Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

With your host, Steve McKitis.

Hello, and thanks for joining us here

for episode 589 with Stephen Shapiro.

Stephen is a pro when it comes to getting a ton of good creative, clever ideas and a jiffy.

He shows us how to do just the same so you'll learn one the biggest

red flag and problem solving two how to work with and not around constraints and

three how an emphasis on solutions can actually hinder us.

So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to Adams you've referenced,

visit all some at your job.com.

E.P. 589.

Now here's Stephen's story. For over 20 years Stephen Shapiro has presented his provocative

strategies on innovation to audiences in 50 countries. During his 15-year tenure with a consulting

firm Accenture, he led a 20,000 person innovation practice.

He's the author of six books including his latest Invisible Solutions, 25 lenses that

reframe and help solve difficult business problems.

His personality poker system has been used around the world to create high-performing innovation

teams.

In 2015, he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame.

Big thanks to Stephen for sharing his wisdom with us, and big thanks to our sponsors.

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