Chief Innovation Officer: Lead Your Company’s Growth and Performance Initiatives

The Importance of Innovation Today

What makes a successful Chief Innovation Officer? And why are companies like Coca-Cola, Citigroup and Humana creating the role of CIO? These market leaders recognise the power inherent in developing new ideas, new products and new ways to satisfy customers. However, there are few organisations that understand what it really takes to develop a culture of innovation and how to develop a programme that achieves measurable and sustainable results.

CIO Seminar, Munich

BMGI's Chief Innovation Officer seminar is designed for business leaders who are driving innovation within their organisation. David Silverstein (Founder and CEO of Breakthrough Management Group International) and Dr Phil Samuel (VP/CIO Breakthrough Management Group International) will guide you through emerging strategies, tools and techniques relevant to innovation today.

BMGI has hosted four CIO seminars over the past two years in the U.S that have attracted attendees from industries as diverse as healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and financial services. Following the success of these events this will be BMGI's 8th Global Innovation Seminar.

The seminar will take place from 19th-20th November, 2008 at a premier hotel in central Munich. The cost of the 2-day seminar is 2500 euros, which includes a networking dinner with the American faculty and participants on the first day and refreshments throughout.

Who Should Attend?

The CIO Seminar is designed for Senior Executives who have been charged with driving organisational innovation, this includes:

• CIOs (Chief Innovation Officers)
• Executives with enterprise-wide innovation responsibility
• VPs / Directors of R D
• Corporate Strategy Executives

What Will I Learn?

During the two-day CIO seminar you will benefit from a combination of instruction, hands-on workshops, case studies and discussion with our experts on the following topics:

The Emerging Role of the CIO

• Systematic Innovation - a requirement for success in today's business climate
• Leveraging the secrets of the world's most innovative companies
• Championing innovation inside your company

Fostering an Innovative Company Culture

• Developing a culture of innovation
• Encouraging continuous learning and development inside your organization
• Problem-solving styles and innovation - using the Kirton Adaptation - Innovation Inventory to build effective teams

Establishing a Systematic Innovation Process

• The innovation roadmap - how to create a balanced innovation project portfolio
• Metrics that drive measurable, tangible results
• Processes, techniques and tools innovative companies are using today to achieve results

Accelerating Innovation in Your Organization

• Rethinking Innovation in your company including priorities, roles and timing
• Defining the job of CIO in your company
• Working with your CEO and other business leaders to drive and sustain innovation
• Using an Open Innovation model inside your business

Previous participating companies include:

* Alegent Health
* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
* Circuit City
* GE Energy
* HNTB
* Kruger Products
* Molecular
* Ohio Health
* Queens Hospital
* Travelers Insurance
* UnitedHealth Group
* AVNET
* Bostik
* Fiserv Galaxy Credit Union Solutions
* GP Cellulose
* JM Family Companies
* Levi Strauss
* NYC Health & Hospitals Corp
* Qimonda
* Sabanci Holding