cybernetics

The Loop of Cognition

The Loop of Cognition

How “intelligence” is constellated on a silicon basis
Claus Riehle, Thorsten Pötter, Thomas Steckenreiter
In process engineering, one thinks of production operations that are controlled or regulated by sensors and actuators. And any realization of matter transformation is based on a physical substratum, which holds equally for living systems and their behaviour. The article distinguishes between three system levels: the functional level, the interface to the environment and the cognitive level of. Using these three levels, the learning cycle or the previous Cognitive Loop can be very well illustrated. If one compares with this way of distinction the Bio-Informatization of human intelligence with the technical development stages of mechanization, automation, regulation and deep learning, then the cybernetic-sociological term “operational closure” becomes understandable. It becomes obvious that in the context of a digitized culture of production and organization, we should be prepared for a new kind of cognitive loop based on silicon (SI), an intelligent system behavior via ...
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 36 | 2020 | Edition 2 | Pages 52-56 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_20-2_S52-56
Cybernetic Innovation Management for Knowledge Intensive Organisations

Cybernetic Innovation Management for Knowledge Intensive Organisations

Alan Hansen, Florian Welter, Anja Richert, Frank Hees, Sabina Jeschke
The management of innovation activities is frequently conducted by linear process models, such as stage-gate approaches, that assume planability and controllability. Cybernetic principles offer a useful extension of such approaches by supporting an iterative and systemic management of innovation processes. In this regard, decision makers are increasingly required to broaden their linear perspective on innovation processes by analyzing and designing a working environment that fosters the innovative capability of the employees and the whole company. Thereby the exploitation of all available human, organizational and technical potentials is supported. A practice-approved tool for the diagnosis and design of an innovation fostering working environment is provided with the strategy planner innoBOOST.
Industrie Management | Volume 30 | 2014 | Edition 3 | Pages 30-34