Innovate the Way you Innovate
Quit Thinking Outside the Box – Find a Better Box
Well-intentioned leaders, in their attempts to boost innovation, are inadvertently destroying it. What if “thinking outside the box” actually kills innovation? What if failure is not a necessary component of innovation? It’s time to innovate the way you innovate.
During this customizable and interactive keynote, you will discover that innovation isn’t just about generating occasional new ideas; it’s about staying consistently one step ahead of the competition. This enlightening experience brings to life the concept in Stephen Shapiro’s latest book, Best Practices Are Stupid.
You will discover why:
You don’t want to innovate everywhere. Avoid trying to improve every aspect of your business. Instead, “innovate where you differentiate.” Focus your energy where there is the greatest potential impact.
Asking for ideas is a bad idea. Avoid suggestion boxes or abstract questions. They create a lot of noise and wasted energy. Instead, provide well-framed challenges to increase creative output. “Don’t think outside the box, find a better box.”
Expertise is the enemy of innovation. Breakthroughs are rarely developed by experts within your industry or area of specialization. Instead, reframe your challenge to find solutions elsewhere.
The pragmatic approaches shared in “Innovate the Way You Innovate” have increased innovation ROI tenfold or more.
Personality Poker
Don’t Let Your Innovation Potential Fall Short
Contrary to conventional wisdom, opposites do not attract. As a result, in business, we tend to surround ourselves with people who are similar to us. Although this is great for efficiency, this lack of diversity can kill innovation.
How can you increase your innovation potential? Play Personality Poker® with Stephen Shapiro! This fast-paced, highly interactive game will help you discover:
- Your primary innovation personality
- Your innovation blind spots
- Why the person you like the least is the person you need the most
- What is missing from your team that is limiting innovation and success
- How to create a high-performing innovation team that leverages divergent points of view
This is the most interactive keynote you will ever experience and has been done with audiences of more than 1,000 people in a Vegas casino! Be ready for an incredible way to kick off your conference as it will set the tone for the rest of your event!
Innovation for Innovators
Create Your Best Innovation Culture
You’ve decided to invest in innovation.
You have a team of innovators ready to change your culture.
Now where do you begin?
Stephen’s presentation, consisting of content from his best-selling book, Best Practices are Stupid, is specifically designed for individuals tasked with making innovation a reality in your organization. Throughout this impressive presentation, Stephen will address a wide range of issues such as:
- Why failure is bad but experimentation is good
- How to measure innovation to ensure you are innovating efficiently
- What organization structures help push innovation to the lowest levels of the organization
- How to identify your organization’s differentiator and its impact on innovation
- How to motivate everyone in the organization to participate in innovation
- How to maximize your innovation ROI with a challenge-centered approach
“Innovation for Innovators” provides the basics and the specifics necessary for any company to create a pervasive culture of innovation.
Making the Impossible Possible
Developing Break-Through Solutions
Innovation isn’t just for innovators! It’s for everyone. This interactive keynote – which can be done with any size audience and is relevant to everyone – shares a number of practical techniques that anyone in your organization can use. For example, it can help:
- Sales reps develop new and better ways of closing the deal
- Marketers create more compelling and persuasive campaigns
- IT develop better technology more rapidly with lower risk
- HR professionals better engage employees and improve performance management
Manufacturing reduce costs and improve quality.
Everyone be more productive and better at solving your business challenges.
