method · all tools
Shared Problem Definition
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Stakeholder role-play in which participants from different disciplines and organisations must integrate their perspectives into one shared problem definition before any solution talk is allowed — the discipline that saves transition projects from solving different problems in parallel.
Practical
- Time
- 120-240 min
- Group
- 4–6 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Flip-overs, sticky notes; role briefs
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, dialogic-encounter, systems-sensing
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Edith van Ewijk via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA); team adaptation by Thomas Jordan — Transdisciplinary problem framing
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox · Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
status: checked · added 2026-08-25