Wicked problems
Journal article
So you want to be a systems leader?
Systems leaders are trusted actors who help many people to collaborate to address wicked policy problems. This article summarises the practical advice to emerge from academic research and offers insights on how to support and engage in systems leadership. Systems leaders are needed to inspire and empower many other actors to produce more transformative change.
Report
Decision making under deep uncertainty and the great acceleration
This paper explores how Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) can reshape policy analysis to better align with the demands of a rapidly evolving world and offers insights into the roles and opportunities for experts to inform societal debates and actions toward more desirable futures. DMDU can repair the fractured conversations among policy experts, decision...
Book
Australian urban policy: prospects and pathways
This book explores in overview the achievements, failures, and challenges of an assemblage of public policy areas unified by their urban context. It comes at a time when Australia must take seriously the prospects and implications of long-term population growth and development in economic, social, and environmental terms.
Policy report
International innovation in public policy
The author of this paper argues that public policy can be just as innovative as the private market sector (and often facing more complex challenges). However, the unique qualities of the public sector allow going beyond narrow innovations in products and services.
Report
Could a global “Wicked Problems Agency” incentivize data sharing?
The world is rife with 'wicked' problems — problems that no one knows how to solve without creating further problems. The author of this paper proposes a new international organisation, the Wicked Problems Agency, to catalyse both data sharing and data analysis in the interest of mitigating wicked problems.