⭐️ E4/S1: WARNER MUSIC’S CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER / Co-Founder Of The 1st Digital Music Marketing Company / Creator Of A Sixth Sense

GROWIN

GROWIN INNOVATION with Scott Cohen, WMG’s Chief Innovation Officer

Scott, a widely respected music entrepreneur, co-founded the first digital music distribution and marketing company, The Orchard (acquired for $200M by Sony Music in 2015). Scott was invited to join one of the world’s largest music record labels, Warner Music Group, in 2019 by CEO, Max Lousada as Warner’s first Chief Innovation Officer. Scott is currently growing innovation strategies with Lousada and the senior management team to help chart the long-term course of the company at the intersection of music, technology, and culture. Scott is also the co-founder of CyborgNest; exploring the interface of biological and digital intelligence; where the development of a sixth sense is in progress! As a prominent public speaker and lecturer, Scott travels the world evangelizing new business models for the digital age and is a passionate proponent of AR, VR, Blockchain and AI.

Home & Family

• Scott lives in London, United Kingdom and Puglia, Italy
• Husband to Susanna Cappellaro

Professional

• 2019-Present: Chief Innovation Officer @ Warner Music Group
• 2016-2019 (stepped down): Founder @ CyborgNest
• 1997-2019 (retired): Co-founder @ The Orchard

Education

• George Mason University: BA, Psychology

Languages

• Italian- ish
• British English-ish

Nationality

• American

Born

• Okinawa, Japan

Passions / Hobbies /Causes

• Public speaker and lecturer
• Rights (Human and Animal)

CONTENT…

Scott

- Trailer

- Intro

- Early background

- Entrepreneur

- The Orchard

- Innovation at WMG (part 1)

- Change

- Blockchain (part 1)

Lucy

- Intro

- Failure

- Mindset

- Intrapreneur

- Equality

- Leadership equality

- Culture at Accenture

Scott

- Definition of innovation

- Innovations

- Learning

- Blockchain (part 2)

- Innovation at WMG (part 2)

- Pandemic learnings

- Psychological safety

- Counter Intuition

- Cyborgnest / Sixth sense

CONNECTION…

- Scott Cohen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcohen3/

- Lucy Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-cooper-7a4b0a10/

- Sandy Khan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandykhan/

COMMUNITY…

- Warner Music Group https://www.wmg.com/

- Accenture: https://www.accenture.co

- IN-CO. : http://www.in-co.co/

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PRODUCTION:

- Creative Director, Jason Edwards https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedwards1/

- Sound Producer, Kerem Isnik https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerem-isik-a9376b23/

- Art Director, Saira Macleod https://www.linkedin.com/in/sairamacleod/

LISTEN across the web: https://linktr.ee/growinpodcast

LISTEN to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y-2a6_IQ_Mc

WATCH MOMENTS from this episode on YouTube:

- Why Innovation Is Not Invention: https://youtu.be/a2Z8aiPQJRI

- The Tech Innovation Revolutions That Are Shaking Businesses: https://youtu.be/XgjHX-pTTVA

- The Future in Music: Technology With Emotions & Blockchain: https://youtu.be/9sDop_NxUSE

- Become Technology For A Deeper Life: https://youtu.be/leofGPG43lM

- The Orchard Co-Founder $0 - $Billion: https://youtu.be/dGCo-1nz8P4

WATCH GROWIN PODCAST & GROWIN LIVE episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mbaarena/videos

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