James Alexander Gardner
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James Gardner (born 1970) was Chief Technology Officer at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions,[1] and was previously an employee at Lloyds Banking Group where he was Head of Innovation.[2] In 2011 he joined innovation management company Spigit, where he is now Chief Technology Officer.[3]
Career
During his time at Lloyds, Gardner wrote a candid blog about the banking industry, focusing on innovation and technology in the industry. He continued to write in a similar vein from within the public sector.[4][5] Post-humorously[clarification needed], in March 2010, he was cited as the most social media connected financial services executive in the United Kingdom, some 9 months after he had left the banking industry.[6]
In 2008 Gardner signed a deal with John Wiley and Sons to write a book on banking innovation[7] which included case studies from his former employer and other global banks. It includes detailed material on the bank's innovation prediction market, which attracted interest from the trade press[8][9]
In other recent writing, Gardner has suggested current managers in technological disciplines are out of touch and will shortly be replaced by Generation Y leaders with much broader experience.[10]
In 2012, Gardner released a new book (titled Sidestep and Twist) which argues that breakthrough innovation is rarely profitable and current management thinking about the discipline is incorrect.[11]
References
- ↑ Gardner Joins Banking Sector Brain Drain Finextra retrieved 10 Jan 2010
- ↑ LLoyds TSB appoints Head of InnovationFinextra retrieved 10 Jan 2010
- ↑ Spigit Appoints former Lloyds innovation boss Finextra retrieved 5 Feb 2011
- ↑ The business of banking is brokenBanking Today retrieved 28 Dec 2009
- ↑ IT Innovation is a contradiction in termsFinextra retrieved 10 Jan 2010
- ↑ Bigmouthmedia unveils British financial sector's top social networking executives US PR WIre retrieved 17 March 2010
- ↑ Innovation and the Future Proof BankPayments News retrieved 4 Jan 2010
- ↑ Place your betsDirector Magazine retrieved 11 Jan 2010
- ↑ Lloyds creates innovation stockmarketFinextra retrieved 10 Jan 2010
- ↑ Tomorrow's leaders will come from the edgeComputing Weekly retrieved 2 Jan 2010
- ↑ The Dirty Little Secret of Innovation Computer Weekly retrieved 16 January 2012
External links
- Sidestep and Twist Gardner's latest book on Innovation
- Innovation and the Future Proof Bank Book microsite
- Innovator Inside Gardner's blog
- Little Innovation Book Gardner's online book on innovation
