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Mastercard Labs (B)

By: Linda A. Hill, Sunil Gupta, Emily Tedards and Julia Kelley
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:22
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Abstract

When Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, digital technologies were on the rise, and innovation needed to become a strategic imperative at the company. Banga tasked Garry Lyons, who had joined Mastercard through the 2009 acquisition of Orbiscom, with infusing innovation into Mastercard’s culture. With a significant incremental investment, and free reign to spend it as he pleased, Lyons created Mastercard Labs—a global innovation lab network that became a catalytic force for change at the company. In 2018, Ken Moore, a former innovation leader at Citigroup, became Mastercard Labs’ new leader. By then, Mastercard had made significant progress on its journey of cultural and digital transformation, but the company had to continue to think and act differently in order to compete and thrive in the fast-changing digital world. Moore’s task was to evolve Mastercard Labs so that it could continue delivering value to Mastercard.

Keywords

Organizational Behavior; Culture; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Culture Change; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Alignment; Leadership; Leadership Development; Innovation; Innovation Ecosystems; Diversity; Collaboration; Co-creation; Learning Organizations; Empowerment; Ecosystem; Agility; Prototype; Experiment; Partnerships; Operating Model; Risk Management; Digital Transformation; Metrics; Payments; Financial Industry; Financial Inclusion; Ambidexterity; Corporate Innovation; Innovation Lab; Accelerator; Start-up; Fintech

Citation

Hill, Linda A., Sunil Gupta, Emily Tedards, and Julia Kelley. "Mastercard Labs (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-081, April 2022.
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Linda A. Hill

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