Press Release… Stephen M. Shapiro Joins Linkage in Elite Partnership Business Consultant to Bring Methodology on Innovative Culture to Linkage’s Clients Burlington, MA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 Linkage, a global leadership development company, announced its partnership with innovation guru Stephen M. Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations for nearly 20 years on [...]

I am excited and honored to announce that my book, Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition, was just named the best “innovation and creativity” book of 2011 by 800-CEO-READ.  Winners in other categories include Jim Collins, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Eric Ries. You can see the entire list here on the 800-CEO-READ website. [...]

As some of you know, my 2012 business strategy is to license my content in a number of creative ways. We already licensed Personality Poker in a variety of languages and to a number of trainers.  The Dutch translation is the most recent version and will be available in January. And, just last week, we [...]

I’m pleased that the American Express OPEN Forum (via Matthew E. May) selected Best Practices Are Stupid as one of the top 15 books of 2011.  Check out the complete list Also, Best Practices Are Stupid  was selected as one of the “Top-Drawer Business Books of 2011″ by the advertising agency, DDB.  See the complete [...]

You may have noticed that we redid this website.  The content from www.stupidpractices.com has been moved here.  We now highlight all 5 of my books on the top as well as more prominent links to buy them in the right sidebar.  And the overall design has been cleaned up and simplified.  I welcome ANY comments. [...]

Ok, this may seem like an odd post.  Why would anyone want their iPhone to act like a BlackBerry?  Well, there are some things that the RIM folks got right. I switched over to the iPhone 4S a couple of weeks ago, and there are a few features from my old CrackBerry that I miss. [...]

I am happy to announce that my next book will be published by Portfolio Penguin on September 29, 2011. The title? Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition. This book contains 40 bite-sized tips and tricks for creating a culture of innovation. Most are quite counterintuitive or irreverent.  For example: Asking for [...]

The manuscript went to the publisher, and so now I can return back to my blogging.  Moving forward, I will be blogging at least twice a week with those article being posted on the American Express OPEN Forum.  I will also try to add some unique content here on this site, including videos, interviews, and [...]

No this is not a work stoppage driven by protest.  It is a slowdown caused by an overload of work. I am working on my next book and the manuscript is due over the next couple of weeks.  That is keeping me VERY busy.  So the activity here will slow down a little bit. But [...]

This weekend I am speaking at a very cool event!  And I would love to have you join me. What: The Ultimate Success Event When: Saturday April 17th, 2010 from 8am to 6:30pm Where: Chateau Cartier Hotel close to downtown Ottawa Canada But, to kick things off, the weekend starts Friday night with a private [...]