Unlocking Experience

In the wake of a very disruptive pandemic, all entrepreneurs now face enormous uncertainty. Supply chain challenges, hybrid workplaces, labour shortages, quiet quitting, inflation, rising interest rates, and a pending recession. Many business owners have never been here before.

There’s no playbook for navigating this wild ride. Where do you turn for ideas and support?

Fresh Thinking. Shared. is designed for entrepreneurs to learn from each other’s experiences. One story, one strategy, one idea from one innovative thinker to another can be a defining moment in your business journey.

Regardless of your industry - join us for panel and roundtable discussions on entrepreneurs’ experiences navigating uncertainty through:

• adapting financial strategies
• developing new product offerings
• increasing process efficiencies
• executing culture transformations
• entering new markets
• and more

Keynote Speakers

Soren Kaplan

Soren Kaplan is a bestselling and award-winning author, a Columnist for Inc. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker, the founder of Praxie.com, and an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at USC’s Marshall School of Business. Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have recognized him as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants.

Soren has advised and led professional development programs for thousands of executives around the world, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive, Hershey, Red Bull, Medtronic, Roche, Philips, Cisco, Visa, Ascension Health, Kaiser Permanente, CSAA Insurance Group, American Nurses Association, and many others.

Attendees will receive a copy of Soren Kaplan's just-released book "Experiential Intelligence" (XQ)

Presentation title: The Future of Strategy & Innovation

Presentation description:
Join us to learn about the evolution of business strategy and innovation over the past 25 years and why your people are your ultimate source of sustainable competitive advantage. Gain strategies and practical tools for leveraging the hidden intelligence and capabilities that reside within your teams and organizations to drive business strategy and innovation. By drawing on his extensive experiences working with over 30 of the Fortune 1000, as well as running international executive development programs with USC’s Center for Effective Organizations, Copenhagen Business School, and Melbourne Business School, Soren Kaplan will shed light on how to create competitive advantage and grow in today’s disruptive world.

Presentation takeaway:

• Gain insight into the trends driving the fields of strategy and innovation
• Learn how “experience” creates competitive differentiation for leadership, teams, & organizations
• Obtain tools and resources for driving innovation and business growth

Introductory Video:

Our Panel 

The panel will be comprised of Innovators Alliance members.