Twitter Bio (180 characters)
Co-Founder at radical, former eBay & Mozilla exec, and Google.org Principal. Founder of GYSHIDO productivity movement and The Women’s Impact Alliance. Author of “Disrupt Disruption.”
Really Short Bio (60 words)
Pascal is the Co-Founder (and Chief Heretic) at radical and serves on various digital advisory boards. His career spans founding eBay’s Platform Solutions Group in Europe, leading Mozilla’s Open Innovation Lab and Office of the Chair, and investing in social impact organizations as Principal at Google.org. He founded the global productivity movement GYSHIDO and is the author of “Disrupt Disruption.”
Long Bio
Over nearly three decades in technology, Pascal Finette has accrued all the experience you’d want in a high-level strategic advisor. Pascal started on the net before there was a web browser. He learned his way through founding a series of technology startups, launching a consulting firm to support entrepreneurs in scaling their own, and building a portfolio investing in early-stage tech companies. Pascal held leadership positions at era-defining powerhouses Google, eBay, and Mozilla, and was the faculty chair for entrepreneurship and open innovation at Singularity University. He’s worn many hats and knows what needs to go on in the brain under each of them to lead effectively.
What makes Pascal truly one-of-a-kind, however, is his ability to translate all of this experience into teachable insights, principles, and practices. This enables him to help corporate leaders and entrepreneurs do what they all say they want to do: transform their organizations, build what matters, tackle truly meaningful challenges & create lasting, positive change in the world.
Pascal brings refreshing honesty and a zero tolerance for bullshit to the buzzy intersection of technology, global impact, and culture, where he’s established himself as a sought-after speaker and a uniquely perceptive communicator of hard truths and creative provocations. As the founder of the boutique advisory firm radical and the global productivity movement GYSHIDO — where he’s inspired thousands to embrace radical productivity and no-nonsense approaches to work — Pascal inspires, educates, and empowers leaders to make sense of accelerating change, envision the future of exponential technology, identify new opportunities, and develop successful, future-robust business strategies.
Relentlessly focused on amplifying positive change and the impact of other changemakers, Pascal is the author of the bestselling book “Disrupt Disrupt – How to Decode the Future, Disrupt Your Industry, and Transform Your Business.” He is also the founder of multiple nonprofit organizations focused on mentorship and women's leadership, and trained as a Co-Active executive coach working with clients to unlock their full leadership potential. Pascal serves on various digital advisory boards and chairs innovation and science initiatives at leading global organizations.
Stage Intro (Bullets)
Today Pascal wears a bunch of different hats:- Co-Founder at ‘radical‘, where he and his colleagues enable leaders & learners to seize the future
- Bestselling author of ‘Disrupt Disruption: How to Decode the Future, Disrupt Your Industry, and Transform Your Business‘
- Founder of GYSHIDO, the global no-nonsense productivity movement
- Co-Founder at The Women’s Impact Alliance, the world's largest pro-bono executive coaching organization for young women of impact
- Jury Chair for Science and Innovation Management at the Falling Walls Foundation
- Built a $1BN business unit as an early employee at eBay Europe
- Developed frontier technologies at Mozilla Firefox
- Managed a $150M per year philanthropic fund at Google.org
- Built (so far) a VC Fund, two global non-profits, three companies and an art gallery
- Taught Pilates for US Olympians
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