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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) ________________________________________________________________________ ______ David Durling FDRS • Professor of Design • School of Arts & Education, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8HT, UK • tel: 020 8411 5108 (24 hour answering machine) international: + 44 20 8411 5108 • email: [log in to unmask] • email: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.dartevents.net http://www.durling.co.uk