Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) 5: Generative Metaphor: A Perspective on Problem-Setting in Social Policy (Donald Schön)

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Okay, so for this one, it is not an article. I got this as a PDF and it is a chapter in the book pictured above. Donald Schön is amazing and anything he wrote I digest and use, including random chapters like this one. His is Chapter 9 from pp. 137–165, at least the second edition version I have a copy of. The chapter can be accessed here online, but there is a library paywall that some will be able to get past, and others may need to pick up the book used online.