'Problem Framing Canvas Workbook', Griffith Centre for System Innovation
This handbook helps you answer, ‘what problem are we really trying to solve with our social enterprise or project?’ Understanding this helps to find better solutions. This canvas and supporting guide offer a selection of tools to help you frame problems, recognise different types of problems, and open up opportunities for action.
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Investing time in understanding and making sense of your problem increases your ability to respond effectively. In this workbook, the team at Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation shares their Problem Framing Canvas alongside instructions for making your way through it. Practice:
- refining your problem statement
- using rich pictures to ‘draw’ your problem
- asking if there is a problem ‘behind’ your problem
- framing problems differently
- opening up opportunities for action
- mapping stakeholders, actors and beneficiaries
- considering the type and domain of your problem
- switching from problem-framing to idea-testing
- considering what success looks like
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