“The importance and challenges of networking and knowledge sharing for attacking wicked problems have been aptly described by Weber and Khademian in their provocative PAR essay, ‘Wicked Problems, Knowledge Challenges, and Collaborative Capacity Builders in Network Settings’ (March/April 2008). We argue in this essay, however, that a broader category of equally challenging but more commonplace ‘tangled’ problems lies in a vast middle ground between routine and wicked problems. Think, for example, of the tangle of actors involved in operating a public school or a military base, or the tangle of programs that a social worker must navigate in order to help the families he or she serves. Success in coping with these kinds of challenges ultimately depends on finding ways to overcome the ‘need to know’ default option in most organizations and moving to a ‘need to share’ network culture.”