About Soren Kaplan
Soren Kaplan is an award-winning, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, former corporate executive, innovator of the AI-powered platforms Bridger, 3 Step Strategic Plan, Bias Breaker, Rental Optimizer, and Praxie, a columnist for Inc. Magazine and Psychology Today, and an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. He is an international keynote speaker and has led strategic consulting initiatives and professional development programs with thousands of leaders around the world, including over 30 of the Fortune 1000 such as Disney, Visa, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Philips, PepsiCo, Hershey’s, Cisco, Medtronic, Kaiser, Ascension Health, AARP, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and many others.
Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have recognized Dr. Kaplan as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, NPR, Strategy & Leadership, The International Handbook on Innovation, and many other academic and popular business media. He has lectured at the Harvard Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Melbourne Business School, and with other MBA and executive education programs globally. All three of his books have received International Book Awards with his latest work, Experiential Intelligence, recognized as best business book of the year for revealing how life experience contributes a form of intelligence on par with IQ (intellect) and EQ (emotional intelligence) that can be leveraged for breakthrough leadership and innovation. He holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Psychology.
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Soren Kaplan is an award-winning author, former executive, and columnist for Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, and Psychology Today. He is the innovator behind several AI-powered platforms—including Bridger, the 3 Step Strategic Plan, BiasBreaker, Rental Optimizer, and Praxie—each designed to enhance human collaboration, bridge divides, and drive meaningful impact. He has consulted to and worked with thousands of leaders around the world, including over 30 of the Fortune 1000 such as Disney, Visa, PayPal, Colgate, Kimberly-Clark, Medtronic, Hershey’s, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Recognized by Business Insider and the Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top management thought leaders, Dr. Kaplan also leads executive development programs at the Center for Effective Organizations at USC.