Chris Laping

Chris Laping is a leadership, influence, and organizational change speaker who helps professionals and organizations strengthen their ability to lead, communicate, and drive meaningful results. With more than 30 years of executive experience, including serving as Chief Information and Innovation Officer across multiple organizations, he brings practical insight into what it takes to lead through complexity and transformation. Laping is known for translating real-world leadership experience into actionable frameworks audiences can immediately apply to improve collaboration, credibility, and execution.

Laping is the bestselling author of "People Before Things" and the author of the forthcoming book "Unignorable: The Science of Being Taken Seriously." His work combines organizational psychology, behavioral science, and leadership strategy to help professionals increase their influence and impact. His ideas have been featured in The Economist, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Forbes. He was also recognized by The Economist as one of the Top 5 Social Business Leaders. Through coaching, courses, and keynote presentations, Laping has helped more than 500,000 professionals worldwide strengthen their leadership and influence skills.