Supporting our future problem solvers

By Paul Chan

Education
Sunday, 29 Aug 2021

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THE Covid-19 pandemic has affected how we solve normal challenges.

Every decision seems an impasse. This is a classic wicked problem: every solution becomes a new problem ad infinitum.

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