CAPACITY BUILDING & EDUCATION

To achieve significant transformation, we must foster a new culture in our work. Creating sustainable innovation with long-lasting impacts requires looking beyond business cases and technical specifications. Utilizing process-oriented techniques such as Agile development and Human-Centered Design (HCD) can support the necessary shift in financial supervisory authorities. However, equally critical is a leadership style that prioritizes cooperation, trust, and exploration, creating an environment where creativity is harnessed, and individuals are empowered to think outside the box and advocate for innovation. As a result, we have incorporated various communication techniques, embodiment exercises, and consciousness-based practices into our education programs to enable individuals to embody an evolved version of the Innovation Leader.

Simone Di Castri, Programme co-Director

In the era of fintech and AI, the very same tools digitalizing the private sector and creating new supervisory risks could also be wielded by the supervisors themselves to mitigate these emerging challenges. The Lab’s Innovation Leaders should be able to break down departmental silos and address supervisory pains (“what do you dread about coming to work in the morning?”) creating solutions that bring transformative gains (“if you could snap your fingers and instantly change anything about your day, what would that be?”). In the Lab programmes, we bring together the expertise of the supervisors, novel technologies, and a mindful approach to change management and product lifecycle management to actually build valuable cutting-edge suptech solutions.

Matt Grasser, Programme co-Director