Mark Payne has spearheaded innovation efforts that have created over $3 Billion in revenue for its clients across a wide array of industries and categories. An architect of the firm’s unique Money & Magic philosophy, which marries commercial strategy with consumer-centric creativity, he is both a front line innovation practitioner and an industry thought leader.

Payne’s pursuit of a better way to invent has uncovered potent new insights into how ideas interact with the human mind – both on the street and in the boardroom. His perspectives on innovation’s past, present and future have appeared in leading publications, including Fast Company, Fortune, The Huffington Post, BusinessWeek and Crain’s. Payne is also a frequent speaker at forums like The Wharton School of Business, Columbia Business School, the 2013 Chief Innovation Officers' Summit, the International Food Technology’s Wellness Conference, New York University’s ‘Investigation’ Scholar-in-Residence Series, HEC Paris, Johns Hopkins University and innovation leadership conferences at many top tier companies.

A regular contributor to leading business publications on the topics of innovation strategy and practice, Mark holds a BA cum laude in economics and psychology from Middlebury College, is a member of Mensa and a trustee of the Woodstock Day School.

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