This presentation was presented by Audrey Verhaeghe, the SAINe steering committee chairman and CEO of RIIS, on 9 March 2010 at the Innovation Festival at Spier Wine Estate. Any comments are welcome.
SA Innovation Network Presentation 9 March 2010

Dear Scientific Community of Innovators and Entrepreneurs
The Innovation Hub received the attached questionnaire from The Vibration and Research Testing Center (VRTC) at UKZN. As many of you have Engineering backgrounds and an interest in the field I thought your perusal of the documents and contributions would be of interest to you as well as of [...]

Ten lessons from the Future!
In our first article we made the point that life is changing faster and more profoundly than at any other time in history. We live with radical change every day.
So how do managers cope in a world that is increasingly chaotic?
It’s all about understanding what the future is likely to [...]

Probably one of the most daunting subjects when it comes to innovation is “how do you measure success?” The old management adage applies here of course, You can’t manage what you can’t measure. In my experiences and interactions with various groups both from private and public institutions I find that alot of lip service is [...]

Audrey’s comment on Fred de Villiers’s innovation book discussion: ‘My favourite innovation tape that I listened to is the “Creative Fire” of Clarissa Pincola-Estes. She kindles anyone’s creative fire through the stories that she tells. She motivates and teaches at the same time. Based on this book I developed a model called the “The natural [...]

The objectives of COFISA’s closing conference are to disseminate the results and outcomes of COFISA as well as to share the experiences gained between 2006 and 2010. This will be an opportunity for partners and participants from the various Provinces and countries to network and capitalise on their work within the different themes. This conference [...]