What:

Kai Method Career Innovation Seminar

Who:

Executives Seeking An Innovative Career Strategy

When:

Oct. 23, 2009
Registration & Networking, 8:30-9:00 am
Program, 9 am-4 pm
Networking & Refreshments, 4-5 pm

Where:

The Cornell Club, 6 E. 44th Street, NY, NY

How do top executives engineer their winning career moves? Come learn what history's most revered military strategists, the last decade's most innovative companies, and the most fascinating breakout career moves have in common.

Over the course of the day, using the Kai Method for Career Innovation, you will

  • Develop a clear and compelling vision for the next stage of your career with meaningful personal metrics.
  • Brainstorm 20+ ideas for achieving your vision using the Top 7 Stratagems for Career Innovation such as:
    • Shed your skin like the Golden Cicada: leverage what's at the core of your professional offering;
    • Borrow a corpse from the past: embrace what has been abandoned by you or others; and
    • Openly repair the walkway, secretly march to Cheng Cang: find the unorthodox path.
  • Develop strategic clarity and an action plan for the 5-7 winning moves you desire to execute now.

This is not your typical professional development seminar. The program is based on more than 10 years of research into competition and business success. Our corporate clients include Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, Hewlett Packard and Fidelity Investments, and our executive coaching clients include c-suite executives and partners in public and private companies in financial services, consumer products, private equity, real estate and law. The presenters will be:

    Kaihan Krippendorff, founder of the Kai Method, author of several business books on innovation, a Fast Company blog contributor on how to "outthink the competition¨", and alum of McKinsey Consulting, Columbia Business School, and UPenn;

    Cynthia Dow, founder of Greenway Boulevard, a former general counsel and employment lawyer turned executive coach and entrepreneur, and alum of Cadbury Schweppes, Baker Botts, Columbia Law School and Cornell; and

    Susan Drumm, founder of Meritage Coaching, an executive coach, strategy consultant, actress, and alum of Boston Consulting Group, NBC, Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon.


Space is limited, as we are accepting a small group of executives who will leave with a focused action plan for their next business move, and network with new colleagues in the process. Pricing is $495. Workshop includes lunch, refreshments, networking time, and a follow-up webinar.

"The day was invaluable in advancing me towards my next role within my company. At the start of the day, I could only see one or two options, and none felt like they would give me the same satisfaction and opportunity for achievement that I wanted. The seminar allowed me to take a step back and see a third exciting option that I hadn't seen -- which I am now pursuing wholeheartedly." - KA, Digital Media Executive