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"We deal with wild problems by collecting data that says nothing about the future"
Our data collection has become inflationary. It gives us more knowledge, but it doesn't necessarily make us smarter, and that's a crazy problem in itself, says Mikkel Vedby, chairman of INVI's board in this interview.
It's not about what we know, but what we don't know. Policy must be adaptable in an unpredictable future
Engineering is entering a new era where instead of pretending you know everything, you need to be able to clearly articulate everything you don't know. We caught up with Josef Oehmen, one of the spearheads in the development of adaptive solutions
Can you put wildness into a formula?
INVI is developing a model for wild problems, and the work is led by Professor Jacob Gerner Hariri. We caught up with Hariri and asked: Can you measure the wildness of problems?
"Politics is a hostile environment for creative processes"
New advisor at INVI: "Politics is a hostile environment for creative processes. I want to create a creative and safe space that is solution-oriented"
"If I only looked at the budgets, we might as well close the municipality"
Meet three policy entrepreneurs working on wild problems in different contexts - in one of Denmark's most challenged municipalities, in the world's largest humanitarian organization and at an art museum.
New chief economist wants to shine a spotlight on society's wild problems
The think tank INVI was created to develop visions and tools for society's wild problems - and now a strong profile from central government will lead the think tank's mission. Jannie H. G. Kristoffersen, currently Head of Office at the Ministry of Children and Education, is the new Chief Economist at INVI.
New book: A toolkit for anyone working to tackle wild problems
New book: A toolkit for anyone working to tackle wild problems
Wild problems require wild solutions
It's as if a veil has been lifted from the wheels of politics. Lots of policies are being formulated, but often there is no change. It doesn't have to be that way, according to the initiators of the new think tank, the Institute for Wicked Problems
The great advances are behind us. But it doesn't have to be that way
Behind INVI - Institute for Wild Problems are a number of key social actors who have all noticed the same challenge: It's as if the political system isn't really making inroads on the big social problems.