Soren Kaplan, PhD, is an award-winning author, an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, a former corporate executive, founder of three Silicon Valley start-ups, and a columnist for Inc. magazine. He is an international keynote speaker and has led professional development programs for thousands of executives around the world, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Visa, PayPal, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Medtronic, Roche, Hershey's, Red Bull, and many others. Recognized by Business Insider and Thinkers50 as one of the world's top management experts and consultants. He has been quoted, published, and interviewed by Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, CNBC, NPR, Business Insider, and Vice, among many others.
“Experiential intelligence (XQ) can make you even more successful.” —Inc. Magazine “Experiential Intelligence (XQ) provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique.” —Fast Company “Trauma delivers strengths if you know where to look.” —Psychology Today “Move over IQ and EQ. There’s a new way to predict success: XQ, or experiential intelligence.” —CNBC “Experience builds real intelligence.” —Harvard Business Review