EmpowHER Mind: Empowerment to create a strong entrepreneurial mindset

Prof. Dr. Sandra Niedermeier is a professor for Digitalization in Education and Society at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. She heads the "Digitalization in Education and Society" department for the Institute of Digital Transformation. Her experience in the design, execution, and evaluation of eLearning and blended learning proposals, synchronous and asynchronous learning formats, face-to-face and virtual workshops, training for trainers and lecturers, and presentations forms the backbone of her activities. She received her doctoral degree from the Chair of Empirical Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at LMU Munich, where she also worked for several years as a research assistant. She was also the head of the Profit Centre at the Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw) and responsible for digital learning media.

Prof. Dr. Katrin Winkler has been a professor at the HAW Kempten for over 10 years. Her areas of expertise include topics related to corporate strategy such as Human Resource Management, Change Management, Talent Management, and Knowledge Management. Since January 2023, her main focus is on Leadership. She recently published an insightful forward-looking book "Connectedness – Leadership for a Changing World" (Winkler & Bramwell, 2020). Prior to this, she worked as an executive at various companies, where she actively supported the promotion of other women working in these companies. In her book, she combines this extensive practical experience with scientific findings, offering practical recommendations for successful leadership in the era of digital transformation. Her next book due to be released in summer 2024 is about Team Health in Virtual and Hybrid contexts.

Svenja König is a business psychologist (M.A.) and research associate at the Institute for Digital Transformation in Work, Education and Society at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten. One of her tasks there is the content and didactic design of online trainings. Her work focuses on cooperation in hybrid teams and the development of future talents in the context of future skills. Another focus of her work is team health in the context of her own research project and her involvement in the design of this course.

Rekha Pinto started her career as an architect in the late 90s. She moved to Germany eleven years ago and in due course changed her work direction. She currently works at the Institute for Digital Transformation at the University of Applied Sciences, Kempten. Here she uses her creative skills & tools mainly to design & visualise course content for interactive modules in virtual learning environments.

Since 2022, Lisa Herb has been a member of the team at the Institute for Digital Transformation in Work, Education and Society at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten. With a Master's degree in Business Psychology (M.A.), she contributes to the institute's work by providing insights into the design of courses and projects. In her role at the institute, she oversees and supports a variety of projects aimed at promoting digital expertise and transformation.