[Ailist] Examples of great provocative propositions?

[Andy Smith]

I am having real difficulty finding examples of provocative propositions
which live up to the criterion of being exciting and engaging. Most of the
examples I have seen on the web seemed to be stuffed with business verbiage
(like "leverage") and dry abstract concepts (like "stakeholder value") and
it's hard to imagine anyone getting excited about them. Hardly any are
written in a way that make them vivid and tell stories.

As an example of one that I did think was exciting, here's one that Tim
Slack of Appreciative People in Liverpool, England shared with me from a
church group that his company worked with - as best I can remember it:

"The bishop visited our church today, and she brought her girlfriend"

Any more like that, which paint a vivid picture?

Thanks,
Andy Smith
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