Not All “We Don’t Know” Is the Same:  Uncertainty in Wicked Problems

One hallmark of wicked problems is that there are many things about them that are uncertain, and this uncertainty can take many forms. It turns out that while every wicked problem is unique, the commonalities in types of uncertainty across them provide a consistent toolbox to approach solutions. In this post, I’ll describe multiple different types of uncertainty that appear in wicked problems across many domains.