Stephen Shapiro started his innovation work over 20 years ago while leading a 20,000-person practice at the consulting firm, Accenture. Since then he has written five books, including “Best Practices Are Stupid," which was named the best innovation and creativity book of the year, and his sixth book will be published early 2020. Stephen has presented at conferences in 50 countries and in 2015 he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame.
Stephen Shapiro started his innovation work over 20 years ago while leading a 20,000-person practice at the consulting firm, Accenture. Since then he has written five books, including “Best Practices Are Stupid," which was named the best innovation and creativity book of the year, and his sixth book will be published early 2020. Stephen has presented at conferences in 50 countries and in 2015 he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame.
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Stephen’s new book: Invisible Solutions releasing in early 2020
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The Story of an Inusual: Daniel Ek, Founder of Spotify
Want to be an innovative leader, be like Daniel Ek, creator of Spotify and follow this tried and true advice as it pertains to innovation:
Use a passion to Innovate, even when the odds aren’t in your favor, innovation can be your best friend, especially with passion as a running mate.
Don’t be afraid to reinvent. The starting block is not a stranger for innovation. When your current system, product, service or opportunity isn’t cutting it, don’t run from starting over, erasing the board and digging deep to find something that makes you and your team happy.
Ek created a service that has 160 million active users, 8 million who pay to use it, without a doubt, innovation played a huge part in this solid gold idea.
What are you going to do with that? Are you devoting yourself to something that rally makes you happy or is it time to reinvent?
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