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http://stephenshapiro.com Business Innovation Speaker and Consultant Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:55:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-transcription/ http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-transcription/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:00:52 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4426 The other day I posted an article about purposeful tangents that included a video interview with magician Armando Lucero.  If you did not read that article, please sure to do so before reading this video transcription.  Armando: You know I enjoyed figuring out the facts on my own, so I had this habi...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-transcription/feed/ 0 http://stephenshapiro.com/personality-poker-limited-time-offer/ http://stephenshapiro.com/personality-poker-limited-time-offer/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:00:32 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=3353 Personality Poker®: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performance Teamwork and Innovation is unlike any other book. And now you can get a case of them for less than the cost of one copy on Amazon.com! Yes, it the book is jam packed with examples and scientific studies on teamwork, collaboration...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/personality-poker-limited-time-offer/feed/ 0 http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-video/ http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-video/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:30:58 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4415 Although I have dedicated the last 20 years of my life to understanding innovation, I no longer attend innovation conferences, unless I am speaking. Also, I read very few innovation books. Why? Two reasons. The first reason is that there seems to be very little innovation in the world of innovation;...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/magic-and-creativity-video/feed/ 2 http://stephenshapiro.com/mobsourcing/ http://stephenshapiro.com/mobsourcing/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:30:57 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4412 If you watch the news, you might assume you know what is really going on in the world. But what if 5% of the population accounts for 100% of the conversation? From my experience, the vocal few speak loudly and their voices are the only ones we tend to hear. We see this manifest in many different way...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/mobsourcing/feed/ 3 http://stephenshapiro.com/different-questions-different-answers/ http://stephenshapiro.com/different-questions-different-answers/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:24:59 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4396 Last month my girlfriend and I were in Aruba. 5 days of bliss at the Marriott there. We were scheduled to fly home on a Friday. But when we woke up Thursday morning, we realized we were not ready to leave. We loved the island and wanted more! Fortunately we didn’t have plans for the weekend and our ...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/different-questions-different-answers/feed/ 1 http://stephenshapiro.com/30-day-innovation-challenge-game/ http://stephenshapiro.com/30-day-innovation-challenge-game/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 20:42:59 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4370 You hire a speaker. Everyone leaves the event motivated. And then what? One study shows that immediately after a 10-minute presentation, listeners only remembered 50% of the content! A day later that number dropped to 25%, a week later it was 10%, and as the days passed, everyone forgot everything a...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/30-day-innovation-challenge-game/feed/ 0 http://stephenshapiro.com/stories-not-scoring/ http://stephenshapiro.com/stories-not-scoring/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:00:08 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4346 Last week after giving a speech at a casino hotel in Las Vegas, I sat at the bar and settled in to listen to a band play old music from the Rat Pack. Just as I was getting ready to leave, a guy tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “Are you Steve Shapiro, the guy who spoke at our event this morning?”...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/stories-not-scoring/feed/ 4 http://stephenshapiro.com/better-and-faster-innovation/ http://stephenshapiro.com/better-and-faster-innovation/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:42:09 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4344 I recently received a review copy of Jeremy Gutsche’s “Better and Faster.” Jeremy is the CEO of TrendHunter.com and the book reflects the quality of the site. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that I rarely post (if ever) post book reviews. But I liked this one so much, I decided...

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]]>http://stephenshapiro.com/shapiro-in-action-2/feed/ 0 http://stephenshapiro.com/the-uberization-of-everything/ http://stephenshapiro.com/the-uberization-of-everything/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:43:24 +0000 http://stephenshapiro.com/?p=4331 The taxi industry is shaking in its boots, worried about the impact of Uber. The reality is, every industry should be concerned. For those of you luddites who have not yet heard of Uber, it is a technology platform that allows you to request a ride from an individual who will then pick you up in his...

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