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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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#ParadoxOfEmergence. The Paradox of Emergence entails that the more intricate an #EmergentDesign gets, the more complex #WickedProblems it can potentially solve.
However, all the potential power remains dormant, ethereal and invisible, especially to people other than the designer. It can only be properly perceived and valued, either with deep attention and focus on the emergent dynamics of the design. Or by dilligent practice in the field.
A design may represent a beautiful emergent Golden Dragon of Problem Solving. Waiting in its lair under Wicked Problem mountain for when its time to breathe its Fires of Solution onto mankind. Ready to soar. Yet what most other people and even at times the designer themself perceive is merely a tiny mouse. Thus they are unwilling to add their 2 cents to a Potential they cannot grasp. Unable to see how their support adds to a sizable Dragon's Hoard that has already emerged, lending power to the dragon so it may be unleashed.
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#ParadoxOfEmergence. The Paradox of Emergence entails that the more intricate an #EmergentDesign gets, the more complex #WickedProblems it can potentially solve.
However, all the potential power remains dormant, ethereal and invisible, especially to people other than the designer. It can only be properly perceived and valued, either with deep attention and focus on the emergent dynamics of the design. Or by dilligent practice in the field.
A design may represent a beautiful emergent Golden Dragon of Problem Solving. Waiting in its lair under Wicked Problem mountain for when its time to breathe its Fires of Solution onto mankind. Ready to soar. Yet what most other people and even at times the designer themself perceive is merely a tiny mouse. Thus they are unwilling to add their 2 cents to a Potential they cannot grasp. Unable to see how their support adds to a sizable Dragon's Hoard that has already emerged, lending power to the dragon so it may be unleashed.
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In our quest to solve #ClimateChange most people go no further in root cause analysis than "reduce carbon emissions".
I've always taken it up a notch on the stepping stones of #WickedProblems to say its #Hypercapitalism we must tackle.
Now deeper insight gleans. We 'deserve' these problems. Simply because we're incapable to do better at large scale. But moreover we fall short at smallest scale:
We're so busy living & world-improving that we lost ability to listen and learn from each other. 👋
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In our quest to solve #ClimateChange most people go no further in root cause analysis than "reduce carbon emissions".
I've always taken it up a notch on the stepping stones of #WickedProblems to say its #Hypercapitalism we must tackle.
Now deeper insight gleans. We 'deserve' these problems. Simply because we're incapable to do better at large scale. But moreover we fall short at smallest scale:
We're so busy living & world-improving that we lost ability to listen and learn from each other. 👋
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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AAG Call For Papers - Urban Spatial Analytics - Toward Problem-Driven Methods Instead Of Methods-Driven Problems
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https://geoffboeing.com/2025/10/aag-urban-spatial-analytics/ <-- AAG Call For Papers
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #callforpapers #AAG #annualmeeting #spatialanalysis #urban #city #usecase #approach #urbandatascience #datascience #cities #design #urbanplanning #methods #approach #realworld #research #papers #urbanliving #model #modeling #spatialdata #datavisualisation #publicgood #wickedproblems #homelessness #unaffordability #planning #funding #infrastructure #services #utilities
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AAG Call For Papers - Urban Spatial Analytics - Toward Problem-Driven Methods Instead Of Methods-Driven Problems
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https://geoffboeing.com/2025/10/aag-urban-spatial-analytics/ <-- AAG Call For Papers
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #callforpapers #AAG #annualmeeting #spatialanalysis #urban #city #usecase #approach #urbandatascience #datascience #cities #design #urbanplanning #methods #approach #realworld #research #papers #urbanliving #model #modeling #spatialdata #datavisualisation #publicgood #wickedproblems #homelessness #unaffordability #planning #funding #infrastructure #services #utilities
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Yes, that is part of the human condition.
Using technology to solve social challenges, there lie #WickedProblems
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Yes, that is part of the human condition.
Using technology to solve social challenges, there lie #WickedProblems
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Morning Folks. I shared photos of it yesterday, but I talked about my accidental black light and also a bit of a progress update on my Elementalist Brand character in #PathOFExile, as well as #WickedProblems by Max Gladstone, starting to get really freaking good.
https://aggronaut.com/2025/08/13/accidental-black-light/
#ARPG #MMO #MMORPG #VideoGames #Games #Gaming #books #bookstadon #Blaugust
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Morning Folks. I shared photos of it yesterday, but I talked about my accidental black light and also a bit of a progress update on my Elementalist Brand character in #PathOFExile, as well as #WickedProblems by Max Gladstone, starting to get really freaking good.
https://aggronaut.com/2025/08/13/accidental-black-light/
#ARPG #MMO #MMORPG #VideoGames #Games #Gaming #books #bookstadon #Blaugust
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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“Turns out, there are no ethical AI companies. What I found instead was a hierarchy of harm where the question isn’t who’s good — it’s who sucks least.”
