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= Soren Marcus Kaplan (born November 27, 1968) = Soren Kapan is an American-born author, professor, entrepreneur, consultant and keynote speaker. He is an Affiliated Professor at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, founder of the consulting firm InnovationPoint and co-founder of the collaboration software company upBOARD. He is a journalist for the Innovate column of Inc. Magazine, and regular contributes to Fast Company Magazine and Harvard Business Review.

In 2017, the Thinkers50 recognized Kaplan as one of the world’s top management experts in the field of business strategy and innovation. His debut book, Leapfrogging (2012), received Best Leadership Book by the Axiom Book Awards. His second book, The Invisible Advantage (2017), was awarded Best General Business Book by the International Book Awards.

In 2013, in an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Kaplan was the first bestselling business author to go on record to reveal the details of how the book publishing industry has become increasingly reliant on pre-sales of books by the marketing firm ResultSource to influence the New York Times and Wall Street Journal’s bestseller lists. The details of the industry’s approach were later highlighted in an article by Kaplan titled Debunking the Bestseller which was picked up by various media including Forbes. Kaplan has also provided critiques of the disruptive innovation facing the management consulting and training and development industries.

As a business executive and entrepreneur, Soren formerly ran Hewlett-Packard’s internal strategy consulting group in Silicon Valley. Following HP, he co-founded the software company iCohere, one of the first online platforms for online web communities and e-learning. Kaplan has taught business strategy and innovation management internationally within executive education programs at the Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), TIAS School for Business and Society (Netherlands), and Melbourne Business School (Australia).

1. Books & Book Chapters authored by Kaplan

 * Kaplan, S., Technology and Organization Development, in Rothwell, W. and Sullivan, R., Practicing Organization Development, John Wiley & Sons (2006): pp.500-582.
 * Kaplan, S. & Fry, R., Whole System Engagement through Collaborative Technology at World Vision, in in Bunker and Alban, The Handbook of Large Group Methods, Jossey-Bass (2006): pp.62-77.
 * Kaplan, S. (2017). The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation. Greenleaf Book Group Press, Austin, Texas, ISBN 978-1626343214.
 * Kaplan, S. (2012). Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise to Create Business Breakthroughs, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, CA, ISBN 978-1609944940.
 * Kaplan, S., Dear CEO, in Crainer, S. & Dearlove, D., Dear CEO: 50 Personal Letters from the World’s Leading Business Thinkers. Bloomsbury, London, 2017.

2. Notable Articles authored by Kaplan

 * Kaplan, S & Johnston, R. (1996). Harnessing the Power of Strategic Innovation. Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management.
 * Kaplan, S & Johnston, R. (1998). Dislocations—Drivers of Industry Evolution, Innovation, and Corporate Growth. Journal of Strategic Change.
 * Kaplan, S. (1999). Discontinuous Innovation and the Growth Paradox. Strategy & Leadership.
 * Kaplan, S. & Godwin, L., AI Version 2.0: New Models of Appreciative Inquiry in the Digital Age, AI Practitioner, May 2008.
 * Soren Kaplan (June 11, 2012). “How to Turn a Nasty Surprise into the Next Disruptive Idea.” Fast Company. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Kaplan, Soren M. Consulting to Management; Washington Vol. 11, Iss. 1, (May 2000): 30-34.
 * Soren Kaplan, (2012) "Savoring Surprise: The Leadership Learning Opportunity", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 40 Issue: 6, pp.46-50
 * Soren Kaplan (July/August, 2012). “Leading Disruptive Innovation”. Ivey Business Journal. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (December 21, 2013). “Six Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation”. Fast Company. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (June 6, 2014). “How to Measure Innovation to Get Real Results”. Fast Company. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (September 22, 2016). “Every Company Needs an Innovation Toolkit”. Fast Company. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (February 1, 2017). “Zipcar Doesn’t Just Ask Employees to Innovate – It Shows Them How” Harvard Business Review. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (August 15, 2017). “Why Organizational Lag May be Your Company’s Biggest Competitive Threat”. Inc. Magazine. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (August 15, 2017). “How One Insurance Firm Learned to Create a Culture of Innovation” Harvard Business Review. Retrieved December 2017.
 * Soren Kaplan (September 18, 2017). “5 Ways to Drive Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare”. Inc. Magazine. Retrieved December 2017.

3. External Links

 * Official Home Page
 * InnovationPoint
 * upBOARD
 * Thinkers50 Interview, The Invisible Advantage, September, 2017
 * Interview on NPR’s Technation, “The Power of Surprise”, September 18, 2012