The Innovative Mind - Characters & Cybernetics: Characters & Cybernetics Elke Barbara Bachler Author

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management, grade: 1,0, Campus02 University of Applied Sciences Graz (Studiengang Innovationsmanagement), language: English, abstract: The bachelor thesis in hand is concerned with two main subject areas: different minds and control of complex systems. These two topics are linked by the recurrent theme of creativity and co-operation. The first part focuses on characters and perceptions, using the concept of Spiral Dynamics to explain and describe differences. The second part contemplates complex systems with the cognitions of biocybernetics. The third part consolidates both themes and exemplifies the formation of innovation teams and networks. Methods like the ‘Six Thinking Hats’ and ‘Sensitivity Analysis’ are made mention of. As a result, it is enunciated how a nature-oriented cultural evolution leads to sustainability and supports the cultivation of an ‘Innovative Mind’.1970 Grew up on a small mountain farm in Styria, Austria. Was supported by my family to complete a higher education. Chose chemical engineering. Was in medical research and anorganic analytics. 1995 Chose to become a full-time mother. Started to learn how to design websites. Got a job as a web designer. Started and completed a degree course in innovation management (that is when I wrote both my BAC theses). 2008 Became self-employed, but as I was not successful enough, I went back to chemical engineering and formulation development. Got a job as innovation consultant in Tyrol, followed by a job as innovation manager in e-mobility. Went back to Styria, worked as team leader in technical documentation for an international cooperation. 2018 Self-employed again, working as a creative problem-solving coach and digital data designer. At the moment trying to fund my own creative problem-solving tool, based on my research and my bachelor theses - the Biognosis Toolbox.