Jasper will give an introduction to X, The Moonshot Factory of Alphabet, and share his learnings from 17 years of working on innovation and technology, of which 10 years at Google and X. In the talk he’ll dive into the people, culture and organization needed to fuel moonshots such as self-driving cars, delivery drones and robotics.

Biography

Jasper spent 17 years of his career helping companies innovate. As a strategy consultant and later through TED he has been bringing together start-ups and corporates to accelerate ideas. Before joining Google Jasper researched and published on how ideas move through organizations, and why certain organizations are better at (radical) innovation than others. At Google Jasper was responsible for the Booking.com partnership globally after which he transitioned to X to help Alphabet land Moonshots in the real world. Currently Jasper leads Google’s efforts to help merchants be more successful online and serves as an advisor for X.