Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems

Book Description Todays world is continually facing complex and life-threatening issues that are too difficult or even impossible to solve. These challenges have been titled wicked problems due to their radical and multifarious nature. Recently, there has been a focus on global cooperation and gathering creative and diverse methods from around the world to solve these issues. Accumulating research and information on these collective intelligence methods is vital in comprehending current international issues and what possible solutions are being developed through the use of global collaboration.
The Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the collaboration between global communities in developing creative solutions for radical worldwide issues. While highlighting topics such as collaboration technologies, neuro-leadership, and sustainable global solutions, this publication explores diverse collections of problem-solving methods and applying them on a global scale. This book is ideally designed for scholars, researchers, students, policymakers, strategists, economists, and educators seeking current research on problem-solving methods using collective intelligence and creativity.

Content

Section 1 - The Fourth Industrial Revolution as a Wicked Problem
Chapter 1. Thinking Critically About the Fourth Industrial Revolution as a Wicked Problem

Section 2 - Collective and Creative Problem-Solving Approaches
Chapter 2. Breaking the Walls: The Power of Employees’ Collaborative Creativity
Chapter 3. Evaluating Collective and Creative Problem-Solving Approaches and Tools for Wicked Problems
Chapter 4. Problem-Oriented Technology Innovation and Participatory Technology Assessment in China
Chapter 5. Creative Accelerated Problem Solving (CAPS) for Advancing Business Performance
Chapter 6. Leading Creative Problem Solving: A Mindfulness Intervention
Chapter 7. Using Collective Creativity and Industry 4.0 Technology to Reduce the Negative Impact of a Pandemic on Entrepreneurs

Section 3 - Wicked Problems in the Educational Sector and Initiatives to Solve These Problems
Chapter 8. Wicked Problem and Gender Inequality in the Educational Sector
Chapter 9. Collaborative Learning Strategy and Students’ Academic Performance in Mathematics and Computer Programming
Chapter 10. Emerging Economy Institutions of Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives to Solve Wicked Environmental Problems
Chapter 11. Can Community Education Promote Community Participation in the Local Economic Development (LED) Activities in this Era of 2019-nCoV

Section 4 - COVID-19 as the Wicked Problem
Chapter 12. Using Creativity, Diversity, and Iterative Ways of Working to Send the Virus to Lockdown: How to Beat Wild-Card Events by Their Own Means
Chapter 13. Visual Stories of COVID-19 Social-Physical Distancing From Tagged Social Imagery
Chapter 14. Visual Gists of Home Quarantines and Self-Quarantines From COVID-19 Through Social Imagery: Four Months Into the SARS-CoV-2 Disease Outbreak
Chapter 15. Societal Shutdown and Reopening and Reclosing in the U.S. as Expressed in Social Imagery Narratives: COVID-19 Pandemic Seven/Eight Months In
Chapter 16. COVID-19: New Order for Employment Relations and Human Resource Management