"What is Innovation?" welcomes in the new year, 2023, with a new episode featuring Abi Okeowo! Jared sits down with Abi, a General Manager at Capital One. In this episode, they discuss innovation through the lens of internal and external facing aspects of Fintech. How do technical and digital innovation differ in Fintech? Are you improving or innovating from a consumer standpoint? Abi's expertise and years of experience will help you define and deliver value-added innovation in your organization.
Abi Okeowo is an experienced Strategic Adviser and currently, a General Manager at Capital One. In this episode, they discuss innovation through the lens of internal and external facing aspects of Fintech.
More about our guest:
Abi is an experienced Strategic Adviser that leverages over 15 years of experience from McKinsey and bulge bracket Investment banks (Goldman Sachs, Citi & Morgan Stanley).
Through her company Okeowo & Company, she acts as a strategic & financial partner in quantitative, strategic, and execution oriented roles with Senior Executives and start-up CEOs. Her clients have ranged from large Fortune 100 organizations to small socially focused start - up enterprises that differ in size, maturity, geography and industry.
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Episode Guide:
2:25 - Difference between Digital and Technical Fintech
5:01 - External Innovation in Fintech
6:50 - What is Innovation?
8:10 - Improvement or Innovation: A consumer standpoint
10:39 - Internal Innovation
14:23 - Facial Recognition: A value-add?
16:13 - Shampoo lather: external vs internal innovation
17:04 - Technology: Driving external innovation
23:15 - Innovation vs Invention
24:28 - Advice to Innovators
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