Sarah Biller

COO, Innovation
State Street Capital

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Digital Innovation and Disruption

Sunday, February 4th, 2018

10:00 Creating a Culture of Innovation: Identifying the Opportunities to Invest Creatively

Most financial institutions have spent decades investing in new business ventures from a very certain set of criteria. Traditionally, you approach it from a financial mindset. What is going to be fiscally responsible? What merger gives you the biggest market share? These are questions you are used to answering. But in 2016 there is a new set of criteria:
• How do you get your senior executives to change that thinking to be more creative?
• How do you train them to spot the next “it” tech?
• To put resources towards an untested technology?

12:25 Turning Your Innovation Lab into a Revenue Generator

As the financial market continues to push the boundaries of fintech and invest in innovation labs, it is easy to get caught up in new technology and products. To keep up in this new digitally influenced space, you have to be willing to invest. But how do you make sure what you’re investing in has a solid ROI? Here, executives discuss how to keep your innovation labs innovating, while simultaneously becoming a valuable profit center.
• How do you gain the buy-in you need to invest in proper innovation?
• What makes a beta product profitable and marketable?
• How do you tailor your team to think strategically not just creatively?