Lawrence Kasanoff

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Innovation and business leadership

5 out of 5 stars

"There’s a company of technowizards called Threshold Entertainment – it’s amazing the worlds they can create.”

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As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Threshold Entertainment Group, Lawrence Kasanoff produces films and theme park rides based on some of the world’s biggest IP brands, including Spider-Man, Mortal Kombat, Dirty Dancing, Justice League, Lego, Terminator 2, Marvel, Star Trek, True Lies and Star Wars. His productions often push the boundaries of innovation and creativity.

Why you should book speaker Lawrence Kasanoff:

Lawrence serves as a medium between the worlds of corporate life and Hollywood, using examples, stories and lessons learned from Hollywood to apply outside-the-box thinking to the corporate world.
Larry – as a producer or studio head – has made over 200 feature films, including “Dirty Dancing” and Academy Award Winning Best Picture “Platoon”. He has raised well over a billion dollars in the film business, and shows steps into his success.
As a business innovation speaker, Larry brings his expertise on producing, directing and overall creating to your organization for optimal success.

“Innovation demands a touch of the madness,” says Kasanoff.

The current of the river of life will always try to pull you towards the middle, towards complacency and mediocrity. This is true for every person and every company. It’s a problem because other companies that don’t give in to that current will eclipse you.”

Kasanoff’s new book, A Touch of the Madness How to Be More Innovative in Work and Life…by Being a Little Crazy comes out later this year from BenBella books via Penguin/Random house. His main keynote speech is based on this unique philosophy.

As a graduate of Cornell and The Wharton School of Business, Kasanoff serves as a Rosetta Stone between the corporate landscape and Hollywood, using examples, stories and lessons learned from the film industry to instill outside-the-box thinking regarding innovation to corporate audiences.

A born storyteller, Kasanoff’s uses star-studded anecdotes from his life in Hollywood to make it easy and entertaining for business audiences to learn to be more creative by being a bit crazy.

Larry and Threshold Entertainment Group have been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, Wired, Maxim, and Playboy and have been featured on CNN, FOX News, ABC World News Tonight, CNBC, The Howard Stern Show and more.

If you want the same old thing, this is not for you – it is entertaining, innovative – And fun!

PS We can also tailor a specific speech for you on request.

See keynotes with Lawrence Kasanoff

Keynote by speaker Lawrence Kasanoff

A Touch of Madness: How A Little Crazy Goes A Long Way

Everyone wants to innovate, but most use tried and true methods. This is dead wrong! You can’t be unusual by following a usual path. You have to foster a culture of eccentricity and yes, a bit of madness, to truly innovate.

Keynote by speaker Lawrence Kasanoff

All The Great Scoundrels: Lessons From Unlikely Places

The movie business is full of charming, eccentric iconoclasts who break the rules. Using often outrageous stories from people like these, he explains how he embraced these people and the lessons learned that apply across the board.

Keynote by speaker Lawrence Kasanoff

Problem? This Isn't A Problem: Never Panic

A great producer never lets anything stop him from getting the shot, not actors who won’t come out of their trailers; deranged directors; gunshots from perturbed locals; nothing. What most corporate types perceive as enormous problems would barely even raise the heartbeat of a capable producer, because in Hollywood, no one keeps their word and everyone has an angle. You’ll learn some of the tricks of the trade ways to stay calm in the perfect storm.

Keynote by speaker Lawrence Kasanoff

Globalization Rocks

Forget about supply chain hiccups and clogged shipping lines. Technology now raises globalization to a new level because we can not only create for the world, we can create with the world.

Using a case study from his recent animated feature film for Universal, Bobbleheads, starring Cher, Larry Kasanoff explains how, with the help of new tech from Microsoft and Nvidia, they created a worldwide production platform that included artists, animators, and technical experts in the US, Nepal and all over India. Not only did it withstand the pandemic and two cyclones, but it allowed the filmmakers to infuse into the movie the cultural aspects of all these countries. Globalization can be inclusive and diverse.