--- title: "Innovation | Fractional Chief Innovation Officer | Virtual Innovation" description: "A part-time Chief Innovation Officer with a delivery team behind it. Help your New Zealand business choose useful technology, put it to work and keep it looked after." canonical: "https://virtualinnovation.co.nz/innovation/" language: en-NZ --- [Skip to content](#main-content) × ## What would you like an estimate for? [**Website estimate**Get a price range for a new website.](https://projecthub.virtualinnovation.co.nz/website-estimator)[**Software or CRM estimate**Get a price range for software or a tailored workflow.](https://projecthub.virtualinnovation.co.nz/software-estimator) # Technology moves fast. Don’t get left behind. Let us become part of your team, helping you make the most of AI, put ideas into practice and look after the systems you rely on. [Book a free 30-minute chat](https://go.virtualinnovation.co.nz/widget/bookings/discovery-call-vi)[How we work with you](#partnership) Auckland based, with team members internationally. ![The Virtual Innovation team together](/_astro/virtual-innovation-team-2026.2y-kAw0l_ZiFstD.webp) Real people. Part of your team. ## The human face of AI. AI is changing how we all work. You want to keep up, but you still have a business to run. We get to know your business, choose useful opportunities with you and help make them happen. **Workload** ### Know where to focus. Work through the opportunities with people who understand your business. Decide what is worth doing next. **Draft update**✦**Review first** ### Make AI useful. Look at where AI could help your team and where it does not belong. Start with the business need. **New job** **In progress** **Ready** ### Turn ideas into action. A delivery team behind the thinking. Build the agreed improvements and put them to work. **New website form** **New enquiry** ### Connect the whole picture. Bring your website, workflows, software and suppliers into the same conversation. **Keep it running**Ongoing care ### Keep it looked after. Agree the hosting, tools and support your business needs, then keep reviewing them as things change. ![](/_astro/virtual-innovation-team-2026.2y-kAw0l_ZiFstD.webp)Auckland people. On your side. ### People who stay involved. Get to know a team who gets to know you. Regular conversations, clear priorities and practical help. Showing outcome 1 / 6 ## Senior thinking. Practical delivery. A fractional Chief Innovation Officer is someone who takes that role for part of each month. We call it a CIO for short. **The next step**Time agreed ### What does that mean for you? Big companies have someone whose whole job is working out how technology can make the business better. Most Kiwi businesses cannot justify that as a full-time role. You get that thinking, with a delivery team behind it to get the work done. We stay involved, review progress and help choose what comes next. ## One partnership. Three connected parts. Work out what matters. Make it happen. Keep it working. 1. ### Innovation. Work out where AI and technology can make a useful difference to your business. [Find the right level of help](#partnership-levels) 2. ### Implementation. Turn those ideas into websites, workflows and software your team can use. [Websites](/Website-Design/) [Workflow CRM](/workflow-crm/) [Custom software](/software-development/) 3. ### Infrastructure. Look after agreed hosting, tools and support as your business changes. [Website Hosting & Support](/wordpress-hosting/) [Search Engine Optimisation](/search-engine-optimisation/) ## A few examples. Examples of the software and workflow work we deliver. [![Davis custom CRM leads and pipeline, shown with demonstration data](/_astro/case-study-davis-lead-system.D2bZQ6yJ_Z24kNel.webp)](/custom-crm-case-study-davis/) Davis ### Software their team has fallen in love with, and is getting results. Enquiries, lead allocation and reporting for 350 facilitators across more than 20 countries. [Read Davis’s story](/custom-crm-case-study-davis/) [![Promisia Connect visual room management, shown with fictional demonstration records and availability](/_astro/case-study-screen-promisia.DSApEBH0_25JGGG.webp)](/custom-crm-case-study-promisia/) Promisia Connect ### Creating a competitive advantage with a custom workflow. Rooms, reporting and group visibility. A custom system built around the way their team works. [Read Promisia’s story](/custom-crm-case-study-promisia/) [![Itrios public assessment entry page, with no participant information