term success? Here are five principles that apply to any business, and how one example,

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