In its December 2022 report, "Solving Higher Education's Wicked Problems," WGU Labs, the research arm of Western Governors University, identified seven areas that need solutions based on the science ...

Recently, I wrote about McCaskey High School's "wicked problem." I received some most colorful, if condescending, comments from readers who felt I was an apologist for why absolutely nothing could be ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Paris climate agreement is another example of an attempted grand solution to a ...

Child maltreatment is what is known as a “wicked problem” –complex and difficult to resolve because it is so intertwined with a variety of intractable societal ills. Each year in the United States, ...

A rendering of RoseMary’s Place apartments, now under construction in Midtown Houston. It will provide 149 units and services for homeless and other undeserved individuals. Developed by the NHP ...

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

Wicked problems are solved by seeing problems and solutions in new ways, by working with people with very different skills and approaches. As we frequently tell our clients, ‘Uncomfortable does not ...