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.

Disruptive Innovation Keynote Speaker

Create your future through new products, services, customer experiences, and business models

In one of his most popular keynotes, Disruptive Innovation is Every Company’s Business, Soren highlights the importance of disruptive 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. Key takeaways include:

  • Learn about the different types of innovation, from incremental to disruptive
  • Obtain best practices for innovating products, services, and business models
  • Gain insight from real-world trailblazers from startups to large companies
  • Instantly apply new knowledge through interactive, facilitated breakouts
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Everything Transformed

Soren’s series on Inc.com focuses on the disruptions impacting all of us. His most popular articles look at the disruptive trends in health care, travel, manufacturing, packaging, construction and more.

Travel & Hospitality

The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Airbnb disrupted hotels. Now big travel and hospitality companies are going after the next disruptive innovation themselves before getting blindsided yet again.

Health Care

Six Trends Shaping the Future of Health Care

The healthcare industry is an ecosystem. So are the companies disrupting it.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Isn't Dead, It's Just Transforming Before Our Eyes

Large scale 3D printing farms will create the next industrial revolution

Construction

Silicon Valley's Next Target: Disrupt the Construction and Real Estate Industries

‘Construction Tech’ and ‘Real Estate Tech’ are the next greenfield market spaces.

Safety

SafetyTech is the Next Big Blue Ocean Market Space

Finding the Next Big Market Opportunity Isn’t Easy. “SafetyTech” is an Untapped Space Worth Billions – And It’s Ripe for Innovation.

Packaging

The Packaging Industry is Massive, and It's About to Be Disrupted

Technology isn’t just for creating new products and services. Disruptive technologies are transforming the packaging that comes with just about everything we buy.

Soren has a unique gift for cutting through the clutter of today’s buzzwords and complexity by focusing on what really matters: how to create breakthroughs in products, services, business models, business processes, customers’ experiences, or marketing strategies. He is also a leading expert in organizational culture related to disruptive innovation and often speaks on leadership’s role in fostering a culture of sustainable innovation.

Soren customizes every keynote to his specific audience – since he’s an adamant believer that it’s only possible to truly connect to others when one has an understanding of their needs, challenges and passions. For inquires about Soren’s speaking engagements, including his experience working across specific areas and industries such as disruptive technology, healthcare, design, financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, food and beverage, media and entertainment, and others, click here.

Some previous presentations include:

  • Chevron
  • Colgate-Palmolive
  • Frito-Lay
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Wells Fargo
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Savannah College of Art & Design
  • American Association of Museums
  • American Society of Training and Development
  • Front End of Innovation
  • Institute for Credentialing Excellence
  • Cisco Systems
  • Disney
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • PepsiCo
  • Copenhagen Business School
  • Harvard Business School
  • Credit Union Executives Society
  • American Society of Association Executives
  • Academy of Family Physicians
  • International Boston Seafood Show

What Clients Say

Kristin Petrovich Kennedy
President & Founder, Createasphere

Soren delivered our kickoff keynote where he set the tone for our conference. The feedback from our attendees has been fantastic and Soren exceed my expectations with his engaging style and thought provoking presentation.

Tatyana Kanzaveli
Organizer, TEDx Bay Area / Silicon Valley

Soren’s new spin on the popular topic of innovation kept the entire audience on the edge of their seats. His talk was amazing.

Teppo Paavola
Vice President & Head of Global Business Development, PayPal

Soren’s talk inspired our organization while providing both strategic and practical approaches for driving breakthroughs in the business and for our leadership.

Kay Kennedy
Executive Director, Int’l Assoc. of Corporate & Professional Recruitment

Soren was engaging, knowledgeable, thought-provoking — and fun. Our attendees, who are highly experienced talent strategists, are a hard group to please, and they gave Soren uniformly excellent ratings.

Mary Beth Robles
Vice President, Innovation Capability & Systems, Colgate-Palmolive

Soren understood our audience and he made the topic of disruptive innovation accessible and inspirational. People are still buzzing about his presentation.