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		<title>Oskenontona at 19:56, 28 July 2009</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Defining an affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want more of?&amp;quot; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;whereas problem&lt;/del&gt;-solvers are used to answering the question &amp;quot;What do you want less of?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Defining an affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want more of?&amp;quot; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Problem&lt;/ins&gt;-solvers are used to answering the question &amp;quot;What do you want less of?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the case of Avon Mexico, the problems included a number of gender issues including sexual harassment. Naturally the company wanted to have less gender problems, even to eliminate them. Nonetheless, the inquiry could not begin until an affirmative topic was identified. It took a while, but eventually Avon Mexico was able to determine that they wanted to be the known as the company with the best gender relationships in the workplace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the case of Avon Mexico, the problems included a number of gender issues including sexual harassment. Naturally the company wanted to have less gender problems, even to eliminate them. Nonetheless, the inquiry could not begin until an affirmative topic was identified. It took a while, but eventually Avon Mexico was able to determine that they wanted to be the known as the company with the best gender relationships in the workplace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In another case, a large airline company was having troubles with lost luggage. When asked what they wanted more of, the company executives said they wanted less lost luggage. The AI practitioner said to them, &amp;quot;So, you want to be known as the airline with the least lost luggage?&amp;quot; A new metaphor was required. Finally they agreed they wanted to be known as the company with &amp;quot;exceptional arrival experiences.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In another case, a large airline company was having troubles with lost luggage. When asked what they wanted more of, the company executives said they wanted less lost luggage. The AI practitioner said to them, &amp;quot;So, you want to be known as the airline with the least lost luggage?&amp;quot; A new metaphor was required. Finally they agreed they wanted to be known as the company with &amp;quot;exceptional arrival experiences.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Oskenontona</name></author>
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		<id>https://ced.zooid.org/index.php?title=Wp:definition&amp;diff=1272&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Oskenontona at 19:55, 28 July 2009</title>
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		<updated>2009-07-28T19:55:31Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Defining &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want more of?&amp;quot; whereas problem-solvers are used to answering the question &amp;quot;What do you want less of?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Defining &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an &lt;/ins&gt;affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want more of?&amp;quot; whereas problem-solvers are used to answering the question &amp;quot;What do you want less of?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the case of Avon Mexico, the problems included a number of gender issues including sexual harassment. Naturally the company wanted to have less gender problems, even to eliminate them. Nonetheless, the inquiry could not begin until an affirmative topic was identified. It took a while, but eventually Avon Mexico was able to determine that they wanted to be the known as the company with the best gender relationships in the workplace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the case of Avon Mexico, the problems included a number of gender issues including sexual harassment. Naturally the company wanted to have less gender problems, even to eliminate them. Nonetheless, the inquiry could not begin until an affirmative topic was identified. It took a while, but eventually Avon Mexico was able to determine that they wanted to be the known as the company with the best gender relationships in the workplace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In another case, a large airline company was having troubles with lost luggage. When asked what they wanted more of, the company executives said they wanted less lost luggage. The AI practitioner said to them, &amp;quot;So, you want to be known as the airline with the least lost luggage?&amp;quot; A new metaphor was required. Finally they agreed they wanted to be known as the company with &amp;quot;exceptional arrival experiences.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In another case, a large airline company was having troubles with lost luggage. When asked what they wanted more of, the company executives said they wanted less lost luggage. The AI practitioner said to them, &amp;quot;So, you want to be known as the airline with the least lost luggage?&amp;quot; A new metaphor was required. Finally they agreed they wanted to be known as the company with &amp;quot;exceptional arrival experiences.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Oskenontona</name></author>
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		<id>https://ced.zooid.org/index.php?title=Wp:definition&amp;diff=1271&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Oskenontona: Created page with &#039;Defining and affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &quot;What do you want m...&#039;</title>
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		<updated>2009-07-28T19:55:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;#039;Defining and affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want m...&amp;#039;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Defining and affirmative topic is not an easy exercise for those who are used to problem-solving approaches, because the question that needs to be answered is &amp;quot;What do you want more of?&amp;quot; whereas problem-solvers are used to answering the question &amp;quot;What do you want less of?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the case of Avon Mexico, the problems included a number of gender issues including sexual harassment. Naturally the company wanted to have less gender problems, even to eliminate them. Nonetheless, the inquiry could not begin until an affirmative topic was identified. It took a while, but eventually Avon Mexico was able to determine that they wanted to be the known as the company with the best gender relationships in the workplace.&lt;br /&gt;
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In another case, a large airline company was having troubles with lost luggage. When asked what they wanted more of, the company executives said they wanted less lost luggage. The AI practitioner said to them, &amp;quot;So, you want to be known as the airline with the least lost luggage?&amp;quot; A new metaphor was required. Finally they agreed they wanted to be known as the company with &amp;quot;exceptional arrival experiences.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Oskenontona</name></author>
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