Kaihan Krippendorff

Kaihan Krippendorff is the creator of The Fourth Option™ approach, a strategic methodology that teaches executives and businesses how to seize opportunities others ignore, unlock innovation, and build strategic thinking skills. A former consultant with McKinsey Co., Kaihan has spent over a decade studying corporate conflict. He is the author of three business strategy books “The Way of Innovation,” “The Art of the Advantage,” and “Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile.” Each text delves into the keys to true competitiveness and innovation.Kaihan identifies mental patterns applied by great military strategists – from Sun Tzu to John Boyd – and applies those strategies to modern breakthrough companies, such as Apple, Whole Foods, and Rosetta Stone.
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People often ask me how to incentivize entrepreneurial behavior from within an established organization.
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I can do it in my sleep. Four years at Wharton, two at Columbia Business School, and a few more in investment banking have drilled into me the most...
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I have been repeating myself for a decade. In each of the 1,000 or so workshops and keynotes I have delivered over the past ten years, I have...
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I was never the star soccer player. I played every game throughout high school, but rarely scored. Today, I huff and puff Saturday mornings with...
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Last Wednesday, in a suburban New Jersey warehouse converted into conference space and a cooking show set, I joined 80 managers assembled to discuss...
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At a barbecue one weekend, a friend fretted, “How does a large company retain its entrepreneurial spirit?”
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If you consider businesses with true transformative effects that really disrupt their industry — think of Uber, Tesla, or AirBNB, for example —...
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