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“Turns out, there are no ethical AI companies. What I found instead was a hierarchy of harm where the question isn’t who’s good — it’s who sucks least.”
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The future answers to current problems are in history books.
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The future answers to current problems are in history books.
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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The report, Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems from CNI Senior Scholar Donald Waters, underscores the urgency and complexity of climate change and other #WickedProblems that impede human flourishing and offers concrete steps by which universities could adapt their research infrastructure to address these problems more effectively.
Read it at: https://doi.org/10.56561/LCOA2799
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The report, Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems from CNI Senior Scholar Donald Waters, underscores the urgency and complexity of climate change and other #WickedProblems that impede human flourishing and offers concrete steps by which universities could adapt their research infrastructure to address these problems more effectively.
Read it at: https://doi.org/10.56561/LCOA2799
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What is a complex problem?
What is a complex problem and what do we need to tackle it?
Problems can be simple or complex.
Simple problems have a clear first step, a known answer, and steps you can follow to get the answer.
Complex problems do not have a single right answer.
They have many possible answers or no answer at all.
What makes complex problems really hard is that they can change over time.
They have lots of different pieces that connect in unexpected ways.
When you try to solve them, one piece changes another piece, which changes another piece.
It is hard to see all the effects of your actions.
When you do something to help, later on the problem might get worse anyway.
You have to keep adapting your ideas.
To solve complex problems, you need to be able to:
- Think about all the puzzle pieces and how they fit, even when you do not know what they all are.
- Come up with plans and change them when parts of the problem change.
- Think back on your problem solving to get better for next time.
The most important things are being flexible, watching how every change affects other things, and learning from experience.
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2024
References
- Buchanan, R., 1992. Wicked problems in design thinking. Design issues 5–21.
- Camillus, J.C., 2008. Strategy as a wicked problem. Harvard business review 86, 98.
- Joksimovic, S., Ifenthaler, D., Marrone, R., De Laat, M., Siemens, G., 2023. Opportunities of artificial intelligence for supporting complex problem-solving: Findings from a scoping review. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence 4, 100138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100138
- Rittel, H.W., Webber, M.M., 1973. Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy sciences 4, 155–169.
#complexLearning #complexProblems #learningStrategy #pedagogy #wickedProblems
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📢 New Report Release: "Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems" from CNI Senior Scholar Donald Waters
How can research universities tackle "#WickedProblems" like climate change? This report explores how universities can adapt their research infrastructure—engaging beyond STEM and leveraging campus information specialists—to better support interdisciplinary solutions.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.56561/LCOA2799 #ClimateAction
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📢 New Report Release: "Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems" from CNI Senior Scholar Donald Waters
How can research universities tackle "#WickedProblems" like climate change? This report explores how universities can adapt their research infrastructure—engaging beyond STEM and leveraging campus information specialists—to better support interdisciplinary solutions.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.56561/LCOA2799 #ClimateAction
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Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler #ecosystem of #WickedProblems
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Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler #ecosystem of #WickedProblems
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Wicked problems are ill-defined & lack clear solutions, unlike tame problems. If these are foreign ideas, please look them up. Seriously. You can’t lead without knowing the difference. #WickedProblems #TameProblems #Education
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Wicked problems are ill-defined & lack clear solutions, unlike tame problems. If these are foreign ideas, please look them up. Seriously. You can’t lead without knowing the difference. #WickedProblems #TameProblems #Education
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When it comes to #WickedProblems, there are no solutions, just ways to make them less worse.
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When it comes to #WickedProblems, there are no solutions, just ways to make them less worse.
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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On oikeastaan järkyttävää, miten työurani ehtoopuolella vasta aletaan ymmärtää rakenteellisen sosiaalityön merkitys. Pitkään on kuljettu New Public Managementin kautta. Se näkyy edelleen nimissä esim. ”tulosalue” tai ”tulosyksikkö”, vaikka palveluahan siellä tuotetaan. Mikä ihmeen tulos? #työ #wickedproblems
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Stakeholders are more than opponents who might throw sand in the gears; they might actually spot considerations you hadn’t thought of. This also raises questions on how we do #costbenefitanalysis under #DeepUncertainty #wickedproblems #postnormalscience (9/9)
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An honest retrospective on a leadership culture’s stance towards IT, investment in up-skilling, and managerial perception of enterprise data management will reveal wicked problems.
