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Gale Miller Abstract This essay represents the evolution of thinking about solu- tion focused brief therapy within the Milwaukee group in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (See also the changing language of Steve de Shazer’s books – 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991 – during this time.) This essay is one take on a solu- tion focused interactional view of therapy, a view that emphasises the collaborative building of solutions. Wittgen- stein’s (1958) concept of language games is central to this discussion, as it continues to be today.

Yasuteru Aoki Abstract Solution Focus Consulting Inc. (Japan) was asked to help Canon FineTech Inc. change their workplace climate and become more innovative by encouraging more lively commu- nication among the workers. CFT manufactures printing devices for copying machines and other industrial machines. They have 1600 employees and 5 sites in and outside Japan. They had tried some change work with a problem-focused approach in the previous year but in vain.