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Soren Kaplan

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A thought-leader, Professor, and leading expert in innovation culture, leadership, and talent management

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Keynote Speaker Soren Kaplan is a leading expert in innovation culture, leadership, and talent management for innovation. An engaging and motivating speaker, he gives tailored keynote speeches that provide audiences with new insight and actionable direction based on his groundbreaking books The Invisible Advantage and Experiential Intelligence.

Why you should book speaker Soren Kaplan:

  • He possesses practical experience leading innovation at HP in Silicon Valley and has consulted to over 30 of the Fortune 1000 globally (Disney, Visa, Philips, Cisco, Hershey, etc.)
  • He lectures at the Harvard Business School, UCS’s Marshall School of Business, Copenhagen Business School, Melbourne Business School, and with other MBA and executive education programs globally.
  • He is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling author and Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have recognized him as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants.

Soren has advised and led professional development programs for thousands of executives around the world, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive, Hershey, Red Bull, Medtronic, Roche, Philips, Cisco, Visa, Ascension Health, Kaiser Permanente, CSAA Insurance Group, American Nurses Association, and many others.

He has lectured at the Harvard Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Melbourne Business School, Breda University in the Netherlands, and with other MBA and executive education programs globally. Soren’s debut book, Leapfrogging, was named “Best Leadership Book” and The Invisible Advantage received the “Best General Business Book” distinction by the International Book Awards.

He has been quoted, published, and interviewed by Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, CNBC, National Public Radio, the American Management Association, USA Today, Strategy & Leadership, and The International Handbook on Innovation, among many others. He holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Psychology and possesses duel US-French citizenship.

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Leapfrogging to Breakthrough Innovation

In this high-energy and provocative keynote, Soren highlights the importance of breakthrough innovation for leaders, organizations and business functions – and helps participants identify future opportunities in products, services, processes, and/or business models. Definitions of the different types of innovation are provided along with concrete examples and emerging practices for driving the type of innovation that “leapfrogs” the competition.

  • Learn about the different types of innovation – from incremental to disruptive
  • Obtain principles and practices for innovating products, services, process, and business models
  • Gain insight from real-world trailblazers like Intuit, OpenTable, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate, Gatorade, & many others
  • Instantly apply new knowledge to real business issues or opportunities through interactive, facilitated group breakouts
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How to Create a Culture of Innovation

Based on 20+ years’ experience and his widely recognized FastCompany article on the topic, Soren reveals the secrets for creating a culture of innovation. While “disruptive” or “breakthrough” innovation may seem easy for companies like Apple or Google, Soren outlines why most organizations struggle to create an environment that produces sustainable innovation – and then reveals how anyone can foster a culture that promotes new thinking, customer focus, experimentation, continuous improvement, and business growth.

Audience takeaways:

  • Learn how organizational culture impacts behavior and how it can be shaped to foster innovation
  • Gain insight into the levers that influence culture, including leadership behavior, storytelling, metrics, rewards, and organizational structures and processes
  • Obtain models and tools for transforming your organization’s own culture
  • Instantly apply new knowledge through interactive, facilitated group breakouts
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Disrupt it! The Future of Disruptive Technology

Soren Kaplan’s diverse, hands-on experience with disruptive technology, disruptive innovation, and emerging business models, gives him a unique perspective that keeps his audiences on the edge of their seats. With an eye on the future, he outlines the intersecting trends, technologies, and forces shaping the future.

But he doesn’t stop there, he also reveals the disruptive applications of these technologies that represent both opportunities and potential threats, while outlining implications for business leaders and organizations as they move into their increasingly fast-paced and uncertain futures.

Audience takeaways:

  • Learn about the emerging technology trends changing the face of every industry
  • Gain insight into specific technology-driven trends including 3D printing, augmented reality, cloud computing, big data, wearable devices, sensors and beacons, robotics, social media, and other disruptors
  • Obtain insights into specific opportunity areas and potential disruptive threats
  • Instantly apply new knowledge through interactive, facilitated group breakouts
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Why Innovation Culture is the Only Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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