Biography

Book Kaiser Yang through The Keynote Curators.

Kaiser Yang is the CEO and co-founder of Platypus Labs, a global innovation research, consulting, and training company. He’s an award-winning author, a proven hyper-growth leader, and a globally-recognized innovation expert.

Kaiser Yang passionately believes that even the most transformative innovations can be fast, scrappy, and accessible to us all. Over the last 25 years, Kaiser Yang has been at the forefront of global innovation, building and scaling multiple technology startups and guiding transformative initiatives with clients such as Microsoft, Disney, The Gap and other Fortune 500 organizations.

Today, he helps leaders and teams achieve the outcomes they crave – growth, innovation, competitive advantage, deeper engagement, and predictable results.

Kaiser Yang’s award-winning book, Crack the Code, 8 Surprising Keys to Unlock Innovation, demonstrates his proven system to help everyday people innovate in their everyday work. Kaiser is also an award-winning restaurateur, a passionate breeder of koi fish, a golf enthusiast, and the proud father of twins.

Contact us for Kaiser Yang’s fees and availability.

Read More

Videos

Kaiser Yang _The Innovator's Mindset

Request Availability

Speech TopicsExpand each topic to learn more

The Innovative Leader: A modern framework to lead with confidence in the face of uncertainty and change.

The business you’re running today isn’t the business you’ll be running next year. In this moment of volatility and uncertainty, we are being called to lead in a radically different way... more decisive, creative, and adaptable. So how can we use this defining moment to ensure relevancy, sustainability, and success
in the future?

In this inspiring and practical keynote, innovation and leadership expert Kaiser Yang delivers an energizing and actionable framework to help leaders thrive in the face of uncertainty. Kaiser will share proven mindsets and techniques to help leaders of innovation how to leverage their skills and resources and move into uncharted territory with confidence.

The most successful leaders today help everyday people become
everyday innovators. They make sure that innovation is an everyday business. This empowering session goes way beyond the future of work.

This is the future of growth, the future of leadership, and the future of success.

You’ll learn how to unlock inventive thinking, creative problem-solving, and ingenuity across the entire
organization.

This keynote serves leaders & teams who are:
● Being called to lead in a bold, new way.
● Overwhelmed with the demands of modern leadership.
● Craving a more innovative approach to drive explosive growth, gain competitive advantage, and harness the power of their teams.

The audience will leave with:
● A modern framework for innovative leadership.
● Strategies to drive growth, engagement, and success amid change and uncertainty.
● Insights, mindsets, and techniques developed by some of the world’s

The 5 Core Mindsets of Innovators: A proven innovation framework to drive growth, performance, and transformation.

The pressure to generate large, transformative ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up. That’s why the most prolific innovators focus on micro-innovations – small, creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. Instead of shooting for a $10 billion IPO or a Nobel Prize, the most successful innovators passionately believe that innovation does not have to be big to be meaningful.

The 5 Core Mindsets of Innovators is an energizing, high-impact keynote that provides a practical and actionable framework to unlock dormant creative capacity and discover micro-innovations. Instead of wild, risky, and expensive moonshots, participants learn how to unleash small, daily acts of creativity that drive measurable results and help build a sustainable competitive advantage.

In this inspiring and energizing keynote, award-winning author and globally-recognized innovation expert Kaiser Yang dispels the myth that innovation only applies to a select few and reinforces the need to innovate at all levels, in all roles, and shares the mindsets and techniques leveraged by some of the most prolific ‘everyday innovators’ in the world.

This keynote serves leaders & teams who are:

● Aware of the need to innovate but having a hard time getting started.
● Feeling pressure to generate breakthroughs but struggling to
deliver them.
● Responsible for creating a culture of innovation.

The audience wil leave with:
● The mindsets, habits, and tactics of the world’s most prolific artists, business titans, and entrepreneurs.
● Inspiring and memorable stories that show how inventive thinking can lead to breakthrough results.
● Gain creative confidence to tackle challenges and seize new opportunities.

Find A Way: A proven innovation framework to solve problems, accelerate opportunity and sustain growth.

In today’s climate of disruption and rapid change, many leaders feel stuck—uncertain of how to move forward with clarity and confidence. The old playbook no longer applies. Success now requires a mindset rooted in agility, creative problem-solving, and bold action.

Kaiser Yang—CEO of Platypus Labs, award-winning author, and globally recognized innovation expert—delivers an energizing keynote to help leaders and teams Find A Way . With 25 years of experience building high-growth companies and guiding Fortune 500 brands like Microsoft, Disney, and The Gap,
Kaiser shares a proven framework to unlock ingenuity and drive real-world results.

The Find A Way approach prioritizes creativity over hustle, agility over rigid planning, and experimentation over perfection. Attendees leave both inspired and equipped with practical tools to lead with confidence and innovate through uncertainty.

This keynote serves leaders & teams who are:

● Facing uncertainty and volatility.
● Seeking better ways to drive the outcomes they crave the most.
● Struggling to keep up with the pace of change.

The audience will leave with:
● A proven model for harnessing ingenuity to solve any problem and seize any opportunity.
● Innovative strategies to drive better results every day.
● The confidence to walk into the unknown and emerge victorious.

Testimonials

“Partnering with Kaiser has been transformative…” He masterfully demystified the mindsets and techniques behind world-class innovations, invigorated our organization, and empowered us with a framework to explore new frontiers in our industry.
– JEFF FRANK, SVP, Innovation, Resideo
“…a Swiss Army Knife of highly effective mindsets and techniques we can easily apply.” He masterfully demystified the mindsets and techniques behind world-class innovations, invigorated our organization, and empowered us with a framework to explore new frontiers in our industry
– NANCY NAM, Director, Marketing Operations & Planning, Ricoh Digital Services
“… showed us how to make innovation approachable and practical.” Building a culture of innovation is not a one-size- fits-all pursuit. We’ve been working with Kaiser for nearly five years; the frameworks he provided us at the beginning of our journey are still being used and driving innovation today.
– DAVID MUCHA, Head of Strategy, Compeer Financial

Blog Posts

How Purpose Transforms Adversity Into Achievement with Tez Steinberg

Get insights on how purpose transforms adversity into achievement with ultra-endurance athlete Tez Steinberg's powerful lessons from rowing solo across oceans.

Read More

8 AI Speakers Who Turn “Cool Demo” Into Event Engagement (2026 Lineup)

The right AI speakers don't just wow audiences—they change what your team does on Monday. Book impact-driven keynotes for 2026.

Read More

Events That Create WOW! Moments Through Audience Connection

Learn ways to best engage audience in your events with personalized experiences that create unforgettable lasting impressions.

Read More

Why Olympic Champions Prioritize Rest and Sleep to Enhance Performance

Sleep performance enhancement strategies from Olympic champion Apolo Ohno reveal why quality rest trumps training for peak results.

Read More

Soul-Centered Leadership Transforms Success Beyond Traditional Metrics

Former Harley-Davidson CMO Shelley Paxton reveals how finding your soul's purpose transforms leadership success and creates thriving workplace cultures.

Read More

Why Fear Is Your Growth Catalyst (And How Leaders Use It)

Growth begins when you step into uncertainty - learn how most successful leaders embrace transformation through fear with insights from these keynote speakers.

Read More

Related Innovation Speakers

Contact Us Today

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • Fill out the form so we can best understand your needs.
    A representative from The Keynote Curators will reach out to you.

  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form