Career
In 2011 he joined innovation management company Spigit, where he is now Chief Technology Officer. During his time at Lloyds, Gardner wrote a candid blog about the banking industry, focusing on innovation and technology in the industry. He continued to write in a similar vein from within the public sector.
Post-humorously, in March 2010, he was cited as the most social media connected financial services executive in the United Kingdom, some 9 months after he had left the banking industry.
lieutenant includes detailed material on the bank"s innovation prediction market, which attracted interest from the trade press
In other recent writing, Gardner has suggested current managers in technological disciplines are out of touch and will shortly be replaced by Generation Y leaders with much broader experience. In 2012, Gardner released a new book (titled Sidestep and Twist) which argues that breakthrough innovation is rarely profitable and current management thinking about the discipline is incorrect.
