Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
Do you feel overworked? Do you feel as though you never have time to relax? What if you needed to work only one hour a day? I was recently interviewed by Dorie Clark for Forbes.com
Back in 1996, I was conducting an important three-day “train the trainer” session for a program we were launching at Accenture. I was personally training 200 top client partners and managers. It was critical that
On my Monday July 22 at 11AM EDT free webinar, I will be giving attendees my latest creation: The 10x Innovation ROI Quick Reference Card. This 2-page checklist summarizes four important innovation concepts: Ask the
I recently had a problem with my Bose bluetooth headset. I called their customer service department and they solved the problem quickly. They had me return the old one (postage paid) and they sent
In previous blog entries, I discussed why you need to make your innovation a form of experimentation. Doing this redefines the meaning of failure. Experiments (and as a result, innovation) only fails when you don’t
What if almost everything you know about improving innovation ROI is wrong? The expensive and inefficient reality is most organizations are working on ideas that don’t really matter. Everyone talks about innovation, but few know
Back in 2006, I wrote a book called Goal-Free Living. Last year I wrote an article for American Express OPEN Forum, How Oprah Nearly Killed my Business. And recently I wrote a blog entry titled,
When Skyfall, the latest James Bond movie hit the theaters, I was first in line to watch it. There was a scene where Bond receives a very sensual shave with a straight edge razor from
During a recent speech in Copenhagen, I tried an experiment. With the help of 5 individuals, we explored the 5 traits of all successful people. I think you will agree that we identified some traits
We have all heard that smiles are contagious. Is that really the case? There have been numerous studies that show that not only does a smile physiologically change your own mood, but it can also
A client recently asked me why large companies never develop “breakthrough” innovations, and instead rely on buying small companies or licensing their technologies. He felt that the game changing innovations were always the result of
Time is a fixed commodity. We all get to enjoy the same 24 hours a day as everyone else. But for some, this is not enough to do everything they want. Therefore, whenever I am
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