‘It’s only when you see 49-ton trucks in China running on batteries that you realize how serious electrification is’: Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson on Europe’s incumbency problem | Fortune
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In 2015, Greg Jackson founded Octopus Energy, now one of the biggest energy suppliers in Europe. He talks to Fortune about the continent’s electrification challenge—and reveals the one decision he took at the beginning of his career that changed the way he does business.

“If we want more growth, we need to allow creative destruction so new companies can deliver the productivity we need.”

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  • A_be_seedy ( A_be_seedy@beehaw.org ) English
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    ACTCHULLY I’ve been to China, and since I’ve been that means it’s not. I just walked off the plane and they said, “Wow. This white guy arrived in our country, we are going to overthrow our government and implement a democracy - the best the worlds ever seen.”

    My first night in China they all whipped out there phones and voted. 100% turnout. 100% of the votes went to the benevolent dictator. Fundamentally nothing changed. But I’m the reason why China has a democracy now.