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SAINe Biennial General Meeting 2010 minutes
On 27 August 2010, SAINe held their first Biennial General Meeting where the 2011/2012 Steering Committee was elected and the SAINe Constitution was adopted.
The new Steering Committee consists of:
1. Adrienne Viljoen (SABS Design Institute)
2. Pieter Nortje (ESKOM)
3. Isaiah Engelbrecht (IDC)
4. Jayshree Naidoo (DBSA)
5. Nicky Koorbanally (CSIR Meraka Institute)
6. Geanne Gelderblom (FNB)
7. Marelie Ehlers (IDC)
8. Nkosiluncedo Jakavula (ESKOM)
9. Daniel [...]
State of the Future Book Launch
The 2010 State of the Future report has been released and is available to interested parties at a cost of R375 per book. Among the regular sections in the ninety page State of the Future report are the annually updated analyses of the fifteen key global challenges, as well as the publication of the State [...]
9Sep2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Dr Edward de Bono Live and in Person
Presenting the world’s leading international authority in the field of critical, creative, innovative and deliberate thinking. Dr Edward de Bono revolutionizes the way we think about thinking.
Date: 14 October 2010
Time: 08:30 – 16:30
Networking & Cocktails: 16:30 -
Venue: Old Mutual Business School, Jan Smuts Drive, Pinelands, Cape Town
For more information go to www.theprogressconference.com
16th Annual International Creativity Conference in SA
Creativity experts from all over the world will present sessions and workshops (Download brochure).
The registration opens at 1300 on Tuesday 5 October 2010.
Four 2-hour workshops start at 1500 followed by the opening ceremony that evening.
22 Workshops will be presented during Wednesday and Thursday 6 and 7 October 2010.
Six workshops will be presented on Friday 8/10 [...]
9Sep2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Harnessing Innovation for Breakthrough Results Workshop
Date: 6 October 2010
Time: 08:30 – 16:30
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Johannesburg (Previously The Rosebank Hotel)
FACILITATED BY INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS ROBERT JOHNSTON AND DOUG BATE!
Keeping up with changes in customers, markets, technologies, and trends requires an ongoing ability to find new and better ways to create value for both customers and organisations. That is the essence of innovation [...]
I‘ve got a great idea! (Now where can I get the money?)
Well firstly, a great idea is simply not good enough to get money! In order to get money you need to unpack way more than your idea to a provider of capital.
One of the greatest challenges facing South Africa is the rejuvenation of its business environment. The greatest hurdle in this rejuvenation process may [...]
African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project
The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project is probing the relationship between national copyright environments and access to learning materials in African countries. The project is probing this relationship within an access to knowledge (A2K) framework – a framework which regards the protection/promotion of user access as one of the central objectives of [...]
24Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business – by Gavin Symanowitz
This week’s topic is by Gavin Symanowitz, he is challenging the commonly held perception that brainstorming is the best way to generate new ideas. He also challenges the “Golden Rules of Brainstorming”, read his piece below and challenge HIM.
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business
Brainstorming is the oldest and most widely used creativity technique in [...]
Scott Berkun Lecture: The Myths of Innovation
Abstract: Author and Carnegie Mellon alum Scott Berkun shows that much of what we know about innovation is wrong as he explores the history of innovation and creative thinking. Featuring: Scott Berkun http://www.scottberkun.com/
11Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.
Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. [...]
6Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT FROM INNOVATION?
by Rishab Rao and Jac Spies
Innovation Practitioners at BMGI South Africa
Abstract
What do our customers really want? Who are the customers we should concern ourselves with? How do we get the right voice of the customer? Do our customers really know what they want? Have these questions ever sparked debate within your organizations?
Typically organizations address [...]
CORPORATE DECISION MAKING: Effect on Continuous Innovation Efforts in Firms
by Peter J. Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen
© July 30, 2010
ABSTRACT – Stress inhibits creative thinking in the twenty-first century firm. As firms increasingly form part of the knowledge economy, lower creative thinking can, eventually, make the firm competitively irrelevant. Managers must understand the link between creative thinking and stress.
1. INTRODUCTION
Decisions and actions taken by management [...]
HOW TO CHANGE A PARADIGM…
by Madeleen Gorst-Allman
Principal St Paulus Primary
THAT ESSENTIAL PARADIGM SHIFT …
In ensuring that we are educating tomorrow’s adults to respond adequately to social and environmental issues with the urgency and understanding they require, we need to facilitate a number of mindset changes. First and foremost, we all need to change our perception of the implications [...]
State of the Future Report
The 2010 State of the Future report has been released and is available to interested parties at a cost of R375 per book. Among the regular sections in the ninety page State of the Future report are the annually updated analyses of the fifteen key global challenges, as well as the publication of the State [...]
26Jul2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Innovation and R&D in the South African Automotive Sector Seminar
The Wits Business School (WBS) are hosting a workshop on Innovation and R&D in SA’s Automotive sector. For further information and RSVP details, Lwazi Ndlovu from Wits Business School Marketing can be contacted on 011 717 3674 or Lwazi.Ndlovu@wits.ac.za.
The seminar is free.
WBS SMI Invitation Gastrow
