Soren’s concept of Experiential Intelligence is the new imperative for unlocking the peak potential of individuals, teams, and organizations.

Chief Marketing Officer of Australia & New Zealand, AccentureCarrie Smith

Soren provides a long overdue blueprint to more intentionally access the mindsets, abilities, and know-how gained from your unique life experience.

Vice President, Talent & Development, Amazon Web ServicesMichael J. Arena

Soren uses powerful storytelling to take us on a journey to deeply understand our experiences and teach us how to maximize the impact they have on our leadership and business success.

Chief Technology Officer, Colgate-PalmolivePat Verduin, Ph.D.

Soren knows what it takes to be successful in our rapid paced and constantly changing environment and redefines what all leaders and organizations need to build as competencies for the future.

President & CEO, Ascension Regional Health SystemDr. Stephanie Duggan

Soren has done it again! XQ is an essential concept for understanding what it takes to be successful in our rapid paced and constantly changing environment. Much as Soren’s books have deepened our understanding of innovation, XQ pushes past traditional views of intelligence to redefine what all leaders and organizations need to build as competencies for the future.

President & CEO, Ascension Regional Health SystemStephanie Duggan MD

Experiential Intelligence delivers a simple yet powerful framework for next-generation leaders to delve deeper into how their life’s experiences shape who they are and how they show up and lead. The book broadens the lens with which we can consider how others’ life experiences add to the capabilities of our organizations, which opens new doors to what the future of inclusion holds.

Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education, Center for Effective Organizations, USC Marshall School of BusinessJennifer Sparks Taylor

With the increased awareness of how an individual’s unique contributions and lived experiences can bring about transformation to the workplace, the new lens of Experiential Intelligence broadens the talent conversation and opens up possibilities for building a more diverse workforce.

Global Head of Talent & Organizational Development, NBCUniversalRebecca Romano

We all intuitively understand that experiences play a role in our leadership style. Experiential Intelligence uses powerful storytelling to take us on a journey to deeply understand our own XQ and teach us how to maximize the impact it has on our leadership and business success.

Chief Technology Officer, Colgate-PalmolivePat Verduin, Ph.D.

Soren Kaplan wades courageously into a half century of deep and often polarizing research on human intellect and emerges with a brilliant synthesis that provides the much-needed third leg of the intelligence stool. Experiential Intelligence is the perfect complement to IQ and EQ.

Coauthor of What A Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable GrowthMatthew E. May

Soren helps leaders unlock their hidden strengths and those of their teams to drive transformative outcomes.

Vice President of Philanthropy, United Nations FoundationValencia Bembry