and you happen to hear about a group of savvy business women who get together to solve wicked problems……

through the development of people……

Got a wicked situation? Let’s suppose you’re in business to succeed…..….

Would you be interested?

•A “problem” is any obstacle, impediment, difficulty, challenge or any situation that invites resolution in the form of a solution or contribution toward a known purpose, goal or outcome.•A "wicked problem" is a problem that is complex or seems impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.•A “mess” is a set of problems that interact with other problems to form a system of problems.•A “wicked mess” is a mess that difficult to solve because it interacts with other messes to form a system of messes.

Got Wicked Problems?

Though we tend to break the “systems” of our world down into “processes” in order to better understand and control them; the fact is that due to the complex interdependencies, systems do not function when they have been isolated into silos.

The term ‘wicked’ is used in systems thinking, not in the sense of evil but rather due to the nature of strong confrontation required for resolution and the complex interdependencies – the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked situation may reveal or create other problems or messes.

Get Wicked Solutions?

Do you want to get Wicked?

• Wicked managers are not transaction oriented, they are relationship oriented.

• Wicked managers see the world in terms of systems, not processes.

• Wicked managers see employees as value adding stakeholders, not human resources.

• Wicked managers strive to balance the interest of all stakeholders, not just shareholders.

• Wicked managers don’t focus on making decisions, they focus on finding solutions.