Frame Innovation – Dorst (2015)

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title: Frame Innovation: Create New Thinking by Design
authors: Kees Dorst
year: 2015
publisher: The MIT Press
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Frame creation resolves complex problems in nine steps	29
Challenges are now open, complex, dynamic, and networked	27
Design practice can address open, complex, dynamic, networked challenges	22
Frame creation begins with investigation	21
Frame creation integrates solutions into the stakeholder context	21
Frame creation requires understanding the core paradox	21
Frame creation thinks forward to identify solutions	21
Frame creation considers all stakeholders of the problem and solution	20
Frame creation identifies common themes as the basis for frames	20
Frame creation develops a plan for transformation	20
Frame creation is composed of ten principles	20
Frame creation learns practices and scenarios that may suggest a solution	20
Frame creation seeks to understand the root factors of stakeholders	20
Coevolution simultaneously develops the formulation of and solution to a problem	18
Developing problem situations allows reframing	18
Exploring themes leads to solutions	17
Creating frames improves cognition	15
Fostering a discourse shapes behavior	14
Reframing shifts perspective to see things in a new way	12
Creative events bridge problems and solutions	11
Open problems have unclear or permeable borders	11
Networked problems influence each other	10
Complex problems have many interconnected elements	9
Complex problems require new thinking	9
Creating frames overcomes the adoption problem	9
Dynamic problems add elements and shift connections over time	9
Solutions to complex problems are based on pattern recognition	8
Solving complex problems avoids simplification	8
Solutions to complex problems are rooted in context	7
Appraisal of a complex problem’s context is objective	6
People tend to adopt their own ideas	5
Solutions to complex problems depend on creation of themes	5
Solving complex problems requires intentional follow-through	5
Solving complex problems requires understanding the context	5
Design expertise has seven levels	4
Locking down of a problem leads to frozen thinking	4
Solutions to complex problems depends on a clear frame	4
Solving complex problems requires having the right participants	3
Solving complex problems requires laying considerable groundwork	3