Soren Kaplan’s keynote speaking on design innovation and breakthrough thinking is grounded in his background in product innovation, research, graphic design, and organizational psychology. Soren delivers insights into real-world strategies and opportunities for individuals, teams, and organizations related to design innovation and thinking. His keynote speaking and presentations on design innovation connect the field of “design” to disruptive innovation, including implications and opportunities for products, services, customer experiences, and business models.
Soren studied design at New York’s School of Visual Arts and in Los Angeles at UCLA. He draws upon his 20 years of business strategy and innovation teaching and practice, including a unique family heritage grounded in design that includes:
Thank you for your brilliant remarks during the winter faculty conferences in Savannah and Atlanta. The assembled faculty and staff will embark upon the academic quarter buoyed by your inspired and witty words on the nature of innovations, which are sure to favor those who embrace surprise and eschew predictability.
As a professional conference organizer, we initially asked Soren to deliver a top level, executive education workshop to kickoff an event with over 300 C-Suite executives from the healthcare industry. The feedback was so outstanding we invited him back to lead a similar discussion at another event. Soren’s unique ability to tailor his message, facilitate collaboration, and push the thinking of senior executives, puts him in the top tier of speakers we work with.
Soren uses storytelling, humor, and engaging case examples in his keynote presentations that apply the concepts of design to innovation and leadership. He also describes of the role of design thinking in driving new products, services, customer experiences, and business models.
Soren’s new spin on the popular topic of innovation kept the entire audience on the edge of their seats. His talk was amazing.
Soren understood our audience and he made the topic of disruptive innovation accessible and inspirational. People are still buzzing about his presentation.
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