Buzz vs. Life Changing Innovations. A systemic, a consumer and an innovator point of view. A couple of months ago, when I read Barclays’ CEO Jes Staley say “Fintech won’t challenge us” I couldn’t help but think of this other quote from Ed Zander in 2006: “Screw the Nano. What the hell does the Nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?” (more here CB Insights). The power of true Innovation can be hard to comprehend. Even industry leaders and the most visionary and creative people have sometimes failed to understand the implications of a truly innovative idea. Consider this: it…
Author: Damien Kopp
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Damien Kopp
Damien is a Technology Executive with 14 years of experience in digital innovation, product strategy and technology consulting across Europe, North America and Asia. Currently a Senior Technology Advisor at BluePool, an early stage startup focused on sophisticated AI and Machine learning; an Advisory Board Member at Fintech startups Vesl and Jumper.AI, and an occasional Public Speaker at Industry events. Prior to BluePool, Damien was Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at GoSwiff, a mobile payment FinTech and spent 11 years in Technology Consulting at Accenture. Electrical Engineer by training and dual MBA graduate from Kellogg School of Management and HKUST.
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