shown](/_astro/case-study-itrios-assessment.DOBLleIE_Z2h9d2e.webp)](/custom-crm-case-study-itrios/) Itrios by ilume ### One platform. A reason to reconnect. Client management, assessments and reporting in one place, with comparison reports to support follow-up. [Read the Itrios story](/custom-crm-case-study-itrios/) > “It is so refreshing to be heard, and not be made to feel a nuisance - and they can quickly deliver a solution better than we asked for!” Davis Method Administrator ## Someone on your side. Keeping you moving. Technology will not wait for a quieter month. Without someone keeping an eye on it, useful opportunities can pass you by. Let us help you stay on the front foot. ### Fractional CIO & Delivery Partner. Get a Chief Innovation Officer on your side without taking on a full-time hire. We stay close to your business, keep an eye on what is changing and bring a team to turn the right ideas into action. - **Know what is worth doing.** Clear priorities for AI, technology and the next useful improvement. - **Have someone driving it.** Senior direction, coordination across your systems and suppliers, and agreed delivery time each month. - **Keep ahead as things change.** Regular conversations about what is changing, what is working and where to go next. [Let’s talk about your business](https://go.virtualinnovation.co.nz/widget/bookings/discovery-call-vi) ### Digital Improvement Partner. A lighter partnership to solve a specific problem, with a team that understands your whole business. Start with what is getting in the way. We keep the bigger picture in mind as things change. - **Fix what is holding you back.** Focus on a website, workflow or everyday frustration that needs sorting. - **Keep the knowledge in your corner.** Work with people who know your business, so each conversation builds on the last. - **Keep making useful progress.** An agreed monthly allowance, practical support and regular reviews of the next priority. [Talk through your first priority](https://go.virtualinnovation.co.nz/widget/bookings/discovery-call-vi) ## A conversation. Then useful work. Start with where your business wants to go and what is getting in the way. 1. ### A conversation. We talk about where you want to go and what is getting in the way. 2. ### Agree the priorities. Together we pick what is worth doing first and the right level of ongoing help. 3. ### Work gets done. We build, connect and look after the systems, review progress with you, and choose the next priority. ![The Virtual Innovation team together](/_astro/virtual-innovation-team-2026.2y-kAw0l_ZiFstD.webp) ## Good people. On your side. We’re Auckland based, with team members internationally, working with businesses across New Zealand. You don’t need to know the technical stuff. That’s what we’re here for. [Meet Virtual Innovation](/about/) ## Your questions. Answered. Search your questions ### What does a Chief Innovation Officer actually do? They help decide how technology can make the business better. Our role connects that thinking with delivery: get to know your business, agree priorities, coordinate the work and keep reviewing what is useful. ### Is my business big enough for this? This is for established New Zealand businesses that need someone to take a wider view of their technology but cannot justify a full-time role. Some need senior involvement in bigger decisions. Others need a smaller, regular amount of practical help. We start with a conversation about what fits. ### How is this different from a website care plan? A website care plan focuses on your website. An innovation partnership looks across the business, from priorities and suppliers to websites, workflows, software and agreed infrastructure support. The scope depends on the level of partnership we agree. ### How much does it cost? Let’s talk about where you want to go, what is getting in the way and how much ongoing help you need. We can then work through the right level of involvement and the cost with you. No match yet. Try another word, or [ask us when we chat](https://go.virtualinnovation.co.nz/widget/bookings/discovery-call-vi). Browse all 4 answers ## Your next chapter. Let’s talk. If that sounds like the kind of relationship you’re looking for, let’s talk about your business. A free 30-minute conversation. If we can help, great. If not, no pressure. [Book your free 30-minute chat](https://go.virtualinnovation.co.nz/widget/bookings/discovery-call-vi) [Free instant estimate](#estimate-choice)[09 884 0994](tel:+6498840994)