Innovation Excellence in Africa - What Leaders Need To Know

Enlightening Exchange with

Henra Mayer

CEO at Innocentrix

3 June, 16:00 SGT/10:00 CEST

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About the session

In a fast paced and complex business environment, organisations need to consider alternative management frameworks that increasingly focus on repeatable innovation capability as the pathway to relevance. Understanding, managing and leading innovation in Africa has become essential to develop and reframe mind-sets and activities to build organisations that lead in an ever more complex business landscape. The time to innovate is now! This session will introduce participants to the new innovation economy, highlighting the latest innovation thinking and approaches on the topic. Join this session to understand how to manage and lead innovation in an ever increasing complex business landscape. The time to build Africa's innovation economy is now!

About the speaker

Henra Mayer is the CEO of Innocentrix, a leading South African innovation company that helps clients to ignite imaginations and processes to deliver future-orientated products and services. Innocentrix helps their clients to create, engage and deliver on innovation in the organisation. The aim is to assist clients to bring innovation to life, aligning strategic imperatives to drive results and successful innovation outcomes that showcase the impact of innovation. Henra’s expertise lies in the management of innovation in the organisational as well as national context. She has a deep and abiding interest in the role of collaboration and technology as part of a solution within an ecosystem which includes strategy, people, systems and processes to create value. Innocentrix also owns and manages the South African Innovation League Awards. Henra is a seasoned innovation adjudicator, regularly talks about innovation at conferences and events and writes for various business publications, including the Future Shapers in the UK, where she acted as Editor in Chief until recently. She is also currently representing South Africa on the global ISO 56000 Innovation Management Standard Committee and is part of the local working group, representing South Africa on ISO 56008. She can be reached on henra@innocentrix.co.za.

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