Chief of what?
Woman in the Middle | December 17, 2012A city near me (which shall remain nameless but I do want to assure you it isn’t MY city) has a job opening. It pays $138,000 – $173,000 a year. What position are they trying to fill? Chief Innovation Officer! What the heck is a Chief Innovation Officer? I couldn’t help myself. I clicked on the link and discovered that this city is actually trying to find a replacement for the fellow who is retiring as the head of their IT department. Poor guy is probably just tired of the laughter and weird looks that he gets when ever he has to tell anyone what he does for a living. Of course, he probably doesn’t say he is the Chief Innovation Officer. He probably just says he is head of the IT Department. That is what I would do in his shoes.
I thought about what a Chief Innovation Officer at a city would do……
Brainstorm new and innovative names for various city positions such as Sludge Master (for the person running the sewer treatment plant) or Tree Guru (for the person in charge of trimming street trees).
To make city council meetings more fun the Chief Innovation Officer could come up with a theme for each meeting. For example, the city council could wear Hawaiian shirts at a Hawaiian themed meeting. Maybe the city manager could wear a grass skirt! Of course, then the Chief Innovation officer would be out of a job…
Come up with new and innovative names for city buildings. Maybe city hall could be called the “Tower of Dreams and Disappointments.” It sure turned out to be that for me when I worked there!
That is all I have, folks! Can you come up with other job duties for a Chief Innovation Officer? I sure would like to see them!
Ok don’t laugh but when I read Chief Innovation Officer I miss read and thought it said Chef Innovation Office and I wonder what that person would do think up things for the Chef to cook…………lol yeah I know silly me………………but I think being a Chef Innovation Officer would be more interesting then a Chief Innovation Officer
I bet the next Chief Innovation Officer will need to have a Doctorate in Marble Making. After all, you need to be VERY creative to think of all of those crazy marble designs….
Sounds like a great job title – full of bullshit and tough to define job responsibilities.
What do you suppose they use to determine if this person has been innovative enough? Is there a quota of ideas that he/she must come up with during a month?
Humbug Head could field all complaints in this illustrious town.
That’s awesome. I’m always thinking up better names for things I do and my own title- also titles for my kids and their moods. Today my daughter is bringing me reports like I’m the Head of Complaints & disputes. Thank goodness that’s not my official title!!