Wicked problems: Wicked solutions

Wicked Problems are considered impossible to solve using the current problem-solving paradigm. The contribution of this paper is to dissolve the problem of solving Wicked Problems by introducing an alternative paradigm, namely considering Wicked Situations instead of Wicked Problems. This perspective change enables the extremely ill-structured problems in Wicked Situations to be converted to well-structured problems and remedied via iterations of the Multiple-Iteration Problem-Solving Process [1]. The paper ends with a brief discussion on the implications of the paradigm shift to speeding up new product development for complex systems.