Tools for innovation
What is Multiple Perspective Problem Framing ?
Multiple perspective problem framing or MPPF is a unique innovation method developed by Dr. Stuart English at Northumbria University. The approach involves constructing a detailed understanding of a complex situation, and employing interpretive methods to frame new forms of value from uncertainty. MPPF can be articulated as a 12-stage integrated system of use that can be applied flexibly in wide range of personal, business, social and organizational contexts.
These stages are not applied in a rigidly sequential way but rather provide an MPPF framework of activities that encourages a rich exploration and expert synthesis. The stages can be summarised as follows:
- Identify “Fields of Enquiry” (FoE)
- Create “Push Questions” in each FoE to gather data
- Record the “Push Data” generated in response to the Push Questions
- Map out the “Value Arena” by transposing the Push Data
- Reflect on and give form to the Value Arena by “Conceptual Grouping”
- “Centrifuge Method” – Make personal and expertise-based judgments to interpret the Value Arena
- Identify “Cornerstones of Innovation” (CoI)
- Create “Universal Form”
- Define “Pull Questions”
- Respond to Pull Questions with Ideas/Solutions
- Create a purposeful way of seeing or Mental Model of the situation
- Defend a Purposeful Proposition in terms of the Push Data
© Stuart English
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Examples of MPPF Impact
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