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What happens when you don't have an Analysis/Solution Mindset?
Analysis/Solution Mindset
- Considers multiple points of view and analyzes motivations behind multiple sources of information.
- Recognizes problems and needs within a societal, community, or workplace context in order to develop solutions.
- Examines information broadly, analyzes data, and utilizes critical thinking.
- Develops multiple solutions using hypotheses/ trial and error to test and determine effectiveness.
Reframing is one step you can take in using an analysis-solution mindset.
When you reframe the way you look at things, you can see other perspectives and come up with new solutions. Dr. Tina Seelig, a Professor at Stanford University, explains that changing the frame changes the range of solutions to a problem.
For example: What is the sum of 5 plus 5?
Versus: What two numbers add up to 10?
Reframing isn't just about taking a step back to look at the context, it is sometimes about looking at the smaller parts of a bigger issue. This can help you feel less overwhelmed and stressed when you approach a big issue one part at a time
For example:
Balancing academic work with your personal life responsibilities can be complicated. How can you approach this larger issue with a series of smaller solutions that can add together to create big changes?
Problem Solving Exercise
This is an exercise to try out reframing. Instructions: Copy and past questions 1-6 and answer the questions
1. What is a problem you see in your community, your workplace/internship, or in college?
2. How can you reframe the way you look at the problem? Other points of view you should consider?
3. How is this problem normally presented?
4. Do you feel this is accurate?
5. What questions are important to ask in solving this problem?
6. What are possible solutions to this problem? How could you test them out? (optional)