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Diana Kander

Diana Kander

New York Times Best-selling Author, Serial Entrepreneur & Forbes Contributor

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$20,001 - $30,000
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Traveling from:
Missouri
Diana Kander – 2025 Speaker Reel

Diana Kander

New York Times Best-selling Author, Serial Entrepreneur & Forbes Contributor

In-Person Fee Range:
$20,001 - $30,000
Fee Details
Virtual Fee Range:
Inquire for Fee
Traveling from:
Missouri

Why Book

  • Diana created Leap Ventures to help organizations think more entrepreneurially, understand their customers on a deeper level and create a culture of innovation.
  • Diana provides practical tools & shares insight on how implementing innovation into your organization’s culture is a must in order to succeed and grow in today’s market.

Biography

A New York Times best-selling author and innovation consultant, Diana Kander has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking 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?

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. Her first book, All In Startup, has been used by over 100 universities in their innovation courses and countless large organizations to help their employees think more like entrepreneurs. Her second book, The Curiosity Muscle walks readers through a methodology to keep curiosity alive and thriving inside of an organization, ultimately, future-proofing the business.

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Programs

Foster Curiosity In Your Organization For Exponential Growth: Unleash Your Curiosity

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

Diana Kander is an innovation nerd – she spent the first decade of her career as an entrepreneur,
launching 10 companies in 10 years, while selling millions of dollars of products and services.
She spent the next decade coaching innovators inside large organizations; at one point she
served as the innovation coach for the executive team of a $100 million dollar project.

Innovate to Sell: Unlock Your Sales Potential with Curiosity and Focus

This high-energy keynote is designed to equip sales teams with the tools and mindset to drive results in today’s fast-changing marketplace. Using principles from Diana’s book Get Curious & Grow, this session will help your sales team:

  1. Prioritize What Matters Most:
    Master the 1-10 Filter to identify and focus on the most impactful sales opportunities while eliminating distractions. Learn to say “no” to what doesn’t drive results and “yes” to what truly matters.
  2. Eliminate the Noise:
    Use the Kill the Zombies framework to hunt down and remove low-value activities, outdated processes, and unnecessary meetings that drain your energy and time.
  3. Reimagine Your Approach: Tap into the power of the Blank Sheet Method to break free from traditional sales strategies and imagine new, innovative ways to connect with clients and close deals.
  4. Learn from Successes:
    Discover how to use the Learn from the Wins habit to identify patterns in your successes, refine your strategies, and continually improve your sales performance.

Attendees will leave this session inspired and equipped with practical tools to innovate their approach, deepen client relationships, and exceed their sales targets.

Diana Kander Reviews

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.

— Red Hat Career Centre

“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

“Obviously Diana is an expert in the field.

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.”

— Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP)

“Diana does a superior job of speaking to a wide variety of audiences. She engaged students, faculty and business owners all with ease. And, Diana’s message isn’t all roses – she challenges her audiences to think differently, act strategically, and create critical conversations among founders, businesses and collaborators. The dialog she spurred continues to shape our thinking today.”

— Millikin University – Tabor School of Business

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