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James Gardner was Chief Technology Officer at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions,〔( Gardner Joins Banking Sector Brain Drain ) (Finextra ) retrieved 10 Jan 2010〕 and was previously an employee at Lloyds Banking Group where he was Head of Innovation.〔(LLoyds TSB appoints Head of Innovation )(Finextra ) retrieved 10 Jan 2010〕 In 2011 he joined innovation management company Spigit, where he is now Chief Technology Officer.〔(Spigit Appoints former Lloyds innovation boss ) (Finextra ) retrieved 5 Feb 2011〕 ==Career== During his time at Lloyds, Gardner wrote a candid blog about the banking industry, focusing on innovation and technology in the industry. He continued to write in a similar vein from within the public sector.〔(The business of banking is broken )(Banking Today ) retrieved 28 Dec 2009〕〔(IT Innovation is a contradiction in terms )(Finextra ) retrieved 10 Jan 2010〕 Post-humorously, in March 2010, he was cited as the most social media connected financial services executive in the United Kingdom, some 9 months ''after'' he had left the banking industry.〔(Bigmouthmedia unveils British financial sector's top social networking executives ) (US PR WIre ) retrieved 17 March 2010〕 In 2008 Gardner signed a deal with John Wiley and Sons to write a book on banking innovation〔(Innovation and the Future Proof Bank )(Payments News ) retrieved 4 Jan 2010〕 which included case studies from his former employer and other global banks. It includes detailed material on the bank's innovation prediction market, which attracted interest from the trade press〔(Place your bets )(Director Magazine ) retrieved 11 Jan 2010〕〔(Lloyds creates innovation stockmarket )(Finextra ) retrieved 10 Jan 2010〕 In other recent writing, Gardner has suggested current managers in technological disciplines are out of touch and will shortly be replaced by Generation Y leaders with much broader experience.〔(Tomorrow's leaders will come from the edge )(Computing Weekly ) retrieved 2 Jan 2010〕 In 2012, Gardner released a new book (titled Sidestep and Twist) which argues that breakthrough innovation is rarely profitable and current management thinking about the discipline is incorrect.〔 (The Dirty Little Secret of Innovation ) (Computer Weekly ) retrieved 16 January 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Alexander Gardner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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