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“Wicked:” A Thinking and Acting Tool

May 30, 2014 “Sour grapes”  you say as you discuss with a friend the recent behavior of a mutual friend.  When you say “sour grapes,”  you both understand that you are not commenting upon the way the grapes taste, but about your friend’s actions.  With this pithy remark – one of a class of words… Read More »

TAMING

 Wicked problems are never solved. At best, they are only re-solved, over and over again. Horst Rittle and Melvin Webber “Solving” is for tame problems; “Taming” is   for wicked ones. Joseph Bentley   Among the most challenging (and frustrating) aspects of wicked problems is that they do not get solved.  Here is how Horst… Read More »