Best Practices are Stupid written by Stephen M. Shapiro

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 It's time to innovate the way you innovate. Stephen M. Shapiro is one of America's foremost innovation advisers, whose methods have helped organizations like General Electric, NASA and the U.S. Air Force. He teaches his clients that innovation isn't just about generating occasional new ideas; it's about staying consistently one step ahead of the competition. In Best Practices Are Stupid, Shapiro offers some proven strategies for boosting innovation and making it a continuous process for your organizations culture.

 Don't think outside the box; find a better box.

 Instead of giving your employees a blank slate, provide. Them with well-defined parameters that will increase their creative output. Failure is always an option. Looking at innovation as a series of experiments allows you to redefine failure and learn from your results. Shapiro shows that nonstop innovation is attainable and vital to building a high-performing team, improving the bottom line, and staying ahead of the pack. INNOVATE THE WAY YOU INNOVATE The only way to survive is to understand that innovation is a continuous and a never-ending process. The second you rest on your success, you can be certain that someone will catch you for breakfast. So to survive in this cut-throat competition, understand the three levels of innovation: