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		<title>The most valuable tool</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/06/the-most-valuable-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While recently travelling on the train from Kiev to Vladikavkaz, I shared the space with Alexei Zaikin from Greenstroi (greenstroi.ru) who told me about their high-tech construction technologies and innovative approaches that are ahead of the best practices even in America.
I was most fascintated by their key competitive edge, a program that they used for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first project</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/03/my-first-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project management has been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid. It was not too much after I learned to write when my parents noticed me with a list that I compiled: &#8220;Needed to build a raft: 2 tree trunks, 2 flat planks, 4 nails; Tools: Hammer and Axe.&#8221; Needless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping market paradigms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4. Effective Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5. Expanding Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the presentation below view the business models a bit to narrowly, only in terms of the transactions, this is a great place to start developing and refining the understanding of the business opportunities. Take a look and tell me what you think:
Business Model Innovation Matters

View more presentations from Alexander Osterwalder.

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		<title>Projects, Tasks, Processes and Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/02/projects-tasks-processes-and-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/02/projects-tasks-processes-and-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4. Effective Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The more I help teams with managing their workload the more I come to realization that much of the frustration seems to come from not having a clear delineation between  Projects, Tasks, Processes and Meetings. Often, I see meetings appear on a task list, or processes listed among projects. Projects and tasks are mixed so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management is 99% managing expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/01/project-management-is-99-managing-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/01/project-management-is-99-managing-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always amazed at the gap between the educational setting and the practical realities of the world of business.  Probably the clearest gap between the two is visible in Project Management. The world is dying for the lack of great project managers, yet the colleges manage to graduate the students of that major who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luck or Skill, Chasing Variation</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/12/luck-or-skill-chasing-variation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/12/luck-or-skill-chasing-variation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some excellent books that have been written on the subject of Randomness, it&#8217;s impact on business and life decisions and how easily we can be fooled by it. I can&#8217;t claim that I can add too much to the  discussion on the said topic. But it has always fascinated me how we struggle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why evangelical gospel does not work</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/08/why-evangelical-gospel-does-not-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/08/why-evangelical-gospel-does-not-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4. Effective Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I was working on the individual version of the Enterprise Matrix (E-M8), my mind shifted to something seemingly unrelated &#8211; the gospel. Not so much the message of it, but the process that is advocated. It became apparent to me why millions pray the sinner&#8217;s prayer, with only a small fraction having any kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of the process</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/03/the-importance-of-the-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/03/the-importance-of-the-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4. Effective Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bad processes can make even the best workers look bad, feel bad and be discouraged. Good processes, on the other hand, make even mideocre workers moderately successful. While no process can replace having the attitude of caring, the process can certainly vastly impact the quality of care.
By looking at the processes broadly, a business can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our society values effort, more than results</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/03/our-society-values-effort-more-than-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/03/our-society-values-effort-more-than-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fundamental things that has to change, for us to thrive as a species, is the focus shift from effort to results.
For example, in academia we award Doctorate (lit. Teacher) degrees to people who clearly cannot teach, who have never tought, and often do not even have anyting of merit to teach. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The secret ingredient of business success</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/02/the-secret-ingredient-of-business-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/02/the-secret-ingredient-of-business-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2. Engaged Manpower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3. Enabling Means]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4. Effective Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5. Expanding Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6. Energized Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7. Exposure Mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-M8]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of somebody cooking with a secret ingredient of love? Well, much the same, in business the same secret ingredient is the secret of success.
Everything works better with love:
When management is motivated by love, they will not bicker and fight, instead they will serve one another and prosper together. Nothing causes people to be as [...]]]></description>
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