https://www.superversive.co/blog/how-to-make-it-work-for-you
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An honest retrospective on a leadership culture’s stance towards IT, investment in up-skilling, and managerial perception of enterprise data management will reveal wicked problems.
https://www.superversive.co/blog/how-to-make-it-work-for-you
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Pick up a book
An insurance salesman with access to declassified documents and an active imagination was a one-man #RedTeam of Reaganite Boomers.
http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/03/29/pick-up-a-book/
#bookstodon #reading #creativity #imagination #failure #institutions #WickedProblems #GrayRhino #NationalSecurity #OSINT #TomClancy
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Pick up a book
An insurance salesman with access to declassified documents and an active imagination was a one-man #RedTeam of Reaganite Boomers.
http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/03/29/pick-up-a-book/
#bookstodon #reading #creativity #imagination #failure #institutions #WickedProblems #GrayRhino #NationalSecurity #OSINT #TomClancy
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I would think that ecosystem, #WickedProblems need #SystemsThinking solutions
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I would think that ecosystem, #WickedProblems need #SystemsThinking solutions
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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Why should you hire curious people? Because the future of work belongs to the neo-generalist. And neo-generalists are intensely curious!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2019/12/why-you-should-hire-curious-people
#leadership #hiring #CuriousPeople #NeoGeneralist #WickedProblems #curiosity
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@torsten_torsten @actualham @reclaimhosting Glad you picked up on #EpistemicJustice as it’s a core focus, for me. For instance, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bp0SMk138Y
Simply, I’m seeking adequate answers to the following question:
> Who decides what counts as knowledge worthy of being learnt, shared, and taught?
It does stem from egregious cases of #EpistemicInjustice. Silenced voices which matter more than the power afforded those with pulpits. If we want to solve #WickedProblems, that is.
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@torsten_torsten @actualham @reclaimhosting Glad you picked up on #EpistemicJustice as it’s a core focus, for me. For instance, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bp0SMk138Y
Simply, I’m seeking adequate answers to the following question:
> Who decides what counts as knowledge worthy of being learnt, shared, and taught?
It does stem from egregious cases of #EpistemicInjustice. Silenced voices which matter more than the power afforded those with pulpits. If we want to solve #WickedProblems, that is.
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What is the difference between a wicked problem and a grand challenge?
The management concepts of wicked problems and grand challenges are closely related but have some key distinctions:
Similarities
Both wicked problems and grand challenges refer to complex, systemic issues that are difficult to solve and have far-reaching societal impacts. They share several characteristics:
- Complexity and interconnectedness with other problems
- No clear or definitive solutions
- Require collaborative efforts from diverse stakeholders
- Often global or multi-regional in scope
- Involve uncertainty and changing requirements
Distinctions
While closely related, there are some nuanced differences:
Scope and framing
- Wicked problems tend to be framed more negatively as intractable issues
- Grand challenges are often framed more positively as ambitious goals to be tackled
Solution approach
- Wicked problems are seen as having no definitive solution, only better or worse approaches
- Grand challenges imply the possibility of significant progress or breakthroughs, even if not fully “solved”
Origin and usage
- Wicked problems originated in social planning literature in the 1960s-70s
- Grand challenges gained prominence more recently, especially in management literature since the 2010s
Relationship
Many scholars view grand challenges as a subset or reframing of wicked problems. Grand challenges can be seen as large-scale wicked problems that have been formulated into more actionable goals. The grand challenges framing aims to mobilize collaborative efforts to make progress on wicked problems, even if they cannot be fully solved.
Both concepts highlight the need for:
- Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches
- Adaptive and flexible strategies
- Consideration of diverse stakeholder perspectives
- Acceptance of uncertainty and continuous learning
Understanding both wicked problems and grand challenges can help managers and policymakers develop more effective approaches to complex societal issues. The grand challenges framing, in particular, may help motivate action and innovation in addressing wicked problems that might otherwise seem insurmountable.
References
Daar, A.S. et al. (2018) ‘Grand challenges in humanitarian aid’, Nature, 559(7713), pp. 169–173. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05642-8.
Gariel, C. and Bartel-Radic, A. (2024) ‘Tidying Up the Concept of Grand Challenges: A Bibliometric Analysis’, M@n@gement, 27(S1), pp. 58–79. Available at: https://doi.org/10.37725/mgmt.2024.8884.
Rittel, H.W. and Webber, M.M. (1973) ‘Dilemmas in a general theory of planning’, Policy sciences, 4(2), pp. 155–169. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01v4t1c9.
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2025
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