On 29 Mar 2007, at 1:09 pm, Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon wrote:
> Are wicked
> problems essentially the concept of convergent vs. divergent
> problems (which
> made its appearance in the psychology of creativity literature in
> the 1950s
> and 1960s) revisited and dressed up in a more elaborate language?
Convergent vs divergent thinking is still a useful concept for
discussing creativity, but it does apply to how designers [and
others] think. I cannot see how the problems themselves are either
convergent or divergent, but maybe you are using the term in a
particular way that I am unfamiliar with?
David (in convergent mode)
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