Kaihan Krippendorff

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

• Outthink the Competition: A Proven Framework for Designing Breakthrough Growth Strategies

  We live in an accelerated age of technology, disruption, volatility, and uncertainty. It demands that we lead our teams and organizations in radically new ways. We need to leverage creative problem-solving to innovate and do more with less.

  Globally ranked management thinker Kaihan Krippendorff has studied and analyzed the strategies of thousands of companies to uncover how they were able to beat competitors to lead across industries and markets. In this entertaining, interactive, and practical keynote, Krippendorff will teach you the creative secrets of companies that outperform. He will guide audiences through his 4th Option® IDEAS Framework, a learnable and repeatable process for generating strategic breakthrough ideas, innovations, and business models to drive growth and keep you relevant in the future.

  Detailed in his bestselling book, Outthink the Competition, Krippendorff’s 4th Option® IDEAS Framework and tools have been used in hundreds of companies ranging from high-growth startups to industry-leading public and private global corporations. 95% of leadership teams that have enlisted Krippendorff’s guidance through IDEAS report having at least one transformative idea to take action on and to date have generated in excess of $2.5B in new annual recurring revenue.

  In this keynote, Krippendorff will entertain and engage audience members with stories and cases customized for their company. They’ll walk away with rigorously researched, practical tools they can apply to find their 4th Option®.

  Audiences will leave with:

  • A proven framework for growth and innovation, the 4th Option IDEAS Process.
  • The top five moves of the Outthinker Playbook.
  • A simple tool to avoid killing off “crazy” (valuable) ideas and turn them into winning moves.
  • A common language and energized mindset that enables and encourages innovation throughout the organization.

  This is a program for leaders and teams who are:

  • In need of delivering faster growth.
  • Seeking ways to overcome heavy competition and disruptors.
  • Looking for a repeatable process to drive innovation and unleash creative thinking.
  • Worried they will not keep up with the pace of change.

• Driving Innovation from Within: Turn Employees into Intrapreneurs and Accelerate Transformation

  In our accelerated world of technology and disruption, the benefits of turning employees into intrapreneurs are well documented. Companies that treat their people as intrapreneurs have innovation infused into their DNA. Transformation becomes a toned muscle and capability that can be exercised repeatedly as needed. Bestselling author and globally ranked innovation expert Kaihan Krippendorff’s research shows companies with active intrapreneur networks are 3X more likely to be in the top quintile of financial performance and enjoy a 2.5X advantage in their ability to recruit and retain top talent.

  The IN-OVATE framework provides a specific and practical approach to turn your employees into intrapreneurs, and build capacity for enterprise-wide transformation and smart innovation.

  In this inspiring, timely, and high-impact keynote, Krippendorff shows how organizations can unlock the power of intrapreneurship, and how you, the individual Intrapreneur, can navigate barriers, overcome resistance, and take the initiative to drive transformation across your organization.

  Audiences will leave with:

  • A framework to identify and overcome the seven blockers of innovation.
  • The six characteristics, mindsets, and habits of successful intrapreneurs.
  • Appreciation and understanding of the human side of innovation and how to spread intrapreneurship across the organization.
  • Inspiring and memorable stories to fuel their intrapreneurial journey.

  This is a program for leaders and teams who want to:

  • Motivate people to be more innovative.
  • Move from a culture of permission-seeking to a culture of proactivity.
  • Transform employees into intrapreneurs
  • Spark creativity and innovation.
  • Gain traction on or accelerate transformation.

• The 8Ps of Innovation and Design: A proven Framework for Innovating Your Business Model

  When we say “innovation” we almost always mean “product innovation”. We talk about R&D and possible new solutions to fulfill unmet needs. This is a one-dimensional and incomplete approach to innovation. Dissect the highest performing and most innovative companies of the last decade and you will see that great innovators disrupt their markets by reaching beyond the product. Oftentimes their success rests on choices that have little to do with new product innovations.

  In this practical, high-impact keynote, globally recognized innovation expert Kaihan Krippendorff will share entertaining and engaging examples from your industry and beyond that breakdown how companies that outperform their competition seek disruptive innovation across eight dimensions known as the “8Ps”. The “8Ps” is a proven framework that enables organizations to move beyond “business as usual” to explore and uncover new competitive advantages, innovations, and business models.

  Audiences will leave with:

  • A framework to systematically uncover areas for growth, innovation, and advantage.
  • Knowledge of how to construct a business model that doesn’t conflict with your core business.
  • A list of actionable ideas to grow your business or make it more competitive.
  • A feeling of being energized and empowered to innovate, regardless of their title or role.

  This is a program for leaders and teams who are:

  • In need of delivering faster growth.
  • Seeking ideas to innovate their business model.
  • Worried about being commoditized and want to find new sources of differentiation.
  • Looking for a repeatable process to drive.
  • Seeking to innovate and unleash creative thinking.

• Be the Disruptor: A Proven Framework for Innovation and Business Model Design

  We are experiencing a historic acceleration in the pace of change in our world. Artificial intelligence, digitization, robotics, 3D printing, climate change, political instability, deglobalization, and the rise of purpose-driven enterprises are reconfiguring how every conceivable industry operates. These changes are dividing us into two camps: the “disruptors” and the “disrupted”.

  Bestselling author and globally recognized innovation expert Kaihan Krippendorff has spent more than two decades studying patterns of disruption. What makes some companies thrive and causes others to fall behind? What are the current and emerging ways in which companies create competitive advantage? How do organizations successfully transform on a continual basis?

  Lean into change and choose to be the disruptor in this keynote where Krippendorff will break down the underlying patterns of disruption and walk the audience through the 4th Option® IDEAS Framework, a rigorously researched and tested framework for generating disruptive ideas and business models. Inspiring stories of successes, failures, and tactics of the world’s greatest innovators will entertain and engage audiences who will come away with a list of actionable ideas they can use for their own business.

  • An understanding of emerging trends and disruptors that will shape the future of their industry.
  • A proven framework to generate disruptive 4th Option ideas.
  • The Outthinker Playbook: The top five strategic moves being used by disruptors today.
  • Knowledge of how to avoid killing off “crazy” (valuable) ideas and turn them into winning moves.

  This program is for leaders who are:

  • In need of delivering growth in the face of change.
  • Facing heavy competition and disruptors.
  • Looking for a repeatable process to drive innovation and unleash creative thinking.
  • Struggling to keep up with the pace of change.

• Unleashing Agile: A Framework to Shift Your Mindset and Thrive During Change

  In a world marked by accelerated change, disruption, and volatility, leaders must be able to rapidly observe, analyze, and connect information in order to seize opportunity and defend against possible threats to their business. Mental agility and agile adaptation are now a non-negotiable part of the business skillset.

  In this interactive and practical keynote, globally recognized strategy expert and bestselling author Kaihan Krippendorff will guide audiences through a simple framework they can use to problem solve and unleash agility in their own work. Inspiring case studies and stories handpicked for your event and unique company context will lay out a playbook of the top five strategies being used today by agile disruptors to beat the competition.

  Audiences will leave with:

  • A framework for agile thinking and analysis that can be applied to any situation.
  • Increased ability to connect seemingly unrelated information to recognize opportunity.
  • A playbook of the top five strategies used by agile disruptors today to beat the competition.
  • A boost of energy and confidence to think differently and problem solve.

  This program is for leaders and teams who are:

  • Feeling pressure to deliver growth.
  • Worried that the thinking inside their organization is going stale.
  • Looking for a repeatable process to maintain high levels of innovation.
  • Facing turbulence and chance they may not be ready for.