Work From The Inside Out 69: To Innovate: Don’t Pivot, Divot with Stephen Shapiro
Stephen Shapiro is the author of the new book “Invisible Solutions: 25 Lenses that Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems”. For over 20 years, Stephen has presented his provocative strategies on innovation to audiences in 50 countries. During his 15 year tenure with the consulting firm, Accenture, he led a 20,000 person innovation practice. He is the author of six books, and the creator of “Personality Poker: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performance Teamwork and Innovation”, a card game that has been used around the world to create high performing innovation teams. In 2015, he was inducted into the speaker Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was a regular judge and mentor on the TLC innovation reality television show, Girl Starter.
Stephen started his career as an industrial engineer building computers and found the work to be routine. He realized early on that he was not a ‘cubicle guy’. He joined one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Accenture, by leveraging his engineering background to help companies develop more efficient processes and new products. When he discovered that companies were laying off thousands of people in the name of progress, he wanted no part of that. He took a leave of absence to reflect and returned to Accenture six months later with some fresh ideas to help companies grow. After 15 years with the firm, he decided to build his own brand, which includes authoring 6 books, speaking worldwide, online learning and innovation consulting.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Stephen became disillusioned when he realized that his work as a consultant to help companies’ optimize their business processes enabled them to reduce their workforces.
- He likes to help his clients stay relevant by helping them create products, services, and business models that are relevant to companies, consumers, and their clients.
- Stephen shares how most of his business comes through credible referrals and clients who have worked with him.
- How he set the intention to write his first book and had it become real almost 5 years to the day after he set it.
- Stephen shares how he prefers to divot instead of pivot and by doing so, deepens the way he delivers his content.
- The value he places on meeting people where they are.
Links
- Stephen Shapiro on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- www.stephenshapiro.com
- www.innovationintervention.com
Other Resources:
- “Invisible Solutions: 25 Lenses that Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems” by Stephen Shapiro
- “Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition” by Stephen Shapiro
- “Personality Poker: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performance Teamwork and Innovation” by Stephen Shapiro
- “Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution” by Dr. Michael Hammer
- Learn more about Stephen Shapiro’s Personality Poker game.
- Learn more about the National Speakers Association
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