Wicked

The term ‘wicked problems’ was first coined by Berkeley design professor Horst Rittel in 1967, who also described their special characteristics. Although they were conceived as dilemmas facing the planning profession, they have proved remarkably timeless and relevant for so many other disciplines that are trying to solve the most difficult challenges of today. Rittel says, for example, that every wicked problem can be considered to be a symptom of another problem, and that the search for solutions never stops. And those solutions are never true or false, but they can be good or bad. This is classic systems thinking.

— Wayne Visser

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