Book details

  • Genre:business & economics
  • Sub-genre:Management
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • eBook ISBN:9781495105036

Innovation Alchemists

What Every CEO Should Know to Hire the Right Chief Innovation Officer

By Luis Solis

Overview

Innovation is an imperative for any organization seeking sustained growth. To infuse the organization with urgency and focus, CEOs are hiring Chief Innovation Officers (CINOs). It's the hottest new "C" in the executive suite. But how should a CEO hire the right CINO, and what can executives aspiring to the CINO role do to develop themselves for the challenge?
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Description

Innovation is an imperative for any organization seeking sustained growth. To infuse the organization with urgency and focus, CEOs are hiring Chief Innovation Officers (CINO). It's the hottest new "C" in the executive suite. But how should a CEO hire the right CINO, and what can executives aspiring to the CINO role do to develop themselves for the challenge? "Innovation Alchemists: What every CEO should know to hire the right Chief Innovation Officer", is the first book focused on the CINO opportunity for large organizations. Rich in frameworks for the CEO and Executive Committee to shape decisive thinking, the book also speaks to current and future CINOs seeking to refine their professional capabilities for success. Nineteen renowned business leaders (many of the CINOs) share their points of view on what it takes to fulfill the promise of innovation leadership. "Innovation Alchemists" will emerge as a timely, valuable resource for CEOs, the C-Suite, CINOs, and innovation leadership aspirants.
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About The Author

Luis Solis is an entrepreneur, business builder, in-demand speaker on innovation and global expert on B2B collaboration software for business processes. As private equity investor and business leader, Luis has started companies (Symbius), taken some public (VANS), scaled-up others (GeoLogistics) and rebooted technology companies (GroupSystems and Imaginatik) seeking growth paths. He has advised more than 250 global organizations on Innovation strategy and leadership through his consulting roles at Symbius, GroupSystems and Imaginatik. He is the author of "Innovation Alchemists: What every CEO needs to know to hire the right Chief Innovation Officer", the first book to address the leadership issue of how to best think about the CINO role, its impact on large organizations, and frameworks for hiring the correct CINO for large organizations. More at: www.innovationalchemists.com Luis resides in Boulder, Colorado with his two sons, 53 fourteeners, 27 ski resorts and a booming scene for tech start-ups (http://on.wsj.com/1a5hMZE). More at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lfsolis
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