Is a Chief Innovation Officer Necessary?

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Another great question.  To answer it I go back to my roots in six sigma myself, and to that of many of my clients today.  Back "in the day" no one had experience with six sigma, yet there were, and still are today, many successful implementations.  The people leading these implemenations often have no experience at all--and I like it that way.  They tend to be more open minded and learn to do things the way their companies needs things to be done.  When you bring too much experiene to the table, you often are biased by your past.  The ultimate answer to your question is, as usual, strong leadership skills and the ability and desire to learn.

There's an old saying, "we hire people for their knowlege and experience, and fire them for their style and personality."  In english that means that sometimes we put too much value in experience and "credentials" and not nearly enough into personality and leadership style.

In a nutshell, I don't think experience is all that important and I don't think that a CIO needs to know TRIZ or other "methods" to be successful.