#WickedProblem

Bundesverband Smart City e.V.BVSC@smartcity.social
2026-03-01

Teil 3 unserer vierteiligen Blog-Serie (im Rahmen des #KNOWING Projekts) ordnet den #Klimawandel als #WickedProblem („Knäuelproblem“) ein:

Keine eindeutige Problemdefinition, keine perfekte Lösung, Zielkonflikte und Wertefragen – und trotzdem Entscheidungsdruck.

Der Beitrag zeigt, wie man sich in dieser Gemengelage orientieren kann, ohne in Zynismus oder Technikgläubigkeit zu kippen.

bundesverband-smart-city.org/k

#Klimapolitik #Klimaschutz #Transformation #Kommunen #SmartCity #BVSC #BVSCnet

In den 1970er Jahren prägten Horst Rittel und Melvin Webber den Begriff „wicked problem” für bestimmte Herausforderungen der öffentlichen Politik. Im Gegensatz zu „zahmen” technischen Problemen (tame technical problems) haben wicked problems keine stabile Definition, keinen vereinbarten Endpunkt und keine Lösung, die einfach als richtig oder falsch bezeichnet werden kann . Jeder Lösungsversuch verändert die Situation irreversibel, und verschiedene Gruppen betrachten das Problem aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Der Klimawandel passt allzu gut zu dieser Beschreibung. Er wird oft sogar als „super-wicked problem“ bezeichnet: Die Zeit läuft ab, diejenigen, die das Problem verursacht haben, müssen es lösen, und es gibt keine zentrale Behörde, die eine globale Lösung durchsetzen könnte.
2025-04-30

I like the recursive nature of #socialmess. "a Social Mess is a set of interrelated problems and other messes" Wiki-wisdom says there are three strategies for handling a mess: authoritative, competitive and collaborative #wickedproblem #riskmanagement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_...

According to Horn, the defining characteristics of a social mess are:

    No unique "correct" view of the problem;
    Different views of the problem and contradictory solutions;
    Most problems are connected to other problems;
    Data are often uncertain or missing;
    Multiple value conflicts;
    Ideological and cultural constraints;
    Political constraints;
    Economic constraints;
    Often a-logical or illogical or multi-valued thinking;
    Numerous possible intervention points;
    Consequences difficult to imagine;
    Considerable uncertainty, ambiguity;
    Great resistance to change; and,
    Problem solver(s) out of contact with the problems and potential solutions.
Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2024-09-29

@foser @richardrathe

They are just the tip of the iceberg of morally and emotionally unwell people who have never suffered consequences.

We have enshittified our sociopolitical #technostructure in so many different ways.

The result is a systemic #wickedproblem which requires creative solutions to make things less worse.

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2024-09-16

@SrRochardBunson @burnoutqueen

Once you see the scale and entrenched nature of the #WickedProblem, you can’t unsee it.

The customer always gets what She wants.

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2024-04-11

It’s interesting that two responses to this prompt about a #WickedProblem were related to countries on the African continent, and that wasn’t even necessarily what inspired the #ShowerThought 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2024-04-10

You mix ethnicity, culture, and nation-states, and pretty sure you’ve got a Russian nesting doll of one #WickedProblem after another.

2024-04-10
2024-04-05

A serious young man interrogates modern #masculinity. I learned a lot about men today, and the #wickedproblem they face. Incredible insights. And what of 4th wave #feminism?

patreon.com/posts/squatting-ov

#jkrowling #comedy #podcast #commute

2024-04-05

A serious young man interrogates modern #masculinity. I learned a lot about young men today, and the #wickedproblem they face. Incredible insight.

Here for the pantless squat!

patreon.com/posts/squatting-ov

#jkrowling #comedy #podcast #commute

2024-04-01

A serious young man interrogates modern #masculinity. I learned a lot about young men today, and the #wickedproblem they face. Incredible insight.

patreon.com/posts/squatting-ov

#jkrowling #comedy #podcast #commute

2024-04-01

A serious young man interrogates modern #masculinity. I learned a lot about young men today, and the #wickedproblem they face. Incredible insight.

patreon.com/posts/squatting-ov

#melbournecomedyfestival #comedy #podcast

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2023-12-13

“It turns out the ‘tech will eat the world’ playbook wasn’t really that true and the next 3 years will shine a light on this.”
- Tom Goodwin

#nowism #TomGoodwin #WickedProblem #ChangeManagement linkedin.com/pulse/edition-17-

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2023-12-04

@hasani @mikeloukides @carnage4life

Yes, I think “rate lock” is absolutely a thing.

Also, babies are born, grandparents die, and circumstances get radically altered.

People’s perspectives and needs change.

This is a #WickedProblem.

Antifafi 🖤 🍉🌻✊🏿🔻🌈🌍fifischwarz@waag.social
2023-12-03

Wat ontzettend goed dat @extinctionrebellionnl doorpakt: de klimaatcrisis is niet los te zien van oorlogen en mondiaal onrecht.

Ik was al supporter, nu ben ik supporter en fan. *Kerstgift overmaakt*

#XR #Klimaatrechtvaardigheid #WickedProblem

Screenshot van https://extinctionrebellion.nl/noodsituatie/
Ramesh #NotGoingBackrameshgupta
2023-12-01

@paninid @chiraag

>> A does not have a simple solution.

>> In fact, it requires radical collaboration in an attempt to make it less worse.

Sure, but in order to reach a solution, you first have to acknowledge the problem — Here, the problem is not one of , but one of presence, as countless pieces of evidence show.

Also, to achieve collaboration, you must assign the blame on ALL blameworthy parties. The thread was bogus in just piling on & .

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2023-12-01

@rameshgupta @chiraag

I use the internet and also go out and touch grass with my bare feet. I highly recommend it.

A #WickedProblem does not have a simple solution.

In fact, it requires radical collaboration in an attempt to make it less worse.

There’s a solution, hand in hand, but it doesn’t involve Kahanism, Islamists, or Christian Dominionists making policy decisions and we’re not at all close to that.

open.substack.com/pub/lifeisas

Coach Pāṇini ®paninid@mastodon.world
2023-11-15

@Adam_Cadmon1
I don’t disagree.

It’s become a #WickedProblem.

The ecosystem of the industry is intertwined and covers the face of America like a vampire squid.

It’s a cartel, the members sell bonds on the market, the bonds gets packaged into mutual funds, the mutual funds get packaged into 401ks, which have to get drained to pay for health expenses.

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