Strategic Innovation Institute™

Contact Teresa Brogan, executive education specialist, if you have any questions.

The financial services market is rapidly changing. There is great uncertainty about non-traditional providers, and the increasingly complex business environment. Plan for long-term sustainability, meet challenges, scale up organizational excellence, and rally your organization in embracing your credit union’s growth capabilities when you attend Strategic Innovation Institute.

Every organization has a pocket of excellence that influences other areas. How does one get more? How does one get better through innovation? These two questions form the basis of this program where you’ll learn to think critically, challenge assumptions and change the rules of competition. You’ll also consider real-world examples, observe consumer behavior, and apply design-thinking principles to develop solutions.

Discover how to overcome barriers to strategic change and promote innovation without sacrificing short-term goals as you employ group decision-making exercises, case studies, and go through a hands-on innovation challenge workshop. CUES Strategic Innovation Institute covers:

• Harnessing collective intelligence
• Leading organizational growth
• Spear-heading strategy amidst disruptive innovation
• Designing innovation for the human brain
• Harnessing stories for innovation and growth
• Design thinking
• The challenge of change, and the ambidextrous organization
• Scaling up excellence
• Building strong alliances

We’ll end the week by creating personal action plans, so you’ll be ready to act when you return to your credit union.

Why Attend Strategic Innovation Institute?

• You’ll be joining a unique and tightly allied fellowship of credit union leaders, making you part of a powerful network of successful professionals.  
• Your credit union will benefit directly from the personalized action plans created and designed to implement when you return home.
• Every faculty member is a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
• Faculty members have personally developed the programs themselves.
• Many esteemed faculty members are there for their students even after graduation, offering another level of support.
• You’ll earn up to 37 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits each week.
• Participants who successfully complete all required elements of the program will be awarded the prestigious Certified Innovation Executive (CIE) designation

Sponsorship Opportunities

Putting your organization in front of the credit union movement’s top executives, directors, and future leaders will accelerate your sales performance. Explore all CUES’ sponsorship opportunities today.

Learn More

Become a successful agent of change at your credit union. Attend CUES’ Strategic Innovation Institute and learn to solve common consumer challenges, discover how to grow your business in ways aligning with the traditions and culture of credit unions, and build an organizational capacity for continuous innovation.

Our robust curriculum includes interactive presentations, powerful cross-industry case studies, and collaborative exercises combining a “clean hands/dirty hands” approach—classroom learning followed by hands-on practice. Plus, you’ll learn directly from the Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty and benefit from valuable networking with your colleagues.

Like our other institutes, Strategic Innovation Institute was designed specifically for credit unions and combines the faculty, facilities and resources of one of the world’s top business schools into an unparalleled educational opportunity that will prepare you and your credit union for successful growth. It is supplemented with pre-reading, outside assignments, and project work, which add considerable value to this interactive learning experience.

Graduates of this transformational program leave well equipped with the skills needed for continuous innovation—a critical component for long-term sustainability—and a comprehensive understanding of innovation that immediately benefits their credit unions. You’ll leave knowing how to:

• Broaden strategic thinking about both large- and small-scale innovation
• Build organizational capacity for continuous innovation
• Develop strategic organizational leadership skills
• Grow business in ways aligning with the traditions and culture of credit unions

The Overview

Begin in the classroom, then practice what you learn in real-time, real-world
situations. You’ll apply innovation techniques to a range of hands-on activities, and use design thinking principles to observe consumers, identify pain points, ideate, and create solutions.

You’ll learn to think critically, challenge assumptions, and change the rules of competition. We’ll consider real-world examples, observe consumer behavior, and apply design-thinking principles to develop solutions.

CUES’ Strategic Innovation Institute attendees can include:

• Dedicated CEOs looking to build an organization embracing continuous innovation and improvement
• Credit union executives wanting to broaden their large and small scale strategic and innovative thinking
• Future leaders who want to develop strategic organizational leadership skills
• Past attendees of CUES CEO Institute
• Executives across all functional areas, including administration, information systems, accounting and finance, internal audit, marketing, member service and operations
• Board Members—register early as there is only limited seating available

The Takeaway

When choosing an executive education program, it’s important to consider what you’ll get in return. When you attend CUES’ Strategic Innovation Institute:

• You’ll be joining a unique and tightly allied fellowship of credit union leaders, creating a powerful network of successful professionals.
• Your credit union will benefit directly, thanks to the in-class projects you’ll complete.
• You’ll benefit from an executive education program developed specifically for credit unions.
• All classes are taught by world-class professors, authors, and researchers.
• Many of the esteemed Strategic Innovation Institute faculty are there for you even after graduation, offering another level of support.
• You’ll earn up to 37 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.

Plus, if you successfully complete all required elements of the program, you’ll be awarded the prestigious Certified Innovation Executive (CIE) designation.

Becoming a Certified Innovation Executive

When you successfully complete Strategic Innovation Institute and all assigned course work, you’ll achieve Certified Innovation Executive (CIE) status.

The CIE designation signifies you have made a commitment to developing innovative and strategic vision and obtained a level of expertise recognized throughout the credit union movement.

Register Now

Invest in a profitable future for your credit union with Strategic Innovation Institute’s tailored training.

Register now by visiting the page link above or contacting Teresa Brogan, CUES’ Executive Education Specialist, at 800.252.2664 or 608.271.2664, ext. 331; or email teresab@cues.org.

Accommodations 

Your tuition includes five nights of on-campus executive accommodations and most meals.

Air Travel

CUES conference participants may make air reservations through Fox World Travel. Call 888.691.9163 and reference Group Code 09FP2501.

Fox World Travel’s hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CST.

Please note there is a ticket processing fee of $37 domestic/$46 international. CUES does not offer a discounted rate, but Fox World Travel will ensure the best pricing available.

Ground Transportation

Hertz is the official car rental company for this meeting. You can take advantage of their discounted rates by placing your reservation online or through the Hertz Meeting Sales Desk within the U.S. at 800-654-2240; from within Canada call 800-263-0600; refer to Meeting CV# 02ZG0015.