For over 20 years, Stephen Shapiro has presented his provocative strategies on innovation culture and collaboration to hundreds of thousands of people in over 40 countries.

During his 15-year tenure with the consulting firm Accenture, he led a 20,000-person innovation practice.

He is the author of five books, including ?Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition," named the best innovation and creativity book of 2011.

He has been featured in Newsweek, Entrepreneur Magazine, O-The Oprah Magazine, SUCCESS Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and CNBC.

Clients include Microsoft, Nike, NASA, USAA, Dell, Fidelity Investments, and GE.

His highly acclaimed 6 minute TEDxNASA video can be seen on his website