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Honest peer exchange for digital leaders

You're a CIO and unique within your organization. You stand between the business and your employees. You see the company in a way no one else does: the strategic imperatives, the operational pressures, the expectations from all sides. Who provides honest feedback on your decisions? Who gives you the insights that move you and your company forward?

The Bee360 Community is an exclusive circle of CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs — people who understand what you're talking about because they're in the same boat. Become part of a network that shares real challenges, develops solutions together, and grows together — both professionally and personally.

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Your Benefits at a Glance

Confidential Exchange Among Peers

In a safe environment, you'll share and discuss ideas with other CIOs. You'll speak openly about leadership and business challenges without judgment. You'll find understanding and be heard.

Practical Insights & Quick Answers

Through lively dialogue, you'll benefit from the perspectives of experienced CIOs and receive quick answers based on proven best practices—direct, honest, and practical. You'll also receive curated presentations and reports created in collaboration with CIOs from the community.

Personal Growth & Visibility

This Europe-wide network of experienced digital leaders fosters valuable partnerships that support your personal development. Complemented by selected partners who support your personal and professional growth through coaching and knowledge transfer. And because the community is a platform among like-minded peers, we also offer you the visibility to build your own brand—pragmatically and authentically.

Wolfram Schulze

As a CIO, I make decisions every day for which there is no script. The Bee360 Community gives me what many other networking events don't: an open exchange with peers on equal footing about priorities, conflicting goals, and their experiences. Not networking small talk, but clarity that makes all the difference.

Wolfram SchulzeCIO, Vetropack

Our Values

Strengthened by Dialogue

The Bee360 Community is a community of digital leaders who empower one another. Through open, respectful dialogue, we share perspectives, learn from one another, and grow — both personally and professionally. Diverse backgrounds are not a contradiction; they are our strength.

Impact through Contribution

In the Bee360 Community, giving comes before taking. We take responsibility for our words and actions, actively engage, and create impact together. Excellence arises from commitment, trust, and the quality of what we contribute.

Shaping the Future of Digital Leadership Together

The Bee360 Community is a safe, diverse space for genuine connections. This is where long-term relationships are formed, and where we jointly develop the CIO and digital leadership practices of tomorrow.

How you experience the community

Virtual Roundtable
Monthly, online

Virtual Roundtable

A confidential format for IT decision-makers who want to help shape current developments and strategically advance their organizations. A CIO from the community sets the topic, and the group dives in. No sales. No self-promotion. Just honest peer-to-peer dialogue — moderated, practical, and relevant.

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Digital Leaders Afterwork (DLA)
Twice a year per region

Digital Leaders Afterwork (DLA)

Where virtual relationships become real human connections. Members who know each other from the roundtables meet face-to-face for the first time. A keynote by a CIO from the community — not a Bee360 presentation — followed by open networking.

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WhatsApp Group
Always active, international

WhatsApp Group

A high-quality, low-noise channel for digital leaders from across Europe. Short questions. Informed answers. Real help when you need it — from peers who have faced the same challenges in different markets.

CIO Insights Session
Twice a year, by invitation

CIO Insights Session

No lecture. A co-creation space. A small group of experienced digital leaders works together on strategic issues — practical, confidential, and in-depth. Some sessions take place internationally, including at MIT.

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Podcast
Monthly, guests from the Inner Circle

Podcast

The Bee360 podcast gives Inner Circle and Ambassador members a platform to share their leadership journey with digital leaders who are today where they once were.

Your Journey: The 4 Circles

Membership in the Bee360 Community isn't a status you buy, nor is it a level you unlock over time. It's a journey you shape through your own contributions. The four circles build on one another, and each one opens new doors.

Member

Member

The beginning of something real.

You join through a trusted invitation from a peer, from Bee360, or by applying yourself. Right from the first Virtual Roundtable, you'll experience what makes this circle special: confidential, practical, and on equal footing.

Contributor

Contributor

The heart of the community.

Contributors don't just participate; they raise the bar for everyone. They bring relevant cases to the table, ask the right questions, and actively help others with experience and perspective.

Inner Circle

Inner Circle

Where results turn into relationships.

The Inner Circle is the most exclusive tier. Entry is based on tangible results and community relevance, not status. Members have achieved measurable results.

Ambassador

Ambassador

Giving back and shaping the community.

Ambassadors are living proof of what the Bee360 Community stands for. They openly share their journey — first within the community, then in their regions and networks.

Community Rules

Community Rules
1

Confidentiality

What is discussed in the community stays in the community. Names and positions must not be disclosed to the outside world.

2

Give Before You Take

Active participation and genuine contributions are an expectation, not an option.

3

Practice over Theory

We discuss real problems, not abstract concepts.

4

No Self-Promotion

Neither for individuals nor for companies.

5

Respectful Interaction

Hierarchy doesn't matter. Everyone is on equal footing.

Join the Bee360 Community

Membership is granted through peer recommendation, a Bee360 invitation, or a direct application.

If you are a CIO, CTO, or CDO and believe you belong in this circle — or if an existing member has referred you here — we look forward to hearing from you.

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Every application is reviewed personally. If we aren't the right fit yet, we'll reach out to you directly.

Have questions? Contact:

Martina Echtler

Martina Echtler

Manager of Executive Relations at Bee360

martina.echtler@bee360.com
Bee360 Community — Honest Peer Exchange for Digital Leaders