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In today’s episode, we have Stephen Shapiro with us, and he is one of the top speakers in the world, and he is the King of “Innovation”. He teaches about the concept of innovation and helping companies around the country develop and be more profitable. He has also written great books, has been with Accenture, and writes regularly for Inc.com.

Tim and Stephen talks about how innovation improves an organization, some resistance that hinders the flow of innovation, and some insights on how to step into an innovative mindset.

Tune in now and listen to Tim Shurr and Stephen Shapiro and understand why best practices are stupid and more.

Quotes:

“My philosophy in innovation is about growth rather than shrinking.” – Stephen Shapiro

“Efficiency is about squeezing lemons; Innovation is about growing lemons.” – Stephen Shapiro

“Just because it worked for another company doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you.” – Stephen Shapiro

“You want to do what you do best as an individual. It’s also what companies need to do, play to their strongs too. But teams need to play with a full deck.” – Stephen Shapiro

“It’s actually about who you are not. Because if you understand who you are not, it tells you what your blind spots are, and when you understand your blind spots, now it tells you who you need to collaborate with.”  – Stephen Shapiro

“The person you like the least is the person you need the most.” – Stephen Shapiro

“Change, innovation, and creativity are unpredictable and ambiguous and because of that, it feels like it threatens our survival.” – Stephen Shapiro

“No matter who you are, whatever you were when you were younger, maybe that’s a key to your success if you embrace it.” – Stephen Shapiro

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Show Notes:

(00:50) Introduction of Stephen Shapiro

(02:30) How Stephen started

(03:26) The difference between Optimization and Innovation

(04:49) Best practices are stupid

(05:49) The under-sampling of failure

(07:17) The ones who “teach it” and the ones who “live it”

(08:26) We don’t need more ideas

(10:07) Challenge-centered innovation

(10:51) Innovate where you differentiate

(12:41) The deck of cards

(19:07) The appreciation angle

(21:32) The resistance that comes up

(21:59) The feeling that our survival is threatened

(23:34) The confirmation biases

(26:15) How Stephen help people get through the resistance

(26:36) Experience

(27:10) Point out the biases

(27:25) Series of tools

(30:13) Understanding and respecting different cultural perspectives

(36:21) Respecting people’s differences

(38:33) Embracing who you are

(43:40) Learn from other functions and industries

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