OCAD University Open Research RepositoryFaculty of Design
2015
Conditions that foster an ability to reframe
problemsSuen, Patrick
Suggested citation:
Suen, Patrick (2015) Conditions that foster an ability to reframe problems. In: Relating Systems
Thinking and Design (RSD4) 2015 Symposium, 1-3 Sep 2015, Banff, Canada. Available at
http://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/2022/
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PATRICK SUEN@suenpatrick
CONDITIONSTHAT FOSTER
AN ABILITY TO
REFRAME
What is a reframe?
“the ability to view a problem in a way that differs or conflicts with your existing mental model
AND
the willingness to interpret this view as a new truth”
What is a reframe?
Figure O.1 Automatic thinking gives us a partial view of the world
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