Content from Haden Kirkpatrick
Haden Kirkpatrick is an innovation, corporate strategy, product and transformation executive leader serving the insurance, InsurTech, mobile telecom and technology industries. He has experience in organizations ranging from $100 million startups to $123 billion Fortune 50 global businesses, managing combined P&Ls of up to $6 billion and operational budgets of up to $300 million. Kirkpatrick is a capable mentor with a track record of attracting, recruiting and advising teams of up to 1K, building the foundations necessary to accelerate performance, increase revenue and maximize profitability. Most recently, Kirkpatrick was the former Vice President of Innovation and Venture Capital at State Farm, where he was responsible for the turnaround of three subsidiaries—Venture Capital Units, Quanata and the HiRoad Assurance Company. He has been published in numerous industry trade journals, including Carrier Management, where he previously co-authored the article, “The State Farm Vision: Ecosystem Capabilities for the Insurer of the Future,” with IoT Observatory Director Matteo Carbone.
The Trillion-Dollar Gap: How User-Centered Design Built Tech’s Giants—and Why Insurance Must Follow
Here's an uncomfortable truth: the same user-centered design practices that built Apple, Google, Amazon and their peers into companies collectively worth over $10 trillion barely exist in insurance. ...
The Hardest Part of Innovation in Insurance Isn’t Technology; It’s Culture
The insurance industry is notoriously behind the curve when it comes to innovation. But what explains the gap between insurance and other industries? In my experience, innovation in insurance isn't ...
A Practical Blueprint: The Five Plays of an Innovation Culture
In Part 2 of a series of articles on innovation in insurance, "The Hardest Part of Innovation in Insurance Isn't Technology; It's Culture," Haden Kirkpatrick offers some remedies to fix incentives, ...
On Innovation in Insurance
It is 1921 and the insurance industry looks quite different than it will in a century. Automobile policies are bound annually, and insurance risk is often spread across entire states as opposed to ...