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New CUES Institute announced at MIT and Stanford
MADISON, WI (October 31, 2013) — The Credit Union Executives Society is adding to its list of executive education opportunities held at prestigious business schools. In partnership with MIT Sloan School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, CUES will launch its Strategic Innovation Institute in September 2014.
Strategic Innovation Institute I, hosted at MIT Sloan School of Management, will be held September 15–19, 2014 in Cambridge, Mass. The first year of this two-year program offers an integrated curriculum of strategy, innovation, technology, and leadership.
Strategic Innovation Institute II will start in fall 2015 at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, Calif. This session will explore how to scale innovation, and will provide attendees with the opportunity to explore ideation and design solutions to solve common consumer challenges.
Credit union leaders who attend both sessions will have the opportunity to:
– Broaden strategic thinking about both large and small scale innovation
– Build organizational capacity for continuous innovation
– Develop strategic organizational leadership skills
– Grow their business in ways that align with the traditions and culture of credit unions
“I’m so pleased we are supporting the CUES mission by adding to our line up of esteemed institutes, and carrying on CUES’ tradition of executive education excellence,” said Teresa Freeborn, CUES’ board chair and president/CEO, Xceed Financial Credit Union, El Segundo, Calif. “Strategic Innovation Institute will be joining the ranks of CEO Institute, held at Wharton, Cornell and Darden; and CUES Governance Leadership Institute™, held at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.”
“Our institutes give credit union leaders easy access to professional education at highly acclaimed universities,” said Chuck Fagan, CUES’ president/CEO. “And, credit union leaders are eager to take advantage of these opportunities, as evidenced by the popularity of our CEO Institute 2014.”
For more information on Strategic Innovation Institute I, visit cues.org/SII-I; for more on Strategic Innovation Institute II, visit cues.org/SII-II. Or, contact Kristin Ryan, CUES’ executive education and meetings manager at 800.252.2664 or 608.271.2664, ext. 308, or email kristin@cues.org.
The Credit Union Executives Society is a Madison, Wisconsin-based, independent, not-for-profit, international membership association for credit union executives. Its mission is to educate and develop credit union CEOs, directors and future leaders.