The Ecosystem of Wicked Problems – ECOSYSTEMATIC
Ecosystem Mapping: A Tool to Strengthen Systems and Impact - Visible Network Labs
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Our professional and technological capabilities have been increasing exponentially, but our ability to use them wisely has not. We are building vast, complex civilizations, but that very complexity is in danger of overwhelming us, creating huge and unintended consequences for the planet and all those that inhabit it.
Christine Wamsler • What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis
A wicked problem is one where there are a plethora of ways to work towards the vision with multiple parties, people, systems, processes, and interactions that may impact or be impacted by the solution.
Exploring the problem space: a guide to building the right solution
In the case of super-wicked problems, there are extra issues: time is running out to find a ‘solution’, there is no central orchestrating authority, those seeking to solve the issue are also in part causing it, and there is what can be called ‘hyperbolic discounting’, which massively favours immediate rewards over rewards arriving much later.