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We're failing to solve the world's 'wicked problems.' Here's a better approach

  • Written by Stephan Manning, Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston
imageMigrants at the Greek-Macedonian border earlier this year: Is there a better way to deal with seemingly intractable problems? Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

We live in a world burdened by large-scale problems that refuse to go away: the refugee crisis; terrorism; rising sea levels; frequent floods, droughts and wildfires; not to mention persistent...

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