Audrey Verhaeghe
Director
RIIS
MC
Audrey Verhaeghe
Dr Verhaeghe’s career spans over 20 years. She is CEO of the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) and the Chairperson of the SA Innovation Network (Saine). RIIS was born out of a passion for the successful implementation of innovation. It is based on the recognition that our future impact, economic growth and overall sustainability will depend on how well we are able to develop our own innovative capabilities as well as harness the innovative opportunities that present it self in the organisations we work for. The need for organisations to instill continuous corporate renewal has become imperative for their sustainability in the environment and industries of the future.
Audrey’s most recent passion in business is for Open innovation as Great minds think outside. RIIS has an agreement with NineSigma, the world’s largest Open Innovation platform, to bring the concept and tools of Open Innovation to South Africa.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Sustainability are Audrey’s primary focus areas in business. She has been an adjudicator at various innovation competitions. Innovation projects include Strategy, audits, surveys, consulting, implementations, research and training.
She has published a number of articles and conference papers on innovation as a business process. Some examples of the publications are:
Dr Verhaeghe’s career spans over 20 years. She is CEO of the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) and the Chairperson of the SA Innovation Network (Saine). RIIS was born out of a passion for the successful implementation of innovation. It is based on the recognition that our future impact, economic growth and overall sustainability will depend on how well we are able to develop our own innovative capabilities as well as harness the innovative opportunities that present it self in the organisations we work for. The need for organisations to instill continuous corporate renewal has become imperative for their sustainability in the environment and industries of the future.
Audrey’s most recent passion in business is for Open innovation as Great minds think outside. RIIS has an agreement with NineSigma, the world’s largest Open Innovation platform, to bring the concept and tools of Open Innovation to South Africa.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Sustainability are Audrey’s primary focus areas in business. She has been an adjudicator at various innovation competitions. Innovation projects include Strategy, audits, surveys, consulting, implementations, research and training.
She has published a number of articles and conference papers on innovation as a business process. Some examples of the publications are:
- Strategic Management of Innovation. IOMOT 2000 (Miami, Florida)
- From Mind to Market. SA Frontiers on the IOL website. September 2000.
- Innovation is the Mother of Interventions. Sunday Times. May 2001
- Measuring Innovation in a Knowledge Intensive Technology Organisation, R&D Management Journal, 2002
- Lessons Learnt from Innovators. CPSI. 2004
- Social Innovation. Knowledge Resources Conference. 2007
- Innovation Build our nation. SA Innovator. 2007
- Developing a Sustainability Index for Knowledge Driven Organisations. Business Today. 2010
