Innovation Case Studies
NineSigma and The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability Partner to Advance Open Innovation across Southern Africa
PRETORIA, Open Innovation Office, The Innovation Hub – July 13, 2010 – NineSigma, the leading provider of open innovation solutions, announced today they are partnering with The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) to deliver open innovation services to companies and government entities throughout the Southern African Development Community . NineSigma and RIIS have [...]
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Da Vinci Institute Research: Maturity of Innovation Practice in SA – Study
Stifling innovativeness within a company ensures a slow and painful death. Yet this is exactly what companies are doing, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes deliberately in small ways without seeing the long term systemic impact.
To find out where companies are in their innovation practice The Da Vinci Institute is running a broad based survey within its theme [...]
DBSA: Pulse of Innovation in Southern Africa
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) is one of the eight key strategic thrusts of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). The Bank identified a real need to develop a widely accepted strategic approach towards innovation to address development challenges.
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Vodacom Case Study: Open Innovation by Maruis Conradie
This case study was presented by Maruis Conradie at the Innovation Festival on 8 March 2010.
M Conradie Vemci Presentation 8 March 2010
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Innovation in action DBSA Case Study 3 by Jayshree Naidoo
This slideshow was presented by Jayshree Naidoo, Innovation Manager at the DBSA, at the Innovation Festival in Stellenbosch.
Innovation Festivalv2
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COFISA BOOK: Enhancing Innovation in South Africa – The COFISA Experience
The COFISA Book was launched on 18 February 2010 at the COFISA CLOSING CONFERENCE by the SA National Coordinator, Mrs Nirvashnee Seetal.
INTRODUCTION
Globalisation makes countries and economies increasingly competitive and offers considerable opportunities for those who can seize what globalisation makes available. Globalisation increases the mobility of goods, money, capital, people, ideas, cultures and values across [...]
DCS demonstrating innovation in action
The CPSI Public Service Innovation Awards recognise successful and effective service delivery projects and initiatives that have been achieved through the application of innovative approaches, methodologies and tools.
DCS Demostrating Innovation in Action
Innovation in Action – The DCS is making a difference through innovation
Innovation in Action Correctional Services South Africa
About the Department of Correctional Services:
The Department of Correctional Services is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa’s prison system. The department has about 34,000 staff and is responsible for the administration of 240 prisons, which accommodates about 189,748 [...]
Innovation Champions: An Awareness Creation Intervention at Eskom
The success of innovation initiatives in an organisation is often difficult to measure and quantify. It is, however, imperative to evaluate the impact of such efforts in order to assess its value to the organisation and to positively influence future decision-making.
In 2008 Eskom’s Innovation Circuit with the assistance of external service providers embarked on an [...]
Learning from the brave – A case study by Henra Mayer
In issue 6 of SA Innovator I covered an innovation framework model at length. We have made a case for getting the basics right first and stated that we view the first three years as crucial as it would involve a lot of thinking, planning, creating and learning as you become aware of the interdependencies [...]
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Verity – thinking out the box
As a singer and songwriter, my dream was to record an album and have my words & music uplift and inspire people around the world. When I committed to pursuing this dream, I was faced with recording quotes ranging from R200k – R400k. Given that the South African music market is relatively small and that [...]
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