For more than 30 years, the world's leading companies and institutions have brought Stephen in to make innovation happen, on stage, in workshops, and in the boardroom.
Trusted by more than 500 organizations across 50+ countries.
Every engagement is different. Here is what working together has actually looked like.
Worked with 3M across leadership and U.S. sales excellence, from Lean Six Sigma leadership teams to national sales events.
"Bringing you into 3M is one of those career highlights for me. Our leadership team still talks about you." Deb Byers, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Brought a relentless focus on the innovation challenges that matter most to P&G's innovation and strategic projects organization.
"Stephen's passion for innovation is infectious." Laurie Heltsley, Director of Innovation and Strategic Projects
An interactive session for NASA's strategic relations organization: hands-on, participatory, and built for an audience of rocket scientists.
"Your interactive presentation captivated the audience and received great feedback." Steve Craft, Deputy Director, Strategic Relations Office
A Personality Poker event for Chevron's innovation operations team that changed how the group collaborated, measurably, a month later.
"Our Personality Poker event created a buzz that continued well past the event. A month later, I continue to see evidence that the awareness the game fosters really stuck." Michele Littleton, Innovation Operations
Worked with Marriott's Insight, Strategy and Innovation team, bringing a practical, conversational approach to innovation.
"His knowledge of innovation, conversational style, and delivery are smooth and effective. He is a great evangelist for innovation." Matthew Von Ertfelda, Innovation Lead
Energized Delta's sales learning & development organization with an interactive, high-energy session.
"Stephen knows how to energize a room and get the creative juices flowing." Jacob Morris, Manager, Sales Learning & Development
Spoke to leadership at the National Institutes of Health, with intellectually rigorous material for a scientific leadership audience.
"Intellectually witty and captivating." Colleen Barros, Deputy Director for Management
Used Personality Poker with Novartis Consumer Health's innovation organization to build more complementary, effective teams.
"A simple yet extremely effective tool for understanding personality." Andrew Bushell, Former Head of Innovation, Consumer Health
Not a speech. It is an experience: interactive, funny, and built around your event's theme. Audiences reference it months later.
Personality Poker and Full Deck IQ turn abstract collaboration into something teams actually do differently the next morning.
Working sessions with leadership to find the better question, because innovation is not about solving problems faster, it is about solving the right problems.
When Stephen steps on the stage, he is like a bolt of lightning.
Traci FentonCEO, WorldBluStephen Shapiro is the best presenter of ideas since Tom Peters.
Michael JohnsonFormer Writer, BusinessWeekHis talk exceeded our already high expectations.
Victoria ClicheExecutive Director, Creative Education FoundationVery entertaining, but more importantly, extremely informative and thought provoking.
Mary Beth ReidyExecutive Director, The Conference BoardStephen exemplifies innovation in his personality and how he approaches life and work.
Julie MeringerVice President, Forrester ResearchThe audience loved you and the feedback was amazingly positive.
IndustryWeekMagazinePersonality Poker is both enlightening and engaging. It is a great exercise for any organization to inject some excitement while learning how to create functional teams.
Tom MorganGeneral Manager of Innovation & Process Improvement, Voith Industrial ServicesStephen Shapiro's Personality Poker is a seriously fun way to wrap our heads around our own and others' work styles. Understanding leads to improved communication, appropriate expectations, and better work.
Jack CovertRetired President of 800-CEO-READThe success of your presentation began long before you stepped in front of the audience. You delivered much more than a speech; you delivered lasting results.
Daniel KausBP LubricantsStephen brought incredible energy and highly relevant messages that made it possible for us to rethink our innovation principles and extend them to our customer-facing functions.
Robin TorgersonVice President of U.S. Sales Excellence, 3MThe 30-day challenge forced you to recall what you learned before you forget. There were many subtle points that could have been lost among the main themes.
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