InnovationPoint Founder, Soren Kaplan
Soren Kaplan is a bestselling and award winning author, an Affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at USC’s Marshall School of Business, a Columnist for Inc. Magazine, a globally recognized keynote speaker, and the Founder of InnovationPoint. Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have named him 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: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs, was named “Best Leadership Book” and The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation 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 dual US-French citizenship.