Best Practices Are Stupid #1 Innovation Book of 2011
Stephen Shapiro’s latest book, Best Practices Are Stupid, was named the best innovation and creativity book of 2011 by 800-CEO-READ. This game-changing book has also been featured in….





Watch Stephen talk about his new book on ABC News
Learn more about Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition
It’s time to innovate the way you innovate
What if your organization could…
- Make innovation a repeatable and predictable process?
- More effectively motivate and engage employees to maximize returns?
- Efficiently solve and implement its most pressing challenges?
- Leverage open innovation to speed time-to-market, reduce costs, and minimize risk?
Innovation, when done right, can deliver all of these benefits. And Stephen Shapiro can help you get there.
With over 20 years of innovation experience, he previously established and led a 20,000 person innovation practice at Accenture. He is the author of five books on innovation and has spoken to over a half million people in 40 countries. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Fortune, Investor’s Business Day, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Newsweek. He has also appeared on CNBC, ABC News, and CBS Interactive’s BNET. You can read his articles every week on the American Express OPEN Forum.
Contact us today to learn how Stephen can help your organization adapt, evolve, and grow through his speeches, workshops, advisory work, and books.
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Personality Poker® is a card-based tool (and book) that will supercharge innovation in your organization. You and your team will quickly learn…
- How each employee contributes to and detracts from your innovation efforts.
- Which innovation styles are missing from your team and what to do about it.
- Who should lead which steps of the innovation process.
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