Soren Kaplan

Soren Kaplan
Born (1968-11-27) November 27, 1968
Residence Walnut Creek, California
Nationality American
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Website https://upboard.io/

Soren Marcus Kaplan (born November 27, 1968) is an author, consultant, and speaker on the subject of innovation in organizations.[1]

In 2013, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Kaplan had paid ResultSource a fee of $20-30,000 to promote his first book, Leapfrogging, and bought 2,500 copies himself at a cost of $55,000. The book entered the Journal's best-seller list for business books and then "the following week ...plunged 99% and it fell off the list".[2]

Early life and career

Soren Kaplan was born on 27 November 1968. In 1996 he jointly wrote an article for the Journal of Creativity & Innovation Management under the title of "Harnessing the Power of Strategic Innovation".[3]

In 2001, Kaplan co-founded iCohere, Inc. with his father Pascal,[4] an online learning and collaboration platform.[5]

Books

In 2012, Kaplan published Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs, outlining his observations on why the power of surprise is so important for innovation.[6] He has since published his second book on innovation titled The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation (2017).[7]

In a 2013 article in the Wall Street Journal titled "The Mystery of the Book Sales Spike How Are Some Authors Landing On Best-Seller Lists? They're Buying Their Way", Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg noted that Soren's first book, Leapfrogging entered the Journal's list of best-selling business books immediately and the next week "plunged 99% and it fell off the list". Kaplan told the Journal that he had retained ResultSource to promote the book and "purchased about 2,500 books through ResultSource, paying about $22 a book, including shipping, for a total of about $55,000. Mr. Kaplan says he also paid ResultSource a fee in the range of $20,000 to $30,000."[2]

Other activities

Kaplan was ranked 24 out of 40 in the blog Innovation Excellence "Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2017."[8]

Kaplan's ideas are discussed in The International Handbook on Innovation by Larisa V. Shavinina.[9]

He has also appeared as a speaker at TEDx Bay Area.[10]

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.[11][12]

He is a columnist for the Innovate column of Inc. Magazine[13], regularly contributes to Fast Company Magazine[14] and has written one short article for the Harvard Business Review website.[15]

Personal life

Kaplan has two daughters.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Sparks of Surprise - Interviews with Innovation Experts and Authors". www.ideaconnection.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  2. 1 2 "The Mystery of the Book Sales Spike How Are Some Authors Landing On Best-Seller Lists? They're Buying Their Way", Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2018. Archived at archive.is.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Robert E.; Kaplan, Soren (June 1996). "Harnessing the Power of Strategic Innovation". Creativity and Innovation Management. 5 (2): 117–121. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8691.1996.tb00130.x. ISSN 0963-1690.
  4. ↑ "Unified Learning Systems, iCohere, Business Solutions Companies". ceocfointerviews.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Social Software and the Future of Conferences; Right Now". Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Soren Kaplan: An interview by Bob Morris". Blogging on Business. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. ↑ "Sparks of Surprise - Interviews with Innovation Experts and Authors". www.ideaconnection.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  8. ↑ "Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2017 – Innovation Excellence". innovationexcellence.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  9. ↑ Shavinina, Larisa V. (2003-10-16). The International Handbook on Innovation. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080524849.
  10. ↑ TEDx Talks (2012-08-27), The Power of Surprise: Soren Kaplan at TEDxBayArea, retrieved 2018-09-10
  11. ↑ "0803 | How to Create a Culture of Innovation with Soren Kaplan - David Burkus". David Burkus - Author of The Myths of Creativity. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  12. ↑ "Leadership in Strategy Innovation & Strategic Business Growth". www.innovation-point.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  13. ↑ "Soren Kaplan's articles | Inc.com". www.inc.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  14. ↑ "Soren Kaplan | Co.Design". Co.Design. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  15. ↑ "How One Insurance Firm Learned to Create an Innovation Culture". Harvard Business Review. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  16. ↑ "Thinkers50 in 50 Seconds with Soren Kaplan - Thinkers 50". Thinkers 50. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
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