Dave Ulrich
Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan & Partner at the RBL Group
Pascal Finette
Co-Founder of be radical | Singularity University Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation | Author of Disrupt Disruption | Former Google, eBay & Mozilla Leader
Pascal Finette has spent nearly three decades at the frontier of technology, from Google, eBay, and Mozilla to the faculty of Singularity University. A trained economist, co-founder of be radical, and author of the bestseller Disrupt Disruption, he helps organizations decode exponential change and turn disruption into opportunity. Candid, provocative, and refreshingly hype-free, Finette gives leaders practical tools to spot what's coming and build strategies for what's next.
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Pascal Finette biography
Innovation speaker Pascal Finette is a technology strategist and futurist who has spent nearly three decades at the frontier of innovation. A trained economist who was online before the web browser existed, he has founded technology startups, launched a venture capital firm, and held leadership roles at era-defining companies including Google, eBay, and Mozilla.
Today Finette is co-founder of the advisory firm be radical, where he helps organizations make sense of accelerating change, and he serves as Singularity University’s chair for entrepreneurship and open innovation. He is also a venture partner at BOLD Capital Partners, Peter Diamandis’s fund focused on exponential technologies, advisory board chair for EY’s wavespace, and jury chair for science and innovation management at the Falling Walls Foundation.
Decoding Disruption and the Exponential Future
Finette is the author of the bestselling book Disrupt Disruption: How to Decode the Future, Disrupt Your Industry, and Transform Your Business, which cuts through the hype to offer a clear, practical framework for making sense of exponential change. He is also the voice behind TheHeretic.org, an opinionated newsletter and podcast that reaches tens of thousands of leaders and changemakers with sharp, contrarian takes on technology and the future.
Beyond his advisory and investing work, Finette is committed to amplifying other changemakers. He founded the nonprofits Mentor for Good and The Women’s Impact Alliance, and as a trained Co-Active executive coach he helps leaders unlock their full potential. His perspective is consistently candid, evidence-based, and refreshingly free of buzzwords.
As a speaker, Pascal Finette helps audiences see around corners. He demystifies disruption, decentralized innovation, and exponential technologies, and gives leaders concrete tools to spot opportunities, build resilient strategies, and lead through constant change. Engaging, provocative, and grounded in real experience, he leaves executives better equipped to shape the future rather than be shaped by it.
Pascal Finette Speaking Videos
Pascal Finette - Exponential Impact
Pascal Finette - Navigating an Uncertain Present & Building for a Better Future
Pascal Finette Keynote Topics
In a world where business models are disrupted overnight and competitors appear from unexpected places, staying relevant means looking beyond closed, traditional systems. Finette shows how the next wave of innovation belongs to those who tap into decentralized ideas, resources, and talent, and who find opportunity at the edges. Audiences learn how to harness this shift to unlock growth others can't see.
What do the world's most successful tech companies actually do differently? Finette unpacks the core principles behind their digital strategies and translates them into building blocks any organization can use. Audiences leave able to design products, services, and business models that are faster, smarter, and dramatically more cost-effective.
For the first time in history, individuals and small teams wield innovation power once reserved for corporations and nations. Finette explores what this means for business and society, and how the choices leaders make today will shape the future for everyone. It's a thought-provoking look at seizing opportunity in an age of accelerating, sometimes unsettling, change.
Silicon Valley remains the world's most innovative startup ecosystem, but its real advantage isn't capital, it's culture and mindset. Finette takes audiences behind the scenes to reveal the principles and practices that fuel its biggest successes, and shares how any team can adopt them to move faster and achieve more with fewer resources.
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FAQs on Booking Pascal Finette
Why Pascal Finette?
Booking Pascal Finette brings your audience a rare blend of deep technology experience and refreshingly honest insight. With nearly three decades at the frontier of innovation, leadership roles at Google, eBay, and Mozilla, and his work as a Singularity University faculty chair and co-founder of be radical, he helps leaders make sense of exponential change without the hype. Finette challenges comfortable assumptions, then gives audiences practical tools to spot opportunities and build future-ready strategies. Candid, provocative, and highly engaging, he is an ideal choice for events on innovation, disruption, technology, and the future of business. Aurum Speakers Bureau can help you book Pascal Finette for your next event.
What is Pascal Finette's book Disrupt Disruption about?
In Disrupt Disruption: How to Decode the Future, Disrupt Your Industry, and Transform Your Business, Pascal Finette cuts through the buzzwords around "disruption" to offer a clear, practical framework for understanding it. Drawing on interviews with entrepreneurs who created entirely new categories and executives who steered their companies through major shifts, the book gives leaders real-world strategies to anticipate change and respond to it effectively.
What companies has Pascal Finette worked for?
Pascal Finette has held leadership roles at some of technology's most influential companies, including Google, eBay, and Mozilla. He has also founded technology startups and launched a venture capital firm. Today he is co-founder of the advisory firm be radical, a venture partner at BOLD Capital Partners, and Singularity University's chair for entrepreneurship and open innovation.
What topics does Pascal Finette speak about?
Pascal Finette speaks on disruption, exponential and emerging technologies, decentralized innovation, digital transformation, the future of work, and leadership through change. Drawing on his book Disrupt Disruption and decades in the tech industry, his keynotes give audiences a clear, practical view of what's next and how to prepare for it. To book innovation speaker Pascal Finette for your conference or corporate event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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