About 10 years ago, I attended a leadership conference in the United Kingdom where scholars were using the term “wicked problem.” I was unfamiliar with the term, but I quickly learned that they were ...

The breakdown of AC is an example of what Nash says is known as "the wicked problem." He credits sociologist Robert Merton with identifying consequences of complex system change as intended, ...

The term wicked problem has become a standard way for policy analysts to describe a social issue whose solution is inherently elusive. Wicked problems have many causal factors, complex ...