#577 How to solve tame, critical and wicked work problems

Hi, everybody, it's Helen from the Squiggly Careers Podcast. And before today's episode starts, I wanted to let you know about something that Sarah and I have created for the summer. We are gonna be launching a series all about a career well spent. We're gonna release four episodes, one every Tuesday, and it's gonna be us in conversation with an expert who can give us a different perspective on what it means to have a career well spent. We'll talk about longevity, we'll talk about relationships, we'll talk about time, we'll talk about making a difference. We wanted this to be a community learning moment too. So on Thursdays, we're gonna have a LinkedIn live where you can bring your questions, you can bring your reflections, and we'll discuss the episodes together as a community. All the links you need are going to be in the Squiggly Careers newsletter. So if this sounds like something you want to get involved in, and we really, really hope you do, it's all free and it'll be a great learning moment, then all you need to do is sign up for the newsletter. Just go to squiggly newsletter.com, that's squiggly newsletter.com, and we will send you everything you need to know to get involved. But for now, let's get on with today's episode.

Aim needs the right process, critical needs the right response. Wicked needs the right mindset. What we're gonna do is talk about the three types of problems from Keith Gwyn's work, where I talk about what they are, how you can spot them, like what they might sound like if you've got one of these problems, and probably most importantly, what you do to solve them. You know, when you're trying to think like, well, why why would I spend time like figuring out what type of problem this is. It's like, well, almost if you haven't figured out the type of problem, you might try and solve it in the wrong way. And you sort of waste time and energy. What is good about all of these different types of problems? I know that this is a really learnable skill because I learnt the critical problem solving skill.

Problem solving, for example, is a no-regret skill. It doesn't really matter what is going to happen in the world. Invest in that skill, you're gonna have no regrets. Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Helen. And this is the Squiggly Careers Podcast. Where every week we borrow some brilliance from a person, a place, an object. even a word when I get my way. And we turn that curiosity into useful action for you and your squiggly career. And this is one of our episodes in partnership with Post It Note, which

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