Books in Chinese
I’m please to announce that both Personality Poker and Best Practices Are Stupid are now available in Chinese. I love the cover designs, especially the cat on the Best Practices Are Stupid book.
Best Practices Are Stupid #1 in Canada
Currently, Best Practices are Stupid is the best selling business book in Canada.
Strategic Partnership with Linkage
Press Release… Stephen M. Shapiro Joins Linkage in Elite Partnership Business Consultant to Bring Methodology on Innovative Culture to Linkage’s Clients Burlington, MA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 Linkage, a global leadership development company, announced its partnership with innovation guru Stephen M. Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations for nearly 20 years on […]
"Best Practices Are Stupid" Named Best Innovation & Creativity Book of 2011
I am excited and honored to announce that my book, Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition, was just named the best “innovation and creativity” book of 2011 by 800-CEO-READ. Winners in other categories include Jim Collins, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Eric Ries. You can see the entire list here on the 800-CEO-READ website. […]
Major Licensing Deal Signed
As some of you know, my 2012 business strategy is to license my content in a number of creative ways. We already licensed Personality Poker in a variety of languages and to a number of trainers. The Dutch translation is the most recent version and will be available in January. And, just last week, we […]
"Best Practices Are Stupid" Named One of the Best in 2011
I’m pleased that the American Express OPEN Forum (via Matthew E. May) selected Best Practices Are Stupid as one of the top 15 books of 2011. Also, Best Practices Are Stupid was selected as one of the “Top-Drawer Business Books of 2011” by the advertising agency, DDB. And, in case you missed it, there is […]
Website Updated
You may have noticed that we redid this website. The content from www.stupidpractices.com has been moved here. We now highlight all 5 of my books on the top as well as more prominent links to buy them in the right sidebar. And the overall design has been cleaned up and simplified. I welcome ANY comments. […]
My Next Book
I am happy to announce that my next book will be published by Portfolio Penguin on September 29, 2011. The title? Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition. This book contains 40 bite-sized tips and tricks for creating a culture of innovation. Most are quite counterintuitive or irreverent. For example: Asking for […]
Blogging Slowdown
No this is not a work stoppage driven by protest. It is a slowdown caused by an overload of work. I am working on my next book and the manuscript is due over the next couple of weeks. That is keeping me VERY busy. So the activity here will slow down a little bit. But […]
Great Event in Canada
This weekend I am speaking at a very cool event! And I would love to have you join me. What: The Ultimate Success Event When: Saturday April 17th, 2010 from 8am to 6:30pm Where: Chateau Cartier Hotel close to downtown Ottawa Canada But, to kick things off, the weekend starts Friday night with a private […]