B.5.EA:1 - Problem frame

Use this pattern when a participant recognizes something consequential in their experience but cannot yet express what it is. A familiar phrase keeps replacing the point they are trying to make. The participant can return to an episode, an impression of the work or a partly expressed concern; a colleague needs a contribution they can understand and use.

The result is a provisional distinction, relation or question with enough explanation to continue the work. The method can be used alone or with a listener. A listener, including an AI assistant, needs access to the participant’s corrections; generating a fluent account cannot supply those corrections.

Use an already adequate answer directly. If the relevant contrast is expressible and a model is needed, B.5.FM can develop it. If you understand an available concept but cannot yet connect it to the situation, B.5.4 helps construct that correspondence. Articulation is useful while it can reveal a consequential part of the question.