How to get your most senior staff asking ‘What next?’

Innovate is one of Mastercard’s keystone strategic events attended by their most senior global team. Catapult’s task was to create a 3-day programme to inspire their most senior global team by demonstrating Mastercard’s position as a global technology force and innovation leader.

It was never going to be enough to just headline the words “Powering Possibilities” around the conference venue and hope everyone would be inspired. The proof would be in the pudding so to say. To meet the promise of the theme, our 3-day experience programme was designed to provoke thought, stimulate debate, challenge accepted ways of doing things and stir the creative spark that lurks inside everyone.

Again and again over the 3 days, “Powering Possibilities” saw delegates and leaders asking “What next?” about their sector of the business – always, crucially, in an atmosphere that felt open, collaborative and safe. The focus was on the collective, with interactive collaborative sessions designed to confront conventions and set new horizons.

The 2023 Innovate Programme was designed to challenge each leader to leave Paris with the belief that when they come together anything is possible. Feedback from Mastercard’s C-suite team confirmed the purpose of sharing future strategies, setting new horizons and aligning leadership ambitions had all been achieved.