Despite internal warning signs, leaders fixate on positive external results to explain away the growing array of negative data, or define problems as passing, temporary ones.

尽管企业内部已经出现了危机的征兆，但领导者仍热衷于外部喜讯，并借此为不断增长的负面数据开脱，或是把问题定义为偶然和暂时的。

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Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

能够明确问题，收集数据，依据事实得出有效结论。

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Once I've got that, you notice I can now define a polar point, same way. Notice I've now solved one of my problems, which is, in each one of these cases here, I'm creating both x y and radius angle values inside of there.

你们注意到我现在可以，定义一个极坐标点了，以同样的方式,请注意到现在，我已经解决了我的问题之一了，也就是，在这些例子中的每一个,我在里面都创建了x，y值。

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As outlined in an Apple white paper, Challenge-Based Learning encourages students and teachers to work together to define problems, propose solutions, and then execute those solutions.

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Development groups are nervous about attempts to define a hierarchy of global problems with population at the peak.

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Attaching rights to carbon in standing forest, while easier to define, will run into similar problems in places where ownership of forestland and forest services are weak and ill-defined.

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