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Professor Ockie BoschSystems Design and Complexity Management

University of Adelaide Business School

Creating New Era Leaders

Starting with the Young

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Technologicaldevelopments

Global Information Exchange

Increasing Competition

Climate and Environmental

changes

Disruption of the Value Chain

Social & Political Developments

Differentiation of Customer Needs

Complexity and Dynamics

International Division of Labour

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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Politicians, business managers and all members of society have to make important decisions on a daily basis in the complex web in which business, social issues, finance and economics, environment, politics and culture are all highly interconnected

Making Decisions in such a Complex Web of Interactions

Do we get it right?• Do we make good policy and investment

decisions?• Are we aware of the unintended consequences of

our decisions?• Are we effective in our cross-sectoral

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?

ORDo we urgently need new and innovative ways of thinking and a fresh approach and tools to deal with the problems facing our society?

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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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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, Vietnam 2012/3, Sri Lanka 2013, Argentina 2013, Australia-wide 2013/4, China 2013/4, Japan 2013/4

Short Overview: Ecopolicyade® Gaming contest

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What is Ecopolicy about?

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Prime MinisterDr. Christian Wulff

Dr. Karl-Heinz OellerMalik MZSGHans-Werner Hansenecopoliyade Büro

Opening Niedersachsen 2007

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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

2011/12GermanyAustria (Salzburg)NetherlandsUSA California

2012/13PolandSpainWeißRussiaAustralia (Adelaide)SwitzerlandVietnam

2013/14AustraliaChinaBrasilItalySri LankaArgentinaJapan

Adelaide