INVI's Atlas - A mapping of tools to tackle wicked problems
As a society, we face a number of societal challenges that, according to the Reform Commission, are "recognized, attempted to solve, unsolved". Problems that are transnational and stubborn, and which are not easily defined or solved. These include labor shortages, mental ill-being and climate change, to name but a few. These are wicked problems that decades of reform policies and classic policy tools have failed to address. Other tools need to be deployed.
When consulting research and practice in tackling wicked problems, collaboration is pointed to as a fruitful way to go: wicked problems, by their nature, cannot be solved by a single organization or profession. That's why they are wicked.
There are a myriad of innovative and proven tools for working together to learn, experiment and coordinate around society's most entangled problems. Today, however, practice and research in the field is fragmented. There is a lack of a comprehensive overview of the many experiences, recommendations and tools. This can make it difficult for policy makers who have to tackle the problems in practice to know what to look for.
The atlas is based on INVI's extensive practical experience in the field, and studies of cases and literature from home and abroad from a wide range of disciplines: political science, social science, design and innovation, behavioral design, computer science, artificial intelligence, anthropology and more.
INVI's Atlas is for those who want help navigating society's toughest problems. Whether you're in parliament, a municipality, a foundation or a civil society organization, the Atlas gives you the latest knowledge, powerful examples - and concrete ideas to get started.
