Innovation Seminar Helps Chief Innovation Officers Put Structure Behind the
Fuzzy Front End
Denver, Colo. 12-12-07 -- BMGI
Most every forward thinking company today sees innovation as a critical component to their ability to survive in an increasingly diverse and global market. But few organizations understand what it actually takes to develop a culture of innovation and to how to design a program that achieves measurable and repeatable results.
This quandary has plagued senior leaders for many years, and this year BMG University hopes to put some of the head scratching to rest with a course for senior leaders that puts a structure and roadmap behind the fuzzy topic of innovation to help organizations drive more measurable results.
The course, entitled Chief Innovation Officer - Leading your Company's Growth and Performance Initiatives, is a two-day Executive Education Program for business leaders who are leading the charge for growth and innovation inside their organizations or who are poised to take on that role. The event is being held in Denver February 25 - 26, 2008.
This CIO course will feature emerging strategies, tools and techniques from a variety of innovation leaders today. These leaders know how to enable the right people, employ the right tools and identify the right projects to drive a successful innovation initiative that will contribute to any organization's growth and long-term success. The comprehensive curriculum is designed around four core topics:
- The Emerging Role of the CIO
- Fostering an Innovative Company Culture
- Establishing a Systematic Innovation Process
- Accelerating Innovation in
Your Organization
Faculty for this program, all of whom are distinguished academicians, award-winning authors, and entrepreneurs in their respective fields include: David Silverstein, President and CEO of BMGI, author of Insourcing Innovation and a highly regarded speaker on the topic of innovation. Dr. Phil Samuel, Chief Innovation Officer for BMGI, an innovation thought leader who has authored many articles and papers on the subject and presented at numerous conferences. Cheryl Perkins, President, Innovationedge. Ms. Perkins is the former Chief Innovation Officer of Kimberley Clark and was named one of Business Week's "Top 25 Champions of Innovation."
This is the third CIO course for BMG University. The company hosted two similar events in 2007, each time heralding attendees from industries as diverse as healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and financial services into one room to discuss and learn about what they all have in common - the need to better drive growth and innovation in order to compete in the future.
For more information on Chief Innovation Officer, please visit the CIO web page.
Participation is limited to 30 and BMG University reserves the right to decline any enrollee it feels does not represent a peer with the other senior executives participating in the program.
About BMGI:
BMGI is the world's leading provider of training and consulting for performance excellence. Specializing in Lean, Six Sigma and Innovation, BMGI works with leading companies around the globe to help "in-source" new capability and develop new core competencies. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Longmont, CO, BMGI has developed a loyal clientele that today exceeds 200 active businesses in industries as diverse as biotechnology, health care, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and energy. BMGI has offices in 12 countries and has more than 100 employees worldwide. For more information, visit BMGi.com.
About Innovationedge:
Innovationedge is breaking barriers to help companies achieve innovation capabilities and a growth pipeline. Its new interactive Web site and blog, serves up insightful answers, tips, a calendar of innovation events and career growth opportunities.
Among its many offerings, Innovationedge helps its industry-diverse clientele assess innovation capabilities and pipeline, create an innovation roadmap, build successful open innovation models, deliver disruptive product and technologies solutions, streamline portfolio management and metrics, realign business processes and create a culture that delivers innovation.
Shari Cashman
Public Relations
480-664-6090
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