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Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

A problem-focused psychodynamic approach helps people address the triggers, early experiences, self-assessments, expectations of others, and conflicts and defenses that drive them.