Kaihan Krippendorff Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
NYC - New York City
Travels From:
NYC - New York City
Primary Topic Category:
Creativity and Innovation
Primary Topic Category:
Creativity and Innovation
Secondary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship
Secondary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship
Kaihan Krippendorff Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Kaihan Krippendorff is the CEO of Outthinker Networks, a global think-tank comprised of corporate strategists, innovators, and intrapreneurs shaping the future of business. A sought-after management author and keynote speaker, Kaihan is an innovation catalyst to business leaders and CXOs of some of the world’s most admired companies. Kaihan helps organizations generate breakthrough ideas that drive transformation and achieve long-term growth in our accelerated world of change.
Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder of Outthinker, a global think-tank of chief strategy, innovation, growth, and transformation officers and executives from large public, private, and Fortune 500 companies.
A former McKinsey consultant and author of 6 books including bestsellers Outthink the Competition, Driving Innovation from Within, and Proximity, Kaihan is recognized by Thinkers50 and Global Gurus as one of the top 20 global management thinkers in strategy and innovation.
Known for rigorously researched tools and engaging programs, Kaihan is an innovation catalyst and sought-after strategic advisor for some of the world’s most recognizable companies including Aetna-CVS, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Yahoo!. His work has created in excess of $3.0 billion in new annual recurring revenue.
Kaihan is host of the Outthinkers podcast, The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast, and Strategy at Scale podcast. His ideas are frequently published in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other leading media outlets. He is a Senior Fellow at Wharton Business School and teaches strategy and innovation at NYU, Florida International University and other programs across the globe. He is an advisory board member of two tech startups.
Kaihan holds a doctorate in economics and business and engineering degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering, Wharton, Columbia Business School, and London Business School. With a mother from Bangladesh, father from Germany, and wife from Latin America, Kaihan is a global citizen who brings a holistic, diverse, and worldly perspective to everything he does. He is a passionate cook and lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, three teenage kids, two cats, and a dog.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has said, "Kaihan shows that with a compelling idea anyone can change the world" and that message has made Kaihan one of the most sought-after business speakers in the world.
REID HOFFMAN – Co-founder of LinkedIn and Co-author of Blitzscaling
Kaihan shows how large organizations can innovate, build, and adapt for the future.
AJAY BANGA – President of the World Bank and former CEO of Mastercard
Kaihan provides practical, actionable steps for breaking down siloes, and ignites the drive to collaborate and accept the new opportunities that will soon come your way.
AMALIA AVRAMOV – President of Amdocs Financial Services
The highlight of the event was undoubtedly our keynote speaker, Kaihan Krippendorff. His visionary strategies left us inspired and ready to take on any challenge that comes our way.
SUSAN WINSLOW – President of Macmillan Learning
Kaihan- your talk was a perfect blend of inspiring, practical, and actionable. As a leader who is working to implement many of these ideas and structures, I found it so helpful to see a research-based, broader view of what successful innovation looks like! Thank you so much for the expertise and enthusiasm.
HEATHER DAVIS– former President and Chief Investment Officer of Nuveen Private Investments
Kaihan is a uniquely engaging speaker who energizes and inspires audiences. His cutting-edge ideas and hand-picked business examples make complex subjects simple while delivering the perfect balance of entertainment and deep insight. He was the highlight of our event.
CARINA BAUER – CEO, IMEX Group
Feedback from Kaihan's sessions at IMEX Frankfurt was outstanding. It was an honour to have him take part.
SUKANYA SODERLAND – Partner at Oliver Wyman and former Chief Strategy Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield MA
Kaihan is truly an extraordinary, world-class thinker, strategist and disruptive innovation practitioner. His books and talks demonstrate his ability to sense and elevate trends and disruptive forces when they are still fringe, to use his vast strategic understanding and cross-industry experience to clearly illuminate unheard-of but potent INSIGHTS (e.g., keys to driving large-scale innovation in companies through engaging employees) and a remarkable ability to ACTIVATE those insights in ways that resonate with practitioners in the field who struggle with transforming theory into action. His ability to drive clarity and offer actionable frameworks and approaches is unparalleled. And his ability to 'connect the dots' across his vast network of other leading thinkers (listen to his podcasts!), and his ability to facilitate on-the-ground feedback and results is truly exemplary. I gain meaningful, novel insights in each of my interactions with Kaihan. These have been pivotal in shaping work I do and initiatives I spearheaded as Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Finally, Kaihan's style is equally extraordinary -- he is exceptionally sincere, humble and inviting of others' perspectives and creates an inspiring and engaging forum for others. Having had the pleasure of working with many brilliant minds in the past both as a partner at Oliver Wyman, and at Harvard Business School, I can say unreservedly that Kaihan is 'tops' in my book.”
CAMERON HEROLD – former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK
Kaihan- you really crushed it – thank you.... Our group SERIOUSLY loved your content. You were the highest rated speaker we’ve had in 6 years. We’ll be following up to have you come back to speak at our global conference.
MARY LUNDSTROM – Managing Director at Northwestern Mutual
Kaihan did an outstanding job as keynote speaker at our Leadership Conference. He made a concerted effort to make his message tailored to our audience and went above and beyond in terms of learning about the issues that our company and its leaders are currently facing. I was impressed by his use of stories or choosing examples very relevant to our leaders to tie into his themes. We have gotten a lot of positive feedback regarding his message and would recommend him for additional talks.
PHILIP GRAHAM – Partner at Harneys
Kaihan, it was a pleasure to work with you. Your presentation at our annual partners meeting was engaging and thought-provoking. You left us all with a better understanding of innovation and actionable ideas we can start working on right away. Thanks again for how you customized your session; it felt like you were talking directly to us. Thank you!
JOHN R. DIJULIUS – President of The DiJulius Group
Kaihan had over 700 business leaders captivated with his relevant content on how to build a business that disrupts your industry and distances yourself from your competition. He delivered!
JOSH BONE – Executive Director of ELECTRI International (National Electrical Contractors Association)
I would highly recommend Kaihan for your next event. Kaihan’s presentation at our annual meeting was the most thought-provoking and inspiring part of the conference. He spent extra time listening to us to learn more about our industry and was an absolute pleasure to work with. His passion and enthusiasm came across extremely well to our audience. We already know we want to bring him back to another event.
DANIEL H. PINK – Bestselling Author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human
Essential if you are itching to be more creative and tap into the resources of your company to create something amazing.
Chief Operating Officer – $1B+ High-Growth PE Portfolio Company
The feedback from our team was overwhelmingly positive – the extended ELT team and I fully support it. Kaihan is a compelling storyteller, adept at linking trends, tech, growth strategies, and frameworks to our leadership team's strategic planning efforts. He energized the group with insightful examples and case studies, and his ability to structure breakout sessions and discussions made the experience even more impactful. His extensive background in research and industry gave him the credibility to truly connect with our team, making the content not only highly relevant but also actionable.
Chief Strategy Officer – Fortune 100 Insurance Company
Thank you for supporting the launch of our new strategy last week! The conference was a resounding success. Your comments set the right tone and context for our leadership team. The term ‘Outthinker’ was carried through the three days along with other themes and concepts that you raised. On a personal note, it was a real pleasure to work with you these past few weeks. I appreciate your thoughtful and highly customized approach.
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