About 10 years ago, I attended a leadership conference in the United Kingdom where scholars were using the term “wicked problem.” I was unfamiliar with the term, but I quickly learned that they were ...

The term wicked problem has become a standard way for policy analysts to describe a social issue whose solution is inherently elusive. Wicked problems have many causal factors, complex ...

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Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 25: Climate activists gather on a "Global Day of Action" organized by the Fridays for Future climate change movement during the coronavirus pandemic on September 25, 2020 ...

Scientific research plays a big role in our lives. We have come to rely on it in so many ways. It seems that every day we hear someone say, “well, research has shown …” But we are coming up against ...

SIR: In 2007, the Australian Public Service Commission published a report titled, “Tackling Wicked Problems: A Public Policy Perspective”. The report delineated problems that are complex and tasking ...