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		<title>Kids are people too!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep reading about kids who go astray, or who try to be someone they&#8217;re not, so they&#8217;ll be popular with their peers.  All of this makes me a little bit crazy, for I believe that, best intentions aside, many parents fail to help their kids get a handle on who they are as unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crack Your Identity Code</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2012/01/crack-your-identity-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crack your identity code and the contours of your life will shift. You will not only come out stronger, you will come out larger — larger in heart, larger in influence, and larger in your capacity to love and be loved. For this free resource please download here.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the &#8220;Refutican&#8221; Party!</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2012/01/welcome-to-the-refutican-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m mad as hell and I guess I&#8217;m going to have to continue to take it! Although, I am not a registered Republican, I am a registered American and have been watching in disbelief as the Republican Party has devolved into a playground full of recalcitrant middle-schoolers. It&#8217;s been quite the show watching how each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new you?</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2012/01/new-year-new-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why the new year inspires so many resolutions? And why so many don&#8217;t stick? On the surface, it&#8217;s pretty funny. For instance, you see dozens of new faces at the gym starting in January, most of whom have left by the end of February. Where did they go? I&#8217;m betting home. We love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you believe?</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2011/12/what-do-you-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[12. I can&#8217;t get the number out of my head. It must be the season&#8230;the 12 days of Christmas, the 12 months of the year, even being on the cusp of 2012. We&#8217;re not just in the season of 12s; we&#8217;re also in the season of believing. In family, in friendship, in giving, in &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Foogled!</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2011/09/dont-be-foogled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is now aggressively challenging Google’s growing success in social media—especially in relation to music, video and mobile services—aiming to maintain its innovator’s edge. In its massive makeover, however, it is also succeeding in offending Facebook loyalists who are less than thrilled with many of the changes. Worse, in some peoples’ eyes, Facebook is allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a person for (anymore)?</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2011/06/what-is-a-person-for-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; Maybe that’s an over-statement, but it holds some truth. In the words of one CEO, The Times article continues: &#8220;You don’t have to train machines.&#8221; In many ways, the seismic shift we’re seeing in the jobs economy towards more highly skilled workers calls for people—especially, the  unemployed and underemployed—to clarify, and promote, how they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Lead (and Succeed) Tanzanian-Style</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2011/03/how-to-lead-and-succeed-tanzanian-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all the power and beauty I experienced on this trip, what has stuck with me most is something I didn’t expect at all—learning how Tanzania came to be, and how its first president, Julius Nyerere, led the country in innovative ways that helped establish a self-sufficient nation; this, despite many political, economic and social challenges.]]></description>
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		<title>Innovating from the inside-out</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2011/02/innovating-from-the-inside-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we spend so much time studying customer needs as the basis for innovation, when its real source is right in front of our eyes? Innovate from the core and you’ll guarantee that your company enjoys a long and happy life. I recently read an article about Starbucks and its attempt to rejuvenate itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You a Conscious Leader? (And Does It Matter?)</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2010/12/are-you-a-conscious-leader-and-does-it-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a time of purpose-driven companies and purpose-driven lives. One of the groups that promotes the power of purpose is the Conscious Capitalism Institute (CCI). As someone who knows how powerful purpose can be when it is authentically derived (read: innate identity), I’m a fan. But, oh, the challenges. Being a &#8220;conscious leader,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About &#8220;BP&#8221; and the Lessons It Holds</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2010/08/the-truth-about-bp-and-the-lessons-it-holds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2010/08/the-truth-about-bp-and-the-lessons-it-holds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A decade ago, the company made a Bold Promise to the world that it was going green, going to be an ecologically oriented energy leader. That promise proved to be a Bad Plan. Why? Because by any financial measure BP’s corporate assets were fundamentally oil-based. Despite increased investment elsewhere, BP’s center of gravity remained petroleum. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota&#8217;s &#8220;Acceleration&#8221; Problem and What It Means for You</title>
		<link>http://blog.theidentitycircle.com/2010/04/toyotas-acceleration-problem-and-what-it-means-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Ackerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until the recent debacle over unintended acceleration, Toyota enjoyed the rewards of being a stellar global brand that could do (almost) no wrong. It was admired for its business methods &#8211; the famed Toyota Production System &#8211; as well as for its fine cars. It was the poster child for how to do things right. [...]]]></description>
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