Surprises are the benefits

Reframing in multidisciplinary design teams

Journal article (2016)

Authors

Guido Stompff Océ - A Canon Company

F.E.H.M. Smulders OLD Management and Organisation

L.A.R. Henze Education and Student Affairs

Research Group

OLD Management and Organisation

Collaborative design Framing Reflective practice Design practice Multidisciplinary design teams

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2016

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English

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Research Group

OLD Management and Organisation

Abstract

This paper explores the social dimension of collaborative design from the perspective of Schön's reflective practice. An in-depth video protocol study was performed on the reflective practice in an experienced design team. It looks, in particular, at reframing: the process to find a new productive frame for subsequent activities. Reframing processes are amplified in a social context, requiring considerable time and effort on the part of design teams. Reframing has distinctive features that set it apart from other steps of reflective practice. Two iterative stages are discerned: sensemaking, to reconstruct prior operating frames; and future framing, to design a frame for future activities. Surprises incite reframing, and we argue that surprises are a source for team learning and innovation.