Solving Wicked Problems: Using Systems Thinking in Design | Design on GOOD - 0 views
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Brian G. Dowling on 06 Feb 13"In 1973, social scientists Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber defined wicked problems as those incomprehensibly complex and messy issues we have trouble defining, let alone attempting to solve. Climate change has proven one of the most wicked, as have healthcare, corruption, and the prison system. Such problems are inherently systemic, with unavoidable social complications that require flexibility and patience."