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		<title>Focus on Being Remarkable</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a great post today from Seth Godin.  Read full post here.
But what about you and your organization? As you get bigger and older, are you busy ensuring that a bad thing won&#8217;t happen that might upset your day, or are you aggressively investing in having a remarkable thing happen that will delight or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Common Design Mistakes That Clients Love (and how to fight back)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a great post today from Crestock&#8217;s blog and had to share it.  This article makes some great points that work in and out of the Church world.  To read the whole post from the original site click here.
&#8220;From flash intros, to logo theft, to information overload, clients often ask a design team to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Composers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.
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		<title>Boiling Frogs</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/10/18/boiling-frogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard the parable about the boiled frogs right?  If you stick a frog in a pot of boiling water it will jump out or at least try to.  If you stick the frog in room temperature water and gradually begin to increase the water temperature the frog won&#8217;t move.  Even once the water starts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying No to Good Ideas…</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/10/02/1307/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cjalvarado.com/?p=1307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his book &#8220;Good to Great&#8221; Jim Collins explains that &#8220;good is the enemy of great.&#8221;  He goes on to explain that all Great companies have a laser focus on 3 things.  He called it the Hedgehog Concept.  Read the book if you haven&#8217;t, believe me you&#8217;ll be thankful you did.  But what are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pursuing Elegance</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/10/01/pursuing-elegance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his article &#8220;In Pursuit of Elegance,&#8221; Guy Kawasaki present 12 tips to pursuing elegance.  Here are a couple that really stood out to me.  Read the entire article here.

Question: Why is elegance so important?
Answer: Elegance cuts through the noise, captures our attention, and engages us. The point of elegance is to achieve the maximum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders and Followers</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/09/29/leaders-and-followers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Bossidy, CEO of AlliedSignal author of Execution, once wrote,
&#8220;The development of new leaders is not only the key to profitability, it is also very satisfying in terms of feeling like you&#8217;ve left a legacy, not just an income statement.  The question is often asked, &#8220;How am I doing as a leader?&#8221;  The answer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplify Your Message</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/09/28/simplify-your-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As life gets visually noisier, brands that dial back to their core essence stand out by contrast.  &#8211;Pio Schunker
I love kick off meetings.  I love them because usually it&#8217;s when organizations are most focused on their core business.  There are rally cries for company wide focus on things like &#8220;service,&#8221; &#8220;excellence,&#8221; and such and such.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPEN Source Leadership</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/09/08/open-source-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you stop telling people what the vision is and allow them the opportunity to help create it?  What happens when leaders stop doing and start listening, observing and empower the masses to make a positive impact?  Results!  That&#8217;s what happens.  Look at some of the most influential innovations of the last 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last 10%</title>
		<link>http://cjalvarado.com/2009/09/07/the-last-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cjalvarado.com/?p=824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned below, I have been leading our team at Bayside through the 5 Dysfunctions of a team and have been very happy with the response of our team.  You can read some personal stories here on Danny Macphail&#8217;s blog.  He&#8217;s one of our worship pastors who wrote a great post about 5 [...]]]></description>
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