Ovation Talent is Proud to Present: Stephen Shapiro, Leading Authority on Creativity & Innovation

Speaking Topics Include:

• Speed Innovating: Breakthrough Solutions at Breakneck Speed
• Instilling a Pervasive Culture of Innovation
• Process Innovation and Excellence
• Goal-Free Living: Success...with Less Effort

Bio:
Stephen Shapiro has inspired hundreds of thousands of people in 27 countries with his speeches on creativity and innovation. His career is based on the core belief that every individual and organization has yet to realize its full, extraordinary potential. Guided by this principle, he teaches clients how to identify and leverage their strengths, root out and overcome their weaknesses, and ultimately capitalize on opportunities they never knew existed.

During a 15 year tenure with the international consulting firm Accenture, he established and led their Global Process Excellence Practice and developed innovation training that was delivered to 20,000 consultants. In 2001, Shapiro changed direction and left the management consulting world to promote his first book, 24/7 Innovation: A Blueprint for Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Change. This highly acclaimed book has been featured in Newsweek, Investor’s Business Daily (four times) and the New York Times.

In 2003, Shapiro applied the effective innovation and creativity strategy he’d developed for his clients to find even more opportunity. That summer, he set out and drove 12,000 miles around the United States and interviewed 150 people to research and write his next book, Goal-Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want NOW! This counter-cultural book became the #1 Amazon.com “Business Motivation” and #1 BarnesandNoble.com "Self-Improvement" best-seller, was featured on TomPeters.com, O - The Oprah Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

During his career, Shapiro has advised leading organizations around the world including Staples, General Electric, Pearson Education, Lockheed Martin, ABB, Xerox, Avaya, Vodafone, BMW, Frito Lay, Barclays, the Singapore government, UPS, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as The Marketing Forum, The Forrester CIO Forum, the Human Resources Council, and the Creative Education Foundation's Creative Problem Solving Institute. He is the president elect for the New England National Speakers Association.

When he is not motivating audiences around the world, Shapiro enjoys scuba diving, wine tasting, and playing the tenor saxophone.