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Professor Ockie Bosch
Systems Design and Complexity Management
University of Adelaide Business School
Creating New Era Leaders
Starting with the Young
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Technological
developments
Climate and
Environmental
changes
International
Division of Labour
Increasing
Competition
Global Information
Exchange
Complexity
and Dynamics
Disruption of the
Value Chain
Social & Political
Developments
Differentiation of
Customer Needs
Dealing with Complexity and Coping with Increasing Market Dynamics
have become major challenges for Managers and Decision Makers
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A Coherent Net Torn Apart
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Making Decisions in such a Complex Web of Interactions
Do we get it right?
• Do webusiness
make good
policy and
Politicians,
managers
andinvestment
all members of
decisions?
society
have to make important decisions on a daily
OR
• Are
wecomplex
aware ofweb
the unintended
consequences
basis
in the
in which business,
social
Do we urgently need new and innovative ways of
of our
decisions?
issues,
finance
and economics, environment, politics
thinking and a fresh approach and tools to deal with
and•culture
all highly
interconnected
Are weare
effective
in our
cross-sectoral
the problems
facing our
society?
communication and collaboration to deal with the
multi-dimensional nature of complex problems?
• Do we go for quick fixes because it is easier to
treat the symptoms?
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Creating a “new way of thinking” in society is highly
difficult
Starting with the Young
has been identified as a major leverage point to
address this difficult problem and gaming is part of
the culture or language that talks to young people.
Ecopolicy
A cybernetics simulation game that introduces
young people to the concepts of systems and
interconnected thinking.
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Short Overview: Ecopolicyade® Gaming contest
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Founded in 2004 by the teachers H.-W. Hansen & W.D. John in Malente
2005 German State Schleswig-Holstein – Final Ecopolicyade in German Parliament
2000
pupils
2006 German Federal States Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
7.000 pupils
•
2007 German States Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein
100 schools and
2.000 pupils
2008 Germany-wide - Funded by German
Ministry of the Interior and Sponsors
(Staedler, Invotel, Berlin City Council....)
> 90.000 participants
2010 / 2011 / 2012 Germany –wide: Strong involvement from Business
& Government Sectors; Finals in German Parliament
> 200,000 participants
Netherlands 2011, USA CA 2011, Austria 2012, Italy 2012, Australia (Adelaide) 2012,
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What is Ecopolicy about?
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Opening Niedersachsen 2007
Prime Minister
Dr. Christian Wulff
Dr. Karl-Heinz Oeller
Malik MZSG
Hans-Werner Hansen
ecopoliyade Büro
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ecopolicyade®
Finals in the German Parliament, Berlin
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Munich, Members of the
City Council
playing with Students
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Students and
Politicians
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Berlin
Business Team
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Final Contest in Brandenburg, Opening Ceremony with the
Minister of Culture, Martina München, April 2012
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ZDF-TV broadcast
ecopolicyade
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ecopolicyade® Schleswig- Holstein, Schloss Bredeneck 2008
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TV-News Lower Saxony
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TV-News Schleswig-Holstein
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https://www.
facebook.com/#!/ecopolicyade
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ecopolicyade® international
2011/12
Germany
Austria (Salzburg)
Netherlands
USA California
2013/14
Australia
China
2012/13
Brasil
Poland
Italy
Spain
Sri Lanka
WeißRussia
Argentina
Australia (Adelaide) Japan
Switzerland
Vietnam
Adelaide
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