[1] He is an Affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, founder of the consulting firm InnovationPoint, co-founder of the software company Praxie.com, and is a columnist for the Innovate column of Inc.
[8] In 2020 Business Insider listed Kaplan as one of the top "power players" of the management consulting industry.
[12] In a 2013 article in the Wall Street Journal titled "The Mystery of the Book Sales Spike How Are Some Authors Landing On Best-Seller Lists?
"[13] Kaplan's interview with Trachtenberg and subsequent articles on the topic have continued to be referenced by media outlets when describing the dynamics of bestseller book marketing.
[16][1] Kaplan's books have been recognized as the top business and leadership books of the years when published, and other innovation experts have since referred to Kaplan's "The Invisible Advantage" as a "classic" when it comes to outlining what businesses need to do to create a continuous culture of innovation.
Kaplan's book has been recognized as advancing the concept of Experiential Intelligence and has been referenced in articles in Harvard Business Review,[20] Psychology Today,[21] Forbes,[22] Fast Company,[23] CNBC[24] and on National Public Radio's Technation radio program.