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		<title>The Hazard We Face From Developing A Monocultural Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Suster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old adage that "Ye Shall Reap As Ye Shall Sow" is so true even without Biblical connotations and this article is not going to get into any of that here: Nonetheless, this principle applies as a maxim of which we should all be aware and live by. 

Accordingly, it is my contention that we are now unwittingly reaping the consequences of having made some very poorly thought out, short-sighted yet seriously impactful decisions and choices that have led up to us now effectively short-changing our children and the youth of today which, in turn means we have set out to short change ourselves as a nation.

This comes, at least in part, from our having abrogated our responsibilities for educating, guiding, mentoring and molding them towards becoming effective, capable, self-sufficient, creatively productive adults: It is my view that we have bred a host of monoculturally limited young people with consequent limited ability for innovation and critical thinking. This article explores some of the possible reasons for this conclusion as an extention of data gleaned from personal experience and from recently published related material. <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/employment/the-hazard-we-face-from-developing-a-monocultural-youth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Growing Business Is A Smarter Business ~ It Seeks Answers Hidden In Data!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This discusses the importance of uncovering, gathering and using Business Intelligence data to help grow business. This is the process that leads to revealing Business and Market Trends and presenting this information to Decision Leaders across all functions within the business to facilitate making consequential rapid tactical and strategic decisions thereby swiftly implementing intelligently driven responsive course corrections in an ever continuous "measure=>review=>decide=>implement=>repeat" progressive cycle to gain niche advantages and profitability within the ever changing environment throughout the ever growing Global Marketplace within which all businesses operate today. And here again, MISSI can help. <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/a-growing-business-is-a-smarter-business-it-seeks-answers-hidden-in-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Starting, Building, Growing, Turning Around or Selling/Merging Your Business? Could You Use Some Help? What Kind?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing any business in any financial environment - good or bad - is a continual experimental, and incrementally developmental, process; a "work" that is continuously "in progress", a journey without end if handled correctly. There is a constant need to monitor and analyze direction and results: What is working? What is not? At MISSI, here we are looking to discover, define and evaluate the real needs of entrepreneurs seeking help in resolving business development challenges by seeking feedback from that audience. <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/starting-building-growing-turning-around-or-sellingmerging-your-business-could-you-use-some-help-what-kind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Japan: &#8220;Just In Time&#8221; (JIT) LEAN Manufacturing Hits Road Bump</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just-in-time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nissan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nissan Motors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article has important implications for any business happily running LEAN Supply-Chain Operations. Not that there is anything fundamentally wrong about the Just In Time (JIT) principle per se; in fact, it is an excellent method of running production operations AS LONG AS everything goes according to plan. However, the immensity of the aftermath impact of the recent earthquake upon Japan's infrastructure and business is very far reaching, not the least because there appears to have been no proactive "Black Swan Event" potentiality planning thus now leaving a huge gap in the ability for industry there, and elsewhere around the world that depends upon materials supplied through Japanese business, to keep running where that business is now structured around LEAN manufacturing principles. <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/just-in-time-jit-lean-manufacturing-hits-road-bump-in-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Team Meritocracy? Team Diversity? ~ Can the former be achieved if the latter is a constraint?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a well know aphorism - because it represents a sad but true reality - that "First rate people tend to hire only other first rate people whereas, second rate tend towards hiring third rate and on down the line". First rate people know who they are without either arrogance or fear: Not afraid that someone else might challenge them in their work or position, humble in their attitude towards team-mates and others and always keen to help and support where help and support is appropriate whereas, as you go down the line, you find that the second rate and, more and more so with those one would rate lower, tend to be more concerned about their position in the game and with whatever they can take from the game than they are about their contribution to the game. By "rate" I'm referring to overall performance capability and team integration characteristics, not just academic and skill based qualifications. <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/team-meritocracy-team-diversity-can-the-former-be-achieved-if-the-latter-is-a-constraint/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Growing Business Is A Smarter Business ~ It Seeks Answers Via In-Bound Marketing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Business Physician</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the smarter business uses Inbound Marketing and eCommerce principles. This approach effectively drives down costs while driving up results: The mode today is to create web sites, to blog, to twitter, to use Social Networks to spread the word about your offerings and to design and use your web site to not just share information about your products and services ... and ... Today the smarter business also heavily relies upon data; information that it gathers from visitors to its web site, its blogs, its tweets and from the internet in general where relevant to the business and the environment in which the business is operating. The Smarter Business Knows Answers Lie Hidden In The Data And Continually Seeks to Uncover Those Clues So As To Be Vigilantly Proactive In Its Decision Making.  <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/a-growing-business-is-a-smarter-business-it-seeks-answers-via-in-bound-marketing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating with your clients: Skype v WebEx v GoToMeeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 19:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Intrepid Business Venturer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is, perhaps ironic, that we arrived at the choice for GoToMeeting after first using WebEx for a while in conjunction with a software vendor. We also tasted AccuConference through connections with a past client and looked at a couple of other options. In an admittedly rather un-scientific manner, though cost was a consideration, we ultimately decided that GoToMeeting offered all we needed in terms of supporting and connecting with our clients - or rather, the combination of GoToMeeting together with our Skype account gave us the full scope of inter-communication functionality that we needed for our business in servicing our clients ~ the only reason that we exist as a business in the first place! <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/objectives-and-purpose/communicating-with-your-clients-skype-v-webex-v-gotomeeting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clever “Adobe Risk Management” Fake Alert ~ Do not be fooled!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Intrepid Business Venturer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The above title for today&#8217;s cautionary tale was lightly &#8217;stolen&#8217; from the blog of our good friend Bill Houle, Director of IT for Verari Technologies, Inc. There have been frequent rogue exploits by the cracker community to use references to Adobe Flash and &#8230; <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/technical/clever-%e2%80%9cadobe-risk-management%e2%80%9d-fake-alert-do-not-be-fooled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is (packaged) Business Intelligence (BI) Software Coming Up Short?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Intrepid Business Venturer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article quoted below was written by David Needle and published April 29, 2010 on the &#8221;IT Management&#8221; website at: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/datbus/article.php/3879316 The article directly addresses a principle limitation of BI tools: The information presented to Decision Makers typically begs addition questions that &#8230; <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/build-business/management/is-packaged-business-intelligence-bi-software-coming-up-short/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Intelligence (BI) is Crucial to Profitable Decision Making</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Intrepid Business Venturer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This begs the question as to whether or not self-service BI is the answer for capital and manpower constrained small businesses or is this option just another temptation leading ultimately to yet another cash-drain, effort distraction and problem in waiting. The following are extracts from &#8230; <a href="http://thebusinessbuildershelpdesk.com/wordpress/index.php/technical/business-intelligence-bi-is-crucial-to-profitable-decision-making/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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