Shawn Cunningham

Who is Shawn Cunningham?

Shawn Cunningham is a Professor of Practice with the DST/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development at the University of Johannesburg.12345 He has held this position since January 2021.16

Some key facts about Shawn Cunningham:

• He supports leaders and decision makers to be more innovative, not only in how they use and develop technology, but in how they engage with and enable their people through dialogue.1
• He helps organizations make better sense of their context so they can develop more resilient strategies, and enables organizations to adapt and learn better.1
• He assists teams in discovering and exploring possibilities to create more options for innovation and development.1
• He has found great inspiration in complexity thinking, evolutionary economics and innovation systems, and applies these concepts in his work.1
• He has held several other academic positions, including:
  • Faculty (Part Time) at University of Stellenbosch Business School from 2015-20221
  • Research Associate at Tshwane University of Technology Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) from 2015-20171
  • Research Consultant - Post doctoral fellow at Vaal University of Technology from 2012-20141
• He is also a shareholder of Treoc 1021 and was a founding trustee and board member of the Local Economic Development Practitioners Network from 2003-2009.1

In summary, Shawn Cunningham is an accomplished academic and expert in innovation systems, transformative innovation, and sustainable development, currently serving as a Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg.12345