Transform Your Teams & Organization to Win in Today’s AI-Powered World
Delve into the transformative power of AI, Leadership, and Innovation in shaping the future of work.
Soren’s keynotes illuminate the transformative power at the intersection of AI, leadership, and innovation in shaping the future of work.
Through his engaging and grounded style, Soren invites audiences to reflect on their own collaborative experiences, unlocking the mindsets, abilities, and practical strategies that serve as catalysts for profound transformation within teams and across organizations.
Each keynote by Soren is tailored to the specific needs and goals of his audience, integrating illustrative examples that bring insights to life. By collaborating closely with Soren, you’ll engage in several planning sessions, ensuring that your keynote experience resonates deeply with your audience and reinforces your organization’s most crucial messages. Soren’s keynotes inspire action to drive lasting change within your team and organization.
Soren’s sessions are bold, interactive, and research-backed, and always customized to your audience. Whether addressing executive teams or global conferences, he blends evidence-based insights with real-world application. His storytelling style draws people in, while his frameworks and tools empower them to act. His goal isn’t just to inform, but to provoke transformation, both personal and organizational.
Ranked as one of the world’s top management experts and strategic consultants by Business Insider and the Thinkers50, Dr. Kaplan shares what works (and doesn’t) from his decades of experience leading initiatives with top companies and brands, including his own AI-Powered startups.
From Corporate meetings & events to conferences and trade shows, Dr. Kaplan inspires, energizes, and motivates action.
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, 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’s engaging and motivational speaking style leads his audiences through a journey of exploration and discovery to insight and practical application, ensuring that everyone walks away energized and motivated – and with a sense of actionable direction.
What Clients Say
CEO, American Nurses Association
Dr. Loressa Cole
Soren delivers deep insight into how we show up and perform at work, in our relationships, and life itself.
Senior Vice President, Talent Leaning and Insights, 3M
Kathryn J. Coleman, Ph.D
Dr. Kaplan provides keen insights into how the experiences we have form our current mindsets and an approach for how to gain self-awareness into your unique assets to foster both personal and professional growth.
Chief Marketing Officer of Australia & New Zealand, Accenture
Carrie Smith
Soren’s concept of Experiential Intelligence is the new imperative for unlocking the peak potential of individuals, teams, and organizations.
Vice President, Talent & Development, Amazon Web Services
Michael J. Arena
Soren provides a long overdue blueprint to more intentionally access the mindsets, abilities, and know-how gained from your unique life experience.
Chief Technology Officer, Colgate-Palmolive
Pat Verduin, Ph.D.
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.
President & CEO, Ascension Regional Health System
Dr. Stephanie Duggan
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.
Vice President of Philanthropy, United Nations Foundation
Valencia Bembry
Soren helps leaders unlock their hidden strengths and those of their teams to drive transformative outcomes.
Group Vice President, HCA Healthcare
Juan Sanchez
Soren artfully blends concrete research with compelling storytelling to clearly show what leads to higher performance as a leader and for your organization.
Head of Change and Transformation, Cigna
Rachael Orleans
Soren reveals how to create a culture of empowerment and innovation that enables true sustainable growth and engagement.
CEO, Best Practices Institute
Louis Carter
Soren’s book, Experiential Intelligence, is a major game-changer for the field of transforming organizations.
Senior Vice President & Head of Global Talent Development, NBCUniversal
Rebecca Romano
Culture is the key to innovation, and Soren helps leaders assess, frame, and create a sustainable environment for both innovation and growth.
Kevin Martin
Chief Operating Officer, KQED Public Television & Radio, San Francisco
Soren helped our leadership team assess, design, and build an action plan for further embedding innovation into our culture.
President of Gatorade
Sarah Robb O’Hagan
Soren shows that leaders who look inward to challenge the status quo will be on track to truly change the game.
Co-Founder of OpenTable
Glenn Allen
Soren delivers new principles and tools that anyone can apply to their business. He provides the new guide for entrepreneurs and leaders in today’s environment.
Director, Global Innovation Center of Excellence, Hershey’s
Deborah Arcoleo
Soren outlines exactly the right principles for creating an organizational mindset that challenges orthodoxies, and seeks out and learns from surprises.
Chief Learning Officer, ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
Anne Blouin, CAE
Soren reveals strategies for engaging people in the type of experiential learning that challenges assumptions and leads to breakthroughs.
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