Soren Kaplan
- Leading Expert on Disruption & Innovation — Helps organizations navigate rapid shifts in business, technology, AI, and society with clarity and confidence.
- Trusted by Global Brands — Brings three decades of experience working with organizations including Disney, JPMorganChase, PepsiCo, Visa, Medtronic, and Colgate.
- Award-Winning Thought Leader — Wall Street Journal bestselling author and recognized by Thinkers50 and Business Insider as a leading management thought leader and consultant.
Soren Kaplan Speaker Biography
Dr. Soren Kaplan helps leaders make sense of disruption. And act on it.
A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, organizational psychologist, and innovation expert, he translates fast-moving shifts in business, technology, and society into clear strategic insight and practical action. He doesn’t just explain what’s changing. He shows leaders exactly what to do next.
Soren brings three decades of work with organizations across industries — including Disney, JPMorganChase, PepsiCo, Colgate, Visa, Medtronic, Nucor, and Ascension — and leads executive education programs at USC’s Center for Effective Organizations. He has written multiple award-winning books, contributes to Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, and Psychology Today, and has built numerous AI-powered businesses including SmartCoach365.com.
Thinkers50 and Business Insider recognize him as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants. He speaks on leadership, innovation, AI, organizational culture, and strategic change, always through the lens of what’s happening right now and what it means for the people and organizations navigating it.
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Transform Leadership & Culture with Experiential Intelligence (XQ)
As a leading expert in leadership, organizational culture, and innovation, Soren Kaplan’s conference and virtual keynotes leverage the most compelling ideas and tools from his breakthrough book, Experiential Intelligence. His keynote presentations deliver insights and practical actions based upon his 25+ years of work leading global executive education programs, conducting consulting and research for some of the most innovative organizations in the world, and his own personal journey focused on developing XQ.
Create a Culture of Innovation
As a leading expert in innovation, organizational culture, and leadership, Soren Kaplan delivers high-impact keynotes that tap into his 20+ years’ experience working across industries. His keynotes deliver insights and practical actions based upon his work advising and running innovation initiatives for over 30 of the Fortune 1000, leading executive education programs at USC’s Center for Effective Organizations, and research and examples from his internationally award-winning book, The Invisible Advantage.
Disruptive Innovation is Every Company’s Business
Dr. Soren Kaplan’s keynote speaking focuses on a single theme: innovation. Having worked across industries including technology, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, media & entertainment, and many others, Soren tailors his keynotes to his audience’s specific definition of “innovation” – which can range from incremental to the disruptive innovations that change the game. He also frequently leads and facilitates collaborative working sessions and breakouts following his keynotes – something that sets him apart from other traditional speakers.
In addition to these keynote presentations and others like them, he often tailors his message by sharing emerging trends, case examples, and strategies for driving disruptive innovation and change within specific business functions or industries like healthcare, financial services, and design.
