Will I love The Reflective Practitioner?

I very much resonate with the way Schon describes a professional field not in terms of knowledge or skills, but in terms of practices: our approaches to the problems we face.

And each approach implies a framing of the situation… (where a "frame" is a way of seeing, thinking, and acting). Understanding your own frames and those of others creates deep insight into what is actually going on.

Becoming a "reflective practitioner" is immensely empowering.

This is the seminal book on reflection in problem-solving and design. 

For me, the dominant theme is that effective design involves dynamics. One is the interplay between disciplines of knowledge and thought, and improvisation informed by experience. Another is the interplay between actions and reflection on those actions – and their results. 

Schön characterises ‘reflection in action’ and conveys its importance in creative design and problem-solving. Every time I return to this book, I find something more to inform my thinking.