RIIS Newsletter July 2010
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats” – Howard Aiken
Mobile Futures Workshop
The South African and Finland knowledge partnership on ICT (SAFIPA) mobilised a number of individuals representing industry, academia and government to create scenarios/ stories from the future about mobile devices in Africa. RIIS conducted the Futures Lab together with SAFIPA to create scenarios for mobility in Africa in 2049.Please help shape the future by participating in the blog at: http://www.saine.co.za/?p=2388.
SA Innovation Landscape Mini Research Study
RIIS is doing a mini-research study on the SA innovation landscape to complement the initial survey conducted during the Innovation Festival in Cape Town. An article will be published regarding the outcomes of the survey. Acting on the outcomes of the survey, will have an impact on the innovation landscape. Please assist us with investigating this issue by completing an online questionnaire in this regard.
It will not take more than 10 minutes of your valuable time and if you supply your email address, you will receive a copy of the article even before it is published.
Please click on http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AWULAMVYV to complete the survey. Thank you for impacting on innovation in South Africa!
NOVIXO – Your Idea Management System
Customisable, easy to plug-in and internationally benchmarked innovation software
NOVIXO is an innovation management system (IMS) that is easy to use. The system assists with effectively managing innovation within and externally to organisations. The system:
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• Automates best of breed processes;
• Manages ideas from conception to implementation using RIIS processes for innovation, including idea campaigns;
• Offers an engaging environment for innovators;
• Assists in effectively tracking and demonstrating your ROI;
• Sifts out quality ideas faster and gain efficiency in ideation through automatic processes and upto the – minute reports and statistics;
• Builds a corporate innovation community and involve all the top innovators;
• Allows innovators to subscribe to, browse, collaborate, comment, enrich, build upon and evaluate others’ ideas
Contact: Francois Joubert, Business Analyst, Fourier Approach, Email joubertf@fourier.co.za or Henra Mayer, Director, RIIS, Email: henra@riis.co.za for more information.
3rd SA Innovation Summit
The 3rd SA Innovation Summit will be held on 26 – 27 August at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria. Our theme this year: “Real innovation stories shared by true innovators” – the trials and turbulences, the lessons learnt – the hardships, the mistakes made, the pitfalls, the successes, the breakthrough moments, the celebrations, the winners.
We will break away from traditional theoretical PowerPoint presentations and tap into the real
experiences of people.
Contact: Jeanette Albertyn, Event Manager, Campbell and Campbell for more information and to register.
Seats are limited.
Email jeanette@campbellandcampbell.co.za or visit http://www.innovationsummit.co.za for more information.
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