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		<title>Great Quotations, 5/14/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.&#8221; - the late, great Frank Zappa]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling good when you stop &#8230; beating your head against a wall, that is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For businesses to stop trying to make bad ideas work, they have to learn how to make good ideas work.]]></description>
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		<title>Great Quotations, 5/7/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. &#8221; &#8211; Walt West]]></description>
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		<title>Why executives (and everyone else, too) hold on to ideas that aren&#8217;t working</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business executives hold on to ideas for a long time, even when they've failed to work, over and over again. There isn't just one reason this happens. There are many. Here are a few of the most popular.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 4/30/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: The team we assembled earlier this year is reducing its scope and two of the main players are looking for adventures elsewhere. We all have to do our parts. Translation: Two nimbleheads not only messed up so badly I had to fire them, they also overspent my budget. So I&#8217;m not getting my bonus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the problem concept or execution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When something doesn't work, it's hard to tell whether you're doing it wrong or it's just a bad idea. The odds are that it's bad execution ... at least, those are the odds the first time you fail.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 4/23/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: We should be like a big, happy family. Translation: We don&#8217;t reward based on performance because that makes so many people unhappy. We here at KJR certainly don&#8217;t, unless you count appearing here to be a reward.]]></description>
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		<title>Is it time to end incentive pay?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incentives, whether for the CEO's compensation package or your own, are little more than a bribe to do the job well. Does the CEO really need to be bribed? Do you?]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 4/16/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: Your work order is not yet finished but we&#8217;re almost about to start doing it. Translation: Work order? What work order? Oh &#8230; that work order! This international example comes from a contributor offering something from Hungary that adds spice to life other than paprika.]]></description>
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		<title>When architecture doesn&#8217;t matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a kludge is all you need. When a system won't last long enough for the costs of bad design to have any impact, just get the job over with and move onto the next one.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 4/9/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: We really need to keep pushing on the team to get this project done. Translation: If we want to get this done, we&#8217;ll have to do it ourselves. This week&#8217;s contributor didn&#8217;t have to push to get his ManagementSpeak into publication.]]></description>
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		<title>Infrastructure outlives strategy. Live with it.</title>
		<link>http://www.weblog.keepthejointrunning.com/?p=4628</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As everyone knows, the organization's IT infrastructure has to be business-driven. Except for one challenge: It will last longer than any of the business plans that drive it.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 4/2/2012</title>
		<link>http://www.weblog.keepthejointrunning.com/?p=4621</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: We offer competitive salaries and full benefits. Translation: Our salaries are no better than anybody else&#8217;s and our benefits are pitiful. I&#8217;d say something, but the only benefit we offer to those who suggest new ManagementSpeak entries is the satisfaction of a job well done.]]></description>
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		<title>Do you have a Foxconn of your own?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contracting with an offshore outsourcing company puts you at arm's length from the working conditions of the people who do your organization's work. That doesn't put you at arm's length from responsibility for it.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 3/26/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: This is an opportunity for you to excel. Translation: This job is a pain in the rear and I can&#8217;t get anyone else to do it. Alternate translation: We don&#8217;t have the resources to properly train you, or help you figure out the problem. Just get it done now! Chris Kuaiwa and an anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t have to MacGyver to innovate, but it helps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation and improvisation are frequently confused, when they're actually quite different from each other. Except in one crucial respect: Disrespect for the status quo.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;d rather have a bad fortune and a cookie than an accurate fortune and no cookie.&#8221; - Satchel, from Darby Conley&#8217;s &#8220;Get Fuzzy&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;premortem&#8221; really stands for &#8220;prevent mortem&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organizational Effectiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of risk management is to replace luck with skilled execution. It can't work if you don't know where you're counting on luck.]]></description>
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		<title>ManagementSpeak, 3/12/2012</title>
		<link>http://www.weblog.keepthejointrunning.com/?p=4594</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManagementSpeak: At the end of the day, there&#8217;s really only one opinion that matters. And it&#8217;s mine. Translation: The good news is, our governance process is simple: convince me. The bad news is, you can&#8217;t. &#8220;Sven&#8221; spotted this one, when his opinion wasn&#8217;t the one that mattered.]]></description>
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		<title>Fix a culture of blame with the formula for success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mired in a culture of blame? Get rid of it, by persistently digging for causes instead of fault.]]></description>
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