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Diana Kander

Keynote Speaker - NYT Bestselling Author, Innovation Consultant, Entrepreneur

Speaking Fee: $32,500 i Fees vary by event type, travel, and appearance details.

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NYT Bestselling Author, Innovation Consultant, and Entrepreneur, Diana Kander shows organizations how curiosity drives innovation and better business results.

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Meet Diana Kander

Diana Kander is a New York Times bestselling author, innovation consultant, and serial entrepreneur who has built and sold millions of dollars in products and services. She is known for helping organizations rethink how they approach innovation by focusing on curiosity, questioning assumptions, and building cultures that support new ideas.

Through her consulting work and keynote presentations, Diana shares real world case studies and stories that challenge conventional thinking and help leaders and teams understand how asking better questions leads to stronger outcomes.

Diana Kander is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Diana Kander’s fees.

Want to book Diana Kander for an event?

Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group at 215-995-0905 to book Diana Kander for a keynote speech, corporate event, leadership program, workshop, fireside chat, virtual appearance, or other private or professional event.

Our team will help confirm Diana Kander’s availability, speaking fee, travel requirements, and fit for your audience. To start the booking process, please share your event date, location, audience size, event format, and the type of presentation you are looking for.

The Mollie Plotkin Group is a full-service keynote speaker agency and entertainment bureau that helps organizations secure keynote speakers, entertainers, athletes, celebrities, and thought leaders for corporate meetings, conferences, fundraisers, and special events.

Biography

Innovation Through Curiosity

Diana Kander has built a career around helping organizations understand how curiosity fuels innovation and long term growth. As an innovation consultant, she has helped create multi billion dollar products, advised boards and executive teams, and supported culture transformations that encourage experimentation and new thinking. Her work centers on a simple but powerful idea that better questions lead to better results.

Her keynotes bring these concepts to life through engaging stories and practical examples. She challenges audiences to rethink how they approach problem solving, decision making, and customer relevance.

Author and Entrepreneurial Perspective

Diana is the author of multiple books that explore innovation and curiosity in business. Her first book, All In Startup, has been taught in over 100 universities and used by organizations to help employees think more like entrepreneurs. Her second book, The Curiosity Muscle, outlines a methodology for maintaining curiosity within organizations to help future proof the business.

Her perspective is shaped by her experience as a serial entrepreneur and her early life entering the United States as a refugee at the age of eight. These experiences inform her work and reinforce her belief that adaptability, questioning assumptions, and continuous learning are essential for sustained success.

How to Hire Diana Kander

To hire Diana Kander for an event, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with the proposed event date, location, audience size, event format, and program goals. Diana Kander is available for corporate events, conferences, leadership meetings, private events, workshops, fireside chats, and virtual programs.

After receiving your request, a Mollie Plotkin Group booking agent will review Diana Kander’s availability, discuss the event details, and get back to you within 48 hours with next steps for securing Diana Kander for your program.

Diana Kander Booking Fee

The cost to book Diana Kander depends on the event date, location, format, audience size, and scope of the appearance. Diana Kander’s speaking fee starts at $32,500. Speaking fees may vary for keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, private events, corporate meetings, and virtual programs.

For the most accurate Diana Kander booking fee, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with your event details. Our team will help confirm availability, pricing, and the best format for your event.

Speaking Topics & Programs

Diana Kander gives audiences a practical way to think and act like innovators, even when innovation is not part of their formal role. Drawing on her work as an entrepreneur, author, and coach to innovators inside large organizations, she shares habits and frameworks that help people ask better questions, spot missed opportunities, improve focus, and take action that supports growth.

Common keynote themes include: curiosity, innovation, sales performance, focus, culture, better questioning, blind spots, and business growth.

Unleash Your Curiosity

Help your team see themselves as innovators and use curiosity to create better results.

Based on her book, The Curiosity Muscle, this keynote is designed for people across an organization who are being asked to solve problems, adapt quickly, and create value in a changing business climate. Diana shows how curiosity can make innovation more practical, more accessible, and more enjoyable for people who do not see innovation as part of their title. Audiences leave with a clearer sense of how to ask better questions, identify blind spots, and contribute to a more innovative culture.

Ask better questions to stay competitive and relevant to customers
Identify blind spots and avoid the expert trap
Build habits that support a more innovative culture and stronger business growth

Ideal for all-company meetings and organizations that want employees at every level to think more creatively and act on new opportunities.

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

Give sales teams practical tools to focus on what matters, remove distractions, and improve performance.

This high-energy keynote helps sales teams sharpen their approach in a fast-changing marketplace. Using principles from Diana’s book Get Curious & Grow, the session introduces practical frameworks that help teams prioritize the most important opportunities, remove low-value activity, rethink outdated approaches, and learn from what is already working. Attendees leave with a more focused, more intentional way to strengthen client relationships and improve results.

Use the 1-10 Filter to focus on the sales opportunities that matter most
Apply Kill the Zombies to remove low-value activities, outdated processes, and unnecessary meetings
Use the Blank Sheet Method and Learn from the Wins to rethink strategy and improve performance

Ideal for sales teams, revenue organizations, and client-facing groups that want a more focused and innovative approach to growth.

Closing Takeaway

Diana Kander’s programs show audiences that innovation is not limited to a specific title or function. By building curiosity, improving focus, and using practical habits that lead to better decisions, teams can find new opportunities, strengthen performance, and drive growth.

Featured Client Reviews for Diana Kander

I heard good feedback from a lot of the staff,

and I’ve heard more references to people’s pit crew since she brought it up. Her message was simple but really got through to people. Diana was a great speaker at our event. Her message really resonated with our team, and it was great the way she interacted with the team before and after her presentation.

— President/CEO, 1st United Credit Union

Diana’s keynote received an outstanding score,

and placed her right at the top as one of our most successful and highest-rated speakers. There was a flood of praise for Diana’s energy, insight, and authenticity. Her skill in both the keynote and the interview was highly complimented. Thank you for delivering such a powerful and memorable experience for our audience. It was a true highlight.

— Partner of Speaker Relations, Nordic Business Forum

Books

Go Big or Go Home

How do underdogs close huge deals they have no business winning? How do rainmakers pull off a sale before the RFP is ever issued? They don't do it with a logical argument or even the best PowerPoint presentation. They do it by turning their pitch into an emotional experience that makes the customer think, "This just feels right." This book is your blueprint for tapping into a clients gut feeling and bringing home the win.

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The Curiosity Muscle

Toys 'R' Us. Kodak. Blockbuster. Why is it that some companies evolve while others get left in the dust? How do they lose their relevance with customers? The scary truth is that the only thing harder than getting to the top is staying there. It may sound counterintuitive, but in many cases, it is the success of a company that eventually leads to its downfall.

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