WICKED WORK

We have wide experience working with organisations and their “wicked” problems.  “Wicked” problem environments usually involve issues like ethics, values, people and other “soft” drivers.

TAME SITUATIONS

“Tame” situations have high levels of structure with parameters being very clear, there is no risk and there are high levels of certainty.

 Tame situations require “tame” processes. In such a linear environment, structure is understood by all, there is a culture of adherence and a well planned future for example a High School with a timetable and bells sounding every 40 minutes. 

 Wicked situations on the other hand have very little in the way of parameters and structure, they are “messy” and it seems that every time we come up with a solution, the problem shifts.
 

Clients that have benefitted
from our work in this area:

 Thiess and partners
Co-operative
Research Centres
University/Industry partners
WA Govt Health Department
(Injury Prevention)
NUS Museum Singapore

 

WICKED SITUATIONS
Our problem solving experience in this area has included bringing together different cultures (business and ethnic, traditional and contemporary, nationals and expats) to enable working together, different organisations forming alliances and partnerships or the merging of businesses. As with all of our other work, these projects begin with building clarity about outcomes.
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“Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it has in it some lines of truth”
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Martin Fraquhar Tupper
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