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
Instructions
- Where
- transitionmakers.nl/tool/shared-problem-definition — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Edith van Ewijk via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA); team adaptation by Thomas Jordan — Transdisciplinary problem framing
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox · Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
status: checked · added 2026-08-25