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		<title>Golden Goose or a Golden Calf</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2011/11/golden-goose-or-a-golden-calf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old fairy tale about a goose that laid golden eggs. Eventually, the guy who owned him, killed him hoping to get the gold out, but found just a dead goose. Today I&#8217;ld like to consider the perspective of the goose. Goose thought that he would never be made in to soup, since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On occasional inefficiencies of charities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a huge fan of not for profit sector. I devote a lot of my time to charitable activities. I do believe that charitable organizations can become a more significant tool in shaping our world. Yet, today I will argue that charities are sometimes less effective than government. This is an argument for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why your business will never be perfect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I set out to understand what it means to be successful in business management. I wanted to reduce business management to something that can be done somewhat mechanistically. Yet what I discovered, along with a set of principles for successful management,  is that any decent sized business is going to be by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we promote democracy in the workplace?</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2011/01/should-we-promote-democracy-in-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2011/01/should-we-promote-democracy-in-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am a huge fan of a democratic workplace &#8211; one where everyone can contribute and be heard. Yet I am leery of promoting democracy for the sake of democracy. Democracy is not the goal. Good governance is. A democracy run amok through ignorance or exploitation is just as deplorable as tyranny. Democracy is no different from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem of explaining</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/05/the-problem-of-explaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday I was at a presentation &#8220;Make the noise go away&#8221; that was put on by HNI and was really stumped by a question in the hallway as we were discussing what we just heard. The question had to do with the impact of the first in command being free to do what he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of consistency</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/02/importance-of-consistency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/02/importance-of-consistency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[7. Exposure Mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was at Alterra on Humboldt and was surprised to see them use heating to keep their outside space usable during winter. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I understand the business reason for it, and if anyone else did that I would not give it a second thought. However, Alterra is very emphatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the meek shall inherit the world</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/01/and-the-meek-shall-inherit-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to put an interesting spin on the famous phrase: &#8220;And the meek shall inherit the Earth.&#8221; Just another way to think about it, really, may be not the right way, but hey I think it&#8217;s still worth considering. I&#8217;ll combine it with another one of phrases by the same Jesus of Nazareth: &#8220;&#8230;the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laying foundations for a healthy business</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/01/laying-foundations-for-a-healthy-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2010/01/laying-foundations-for-a-healthy-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems amazing how often we plunge in to new ventures without having lain any foundations. I am not even talking about research, planning and thought necessary to start building. That too is a common problem, but in the context of very simple businesses, this one can be overcome with the right foundations. Rather, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not about the money</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/12/its-not-about-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/12/its-not-about-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Entrepreneurial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5. Expanding Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6. Energized Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s not JUST about the money to be precise. Money is an important tool and an indicator, it is necessary in conducting business, it can translate in to many rewards that success brings. But in the end money is a symptom 99% of time, rarely is the money the real issue. After all with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argument #6 against singuarity</title>
		<link>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/10/argument-6-against-singuarity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.e-m8.org/2009/10/argument-6-against-singuarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oleg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[8. Eternal Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If I am unable to persuade you with any of the arguments as to why singularity is not the likely outcome of the future, I will switch sides and argue that a concept of a symbiotic community that shares each others thoughts through indwelling of the very breath of life is not at all a [...]]]></description>
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