Good morning readers let’s learn something interesting through a mental stretch as a fun start to our day!
Wicked problems defy solutions, because they're simply too complex.
In Cynefin terms, they're complex: they can only be managed through agile, iterative processes.
Indeed, sometimes the solution becomes part of the problem, or has implications in another part of the system that you didn't expect.
This is called life. Because while we like to think simple and we think data=data… reality is complex. Data can be dubious. Devious ahh.
There is a subset of wicked problems that are called ‘super wicked problems’.
They have the following characteristics:
- Time is running out.
- There is either no, or a weak, central authority to address the problem
- Those who caused the problem are also seeking a solution
- "Hyperbolic discounting occurs that pushes responses irrationally into the future".
Anyone here might have a wicked or ‘super wicked problem’?