business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

Organizations suffer pain from having to deal with wicked problems all the time, namely when operating in complex environments …

The pain stems from a misunderstanding of the nature of the problems [they/we] face. We are having to solve a new class of problems – wicked problems – using thinking, tools, and methods that are useful only for simpler problems. […] The pain is exacerbated by the fact that people have not distinguished this new problem variety.

… read the referenced White Paper at Touchstone.