The Disciplined Reframing Practice
Problems arrive pre-framed by those who present them. The disciplined reframing practice involves examining this framing before accepting it as the basis for solution. Who framed this problem, and what perspective does the framing reflect? What alternative framings might suggest different approaches? The professional who reframes problems before solving them often discovers that the initial framing was the most significant obstacle to resolution.
Reframing is not rejection of the presented problem. It is examination of whether the problem has been defined in the most productive way. A problem framed as insufficient resources may become, upon reframing, a problem of resource allocation. A problem framed as resistance to change may become, upon reframing, a problem of inadequate communication. Each reframing opens solution pathways that the original framing obscured.
Developing this practice requires the willingness to question what others have defined. For those pursuing effective professional development strategies, reframing capability distinguishes those who solve the right problems from those who merely solve problems as presented. Our reframing framework provides examination approaches.
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