Coaching practices for Problem Reframing Solving the Right Problem First in a New Job
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep fixing the thing right in front of me and the same trouble just keeps coming back in a new shape, which makes me think I’ve only been swatting at the surface
- I’ve been killing myself trying to fix this, and it’s slowly dawning on me that the lever isn’t even in my hands
- My mind is locked onto one way of seeing this and I literally cannot picture another angle
- The problem I’m chasing is still this big blurry "make it better" cloud, and every time I try to start I spin out because I’ve never pinned down the one sharp thing I’m actually trying to solve for whom.
- I feel like I’m staring at this from inside my own little field with no fresh ideas, but I have a nagging sense that somebody, somewhere
Practices that may help
- Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition. - Climb the why–why ladder
Ask "why is this a problem?" repeatedly to reveal the higher-level goal your current framing may be missing.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First - Map who actually owns the problem
Identify whose problem it truly is before investing in a solution — the framing often changes when you name the real owner.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First - Reverse the problem to break fixation
Ask the opposite question ("How could we make this worse?") to escape the constraints of the original framing.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First - Define — frame the right problem
Synthesize your research into a single, sharp problem statement before solving.
Design Thinking, Step by Step - Import a frame from a different domain
Describe your problem as if it were a challenge in an unrelated field, then steal the solutions from that field.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First - Diagnose the challenge before choosing the response
Ask whether the problem requires new expertise (technical) or new values and behavior (adaptive).
Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical - Rephrase the problem as a "How might we…?" question
Convert a problem statement into a question that invites solutions without prescribing them.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First - Adopt a "not-knowing" stance before problem-solving
Delay solution-generation by first articulating what you genuinely do not know about a problem.
Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical - Reframe problems using cross-domain language
Describe your problem in a different field’s vocabulary — then use that vocabulary to search for solutions.
The Medici Effect: Innovation at the Intersection
Related concerns
- Problem Reframing Solving The Right Problem First At Work
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition.
- Problem Reframing Solving The Right Problem First With My Team
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition.
- Defining The Right Problem
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition.
- How To Frame A Problem
Synthesize your research into a single, sharp problem statement before solving.
Define — frame the right problem
- How To Reframe A Problem
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition.
- Problem Reframing Solving The Right Problem First As A Caregiver
Problem reframing means deliberately reconsidering what problem you are actually trying to solve before generating solutions. Min Basadur’s work on creative problem-solving shows that the framing you start with strongly constrains the solutions you find — changing the framing often unlocks solutions that were invisible under the original definition.
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