Questions to ask: the compass rose
Defining a problem to solve it better

The questions revolve around the initial request, which you can place in a central frame:

• Upwards: for what purpose?

This question takes the ludion back to the goals, the stakes, the finalities.

• Downwards: how?

This question brings the ludion back down to the means, the solutions.

• To the left, horizontally: what?

This question focuses on the facts, on the current situation, with the dissatisfactions or malfunctions that are at the root of the request.

• To the right, horizontally:...