Episode 71

Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco

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September 25th, 2019

36 mins 29 secs

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Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco

Guest

Mike Todasco: Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal

Summary

Today on the show we have Mike Todasco, the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal. We talk about what innovation means at a company, and how to encourage innovation both if you are a PayPal sized company and if you aren’t. Mike also shares some information about PayPal’s internal innovation tournament and how they offer incentives for innovation.

Notes

01:38 - What does the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal do?

02:32 - Why should companies innovate?

04:29 - Who should be innovating?

08:26 - Assisting and Guiding in Innovation

11:15 - Introducing Innovation to Companies and Teams: Vulnerability

16:06 - Encouraging Innovation

18:44 - The Concept of Global Innovation Tournaments

24:34 - Giving People Opportunity and Exposure

28:40 - Innovation Tokens

30:59 - Innovation For Small Companies

32:39 - Interesting Innovations

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