Kaihan Krippendorff

Based on his most recent book, Outthink the Competition, Kaihan delivers a set of proven business strategy tools he has used with more than 300 clients in almost every industry to create innovative growth ideas that increase revenue, profit, and the trajectory of your business and career. Blending together first-hand stories of inspiring business and social innovators, from Elon Musk to Noble Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus, Kaihan’s presentation teaches the audience a tested method for developing actionable growth ideas that unlock growth, increase competitiveness of their business and arm them with the tools needed to excel in today’s digital, agile, and purpose-driven world. Outcomes: • Learn new strategic patterns that reveal new strategic options • The Outthinker playbook: five strategic narratives you want to master now • A simple approach to turn “crazy” ideas into winning moves • Tools and methodology for strategic and innovative thinking

“Innovation” brings to our mind the maverick entrepreneur who quits their job, at unimaginable odds, to build a business on their own. But this entrepreneurial story is a myth. Kaihan argues that intrapreneurs – employees who incubate new businesses within corporations – are the true innovators. Nearly all of the most transformative innovations over the past three decades, from e-mail and the Internet to DNA sequencing and MRI scans, were introduced by employees who did not quit their jobs but instead took the challenge of innovating from within. Drawing on in-depth research of hundreds of successful innovators and hands on experience, Kaihan will outline the most common innovation barriers and how to overcome them – unlocking the value of your employees’ ideas and drive innovation inside of the organization. Audience members will leave inspired and empowered with the actionable next steps and tools for testing and scaling ideas that generate value and growth.

In a world marked by accelerated change and innovation, mental agility has proven to be a critical driver of success in sports, warfare, business, career, and life. Yet few agree on what exactly “mental agility” is or know how to develop it. Companies that fail to move on quickly enough from their linear organization will not succeed. In this presentation, Kaihan will share insights from work with top level corporate entrepreneurs and from his study of more than 200 successful innovators. Kaihan will share the key practices that distinguishes those with high mental agility from the rest of the pack and will arm the audience with tools and frameworks they can immediately apply to their own work. If your industry is being disrupted and you need your employees to embrace an agile mindset to transform and survive, you need Kaihan to speak to your group.