This blog will expose, reflect on, and (with hope) build understanding of the world of wicked problems.
Entries will primarily consist of case examples of wicked problems from all walks of human existence. I will try to illustrate why they are wicked problems, what characteristics make them so hard, and what we are looking at in terms of resolutions and outcomes.
Looking at your methods page — as an early students and colleague of Horst Rittel — I am skeptical about ‘taming’ WP’s. Following up on his ‘Argumentative Model’ (which I think he saw as the best/only way of dealing with them) I developed a method for evaluating design/planning arguments. If interested, contact me at