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y passion for innovation has been alive for quite some time, in fact, back to the days in the 90’s when I worked in Europe and USA for General Electric. At that time innovation was the latest buzzword, the new trend and the unknown. Innovation departments


were unheard of and the Innovation Manager was not a formal job title. Today most forward thinking organisations have a core focus on innovation with many different approaches to integrating it in the organisation’s culture and behavior.


There is a move from internally focused innovation efforts to open innovation and the latest trend is a drive to create far more inclusivity (bottom up with products and services serving the majority of the population rather than the rich minority). Sustainability is another important theme driving innovation efforts.


The role of academia in the fuzzy front-end of innovation is critical yet not well-understood as explained by Peter van Nieuwenhuzen and Truida Prekel.


Dr Neville Comins who created the first science and technology park in SA takes a serious look at the current National System for Innovation: Is it working? He believes our NSI needs an overhaul to address the real grand challenges. Willie Krause shares his research results on open innovation and SMEs. Dr Cunningham argues that it is necessary to move from working with individual or groups of enterprises on innovation towards stimulating innovation systems that are regional or sectoral (or a combination). Jayshree Naidoo describes the Seven Steps to Innovation Success while Henra Mayer gives an overview of the latest Innovation Management Practices.


How do we grow innovation capital? Lydia Zingoni strongly believes that teen entrepreneurship should be a viable alternative for traditional education and employment options.


We dedicate this, our September 2012 issue of Management


Today magazine, as the first Innovation Journal. It includes these and other innovation related articles and thought leadership pieces.


Contact me: Alan@management-today.co.za


www.linkedin.com/in/AlandeSousaCaires


www.linkedin.com/company/ Management-Today-magazine-SA


So where has my passion led me? Understanding how the brain works is fundamental to understanding creativity and innovation - it is indeed a whole brain process. Innovation is part science and part art. Innovation can only happen by design. Some people have a natural innovative capacity while others have a natural execution capacity. The magic happens when these two come together.


Innovation greetings, Alan de Sousa Caires The Innovation Journal


Publishing Editor - Management Today magazine September 2012 | Management Today 3


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