Soren Kaplan

While “disruptive” or “breakthrough” innovation may seem easy for companies like Apple or Google, Soren outlines why most organizations struggle to create an environment that produces sustainable innovation – and then reveals how anyone can foster a culture that promotes new thinking, customer focus, experimentation, continuous improvement and business growth.

Audience takeaways:

• Learn how culture impacts innovation
• Gain insight into how to shape your innovation culture
• Obtain tools to transform your own culture
• Instantly apply new knowledge through interactive sessions

Soren details how any organization can create a culture of innovation – and environment that promotes freethinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and sustaining value creation at all levels across all functions.

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

Soren outlines the three essential components of all winning business models:

• Value – How do you add the most value to those you serve?
• Revenue – How do you create financial sustainability and drive business growth?
• Differentiation – How do you create the greatest competitive differentiation?

Organizations that benefit most from Soren’s Business Model Innovation keynote presentations and workshops are those facing commoditization and stiff competition based on costs and pricing — and who, as a result, need a jump-start as they consider new possibilities for alternative ways to integrate services, create solutions, develop unique customer experiences, and build ecosystems of partners as they reinvent their business models.