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Growth Starts with Curiosity

Diana Kander

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As a curiosity and innovation expert and NY Times bestselling author Diana Kander helps organizations foster their curiosity and exponential growth.

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The session with Diana was fantastic yesterday. She was definitely a “fan favorite” based on the feedback I’ve received from attendees! We loved her energy and ideas and stories…thank you for helping us get her in front of our staff!

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Why you should book Diana Kander for your next event

  • In her insightful keynotes, she will walk her audience through specific ways to boost innovation and ultimately future-proof our organization.
  • Diana Kander has revolutionizes the way businesses look at innovation and curiosity. She has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking thought-provoking questions.
  • She is a serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of 8, she has launched and sold millions of dollars worth of products and services.
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Unlock the future of innovation with Diana Kander, renowned for redefining business success. As a New York Times best-selling author and seasoned entrepreneur, she tackles critical questions. Transform your organization, embrace curiosity, and safeguard against decline with Diana's invaluable expertise.

Why you should book Diana Kander for your next event

  • In her insightful keynotes, she will walk her audience through specific ways to boost innovation and ultimately future-proof our organization.
  • Diana Kander has revolutionizes the way businesses look at innovation and curiosity. She has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking thought-provoking questions.
  • She is a serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of 8, she has launched and sold millions of dollars worth of products and services.

Diana Kander revolutionizes the way businesses look at innovation and curiosity. A New York Times best-selling author, innovation consultant and keynote speaker, she asks some big questions. What kind of culture needs to exist in an organization to ensure innovative ideas and practices? How has Snoop Dogg continued to innovate decade after decade to stay relevant to the next generation? What causes name brands to lose relevance with their customers and go out of business? Can organizational decline be prevented?

Diana has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking thought-provoking questions. A serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of 8, she has launched and sold millions of dollars worth of products and services. She outlined her biggest lessons learned for launching new products in her first book, All In Startup, which has been used by over 100 universities in their innovation courses and countless large organizations to help their employees think more like entrepreneurs. A former MBA professor at Mizzou, she has served as an entrepreneur in residence at H&R Block, Commerce Bank and several government agencies.

Diana’s second book, The Curiosity Muscle explains why it’s harder to stay at the top than it was to get there. The book documents Diana’s consulting experience with large organizations and demonstrates why most companies who experience significant success can so easily get comfortable, lose their curiosity and crash into irrelevance. The book walks readers through a methodology to keep curiosity alive and thriving inside of an organization, ultimately, future-proofing the business.

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Go Big or Go Home Keynote

For Executives & Managers

Did you know that once you finish a presentation, your audience will forget 50% of it within an hour and 90% of it within a week?  How are they supposed to take action on your idea when they can’t remember anything you said?

This sad statistic doesn’t have to be your fate. Diana’s Go Big or Go Home keynote will show you how to significantly increase the amount of your presentation that an audience will retain and create that “gut feeling” that compels them to take action as soon as you’re done. Based on Diana’s newest book, this talk will offer five concrete tools you can use to emotionally connect with prospects, customers, and employees, and help them remember and act on what you said!

And Diana won’t just educate you about these principles. What fun would that be? She’ll take you on an interactive roller coaster, carefully weaving in each practice into the talk itself! (Note: Due to the audience participation level of this presentation, it is exclusively available through an in-person format).

ROI & Key Outcomes:

  • How to create trust with your audience at lightning speed.
  • How to make your presentation memorable and worth telling others about.
  • How to do research that no one else will do to get meetings that no one else will get.
  • How to add surprises into your presentation that will keep the audience laser focused on what you’re saying.
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Unleash the Innovator Within

For All Company Meetings

In today’s ever-changing business climate, your attendees’ roles have evolved far past their job descriptions. They face a volatile external environment – they encounter pressure to stay relevant to customers – they experience challenging workforce issues – and they are being asked to do a lot more with a lot less. All of this is asking them to be innovators. The big question is, are they doing it the hard way or the easy way.

Based on her book, The Curiosity Muscle, this keynote helps members of organizations who don’t have innovation in their job description to embrace and identity as an innovator. Diana will share the key skills and habits that make innovation easier and a lot more fun. And she’ll empower attendees to harness the power of curiosity to unlock new possibilities and drive business growth. Attendees will leave this keynote identifying as innovators and seeking opportunities to use their new skills.

