Mona Vernon of Thomson Reuters

If you want to understand innovation in the financial sector, you talk to Mona Vernon. We know. We did—and we learned quite a bit. As the Chief Technology Officer at Thomson Reuters Labs, Vernon insists that innovation must business-case and use-case focused. Like Continuum, she insists on *making it real.* In this pointed conversation with our Lee Moreau, Vernon talks clearly and well about demonstrating value, selling innovation to executive leadership, hiring the right people, and managing a properly balanced portfolio of innovation projects. On episode 21 of *The Resonance Test,* Vernon says many valuable things. It's worth investing the time to hear her say: • "Fundamentally, one of the values of Thomson Reuters is [partnership](https://www.continuuminnovation.com/en/how-we-think/blog/the-case-for-humility-partnership-in-a-changing-healthcare-landscape)." • "If you look at the pace of change in financial markets, trying to do everything yourself doesn't make sense." • "We are not a group of people playing with toys and foosball. We are actually extremely business-case focused." • "I don't want your ideas. I want the problem you're seeing with customers." • "In the process of defining a problem statement, you start seeing the solution." Host: Pete Chapin Editor: Kyp Pilalas Producer: Ken Gordon