Leaderonomics Show: Neal Cross-World's Most Disruptive CIO

Apr 20, 2019 28 Min Video
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Neal Cross, Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank shares how he won most innovative and Disruptive CIO title

"Innovation. to me, is about solving problems in an elegant manner that's successful." - Neal Cross, Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank - a.k.a The World's Most Disruptive CIO as dubbed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Neal Cross joins me in this interesting dialogue on distruption, innovation and how to transform your business by being distruptive.

Neal Cross has helped DBS also become one of the best banking institutions in the world. Watch his video interview above to learn from him and his insights on distruption.
 

noun: disruption; plural noun: disruptions. disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process.

In business the term “disruption” really took off with Clayton Christensen's 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma. See how Neal has helped DBS leverage this distruption in very interesting and innovative ways.

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