ROI & Key Outcomes:

  • How to institutionalize curiosity, asking better questions to stay competitive and relevant to your customers.
  • How to determine blind spots within your organization and avoid falling into the “expert trap“.
  • How to create a more innovative culture that leads to results and drives growth.
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Innovation Trick: How Do We Learn From The Wins? by Diana Kander

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Diana Kander Innovation Inspiration

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We very quickly adopted many of her practices to address old ways of doing things and used her methodology to bring new ideas to life. Shortly before the pandemic, Diana spoke to our organization. I think one of the profound things she encouraged us to do was eradicate the zombies. We very quickly adopted many of her practices to address old ways of doing things and used her methodology to bring new ideas to life. Her concepts and tools allowed our health system to stay ahead of the pandemic and have one of the best responses in the nation. I would strongly recommend Diana for any keynote or leadership engagement you are thinking about.

Vice President

Cox Health

You've challenged us to ask bigger questions; reframing questions that yield disproportionately bigger results and career growth. We cannot thank you enough for kicking off the month with your keynote which energized, inspired and helped set the tone for our Red Hatters to actively engage in live and on-demand career development opportunities. Your sessions were engaging and your humor was well received. You've challenged us to ask bigger questions; reframing questions that yield disproportionately bigger results and career growth. The feedback for your session has been overwhelmingly positive and it warms my heart every-time someone reaches out to ask for your name or share a part of your keynote that resonated with them. Here's a direct quote from a Red Hatter: "I learned from the opening keynote speaker that solving problems does not always mean adding something, it could be taking something away. Being mindful of the additive bias.

Red Hat Career Centre

The Partnership was extremely happy with Diana Kander’s presentation at our annual breakfast. We received a significant number of positive comments from a cross section of the community; economic development investors, elected officials and entrepreneurs. Diana’s presentation was thought provoking and left attendees with an understanding of how they can become involved and assist growing startup companies in our community. Diana was very engaging, entertaining and gave timely advice.

Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development

Diana Kander is an energetic, engaging speaker who makes her audience really think. (and laugh!) When I looked around the room, I noticed attendees were not only listening but also taking notes and very eager to ask questions. From discussing blind spots to “killing zombies” (believe me, this is worth hearing), her presentation was the perfect blend of education and entertainment, and I would not hesitate to recommend her for anyone looking to create a memorable event.

Patty Ames

Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP)

It was truly our pleasure having Diana Kander with us. Our organization received her message so positively. I hear references to Diana’s keynote every other day in my interactions with my PRiMe Group colleagues. She really made a mark with our organization, and her thought leadership is making an impact and reverberating across our broader organization.

Vanessa Lee

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Diana’s talk was amazing. It was one of the most talked about presentations at our two day event – both over social media and in person at the event itself. She was funny, engaging, thought provoking and truly able to connect with the audience – and it definitely showed. The gushing praise we received from our attendees was overwhelming.

Big Omaha

Diana’s keynote address set the perfect tone for our annual chamber conference. Articulate, poignant, thought-provoking and fun, Diana’s remarks hit the target we were looking for… after discussing with her the goals of the conference and her presentation she delivered right on the mark!

The Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Thanks again for taking the time to get to know our clients and delivering valuable content tailored to our group. I know a couple of them are interested in potentially contracting you in the future. That’s the largest compliment you can receive!

Tammy Benson

Event Planner of RBC

Diana Kander’s All in Startup and the training that she provided my product management team contains the principles that can make a significant impact on our organization’s business results. My team really enjoyed the hands on interaction with Diana and the mentoring that she provided. The level of engagement from Diana made it really meaningful and much more personal. Most importantly the training has provided a roadmap for transforming our business into a more entrepreneurial company.

Perceptive Software/Lexmark

I wanted to let you know how impactful your virtual session “Where Do Great Ideas Come From?” was for me. Your message was clear, concise, and relatable, not just from a comprehension perspective, but from an actionable one. I’ve always considered myself a “problem solver”, but this immediately pointed out that I might not always be solving the best problem, and that considering a handful of additional options would significantly improve the quality of ideas. This has changed the way I view “problems” and has really provided a new framework for handling all issues. Thank you for your work and contribution!

Danielle Lesser Levine

Senior Analyst Legal Generalist, teva
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5 out of 5 stars

The session with Diana was fantastic yesterday. She was definitely a “fan favorite” based on the feedback I’ve received from attendees! We loved her energy and ideas and stories…thank you for helping us get her in front of our staff!

Elevations Credit Union See all references

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