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	<title>It's Understood Communication</title>
	
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		<title>Talking about Communication Styles – Podcast Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the great fortune to know a lot of truly cool people in the field of communication. One of them is Donna Papacosta, blogger, writer, speaker, podcaster and social media expert. Donna and I got to talking about Communication Styles. One thing led to another and, next thing we knew, we were doing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Your Communication Style?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At It&#8217;s Understood, we have lots of projects on the go. One that&#8217;s occupying much of my (Sue&#8217;s) time is completing Talk To Me: A User&#8217;s Guide To Workplace Communication. I aim to make it available, in February, as a Kindle eBook. (If people like it, we&#8217;ll publish for Kobo, iPad, Blackberry Playbook and in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give them a reason to pay attention!</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2011/11/give-them-a-reason-to-pay-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Face-to-Face Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a post from Sue&#8217;s writing blog that applies to conversation as well as writing. In my line of work, eavesdropping is research. That may sound like a lame excuse for (rudely?) listening in on other people&#8217;s conversations; however, sometimes, they&#8217;re simply too loud to ignore. A research opportunity showed up, this week, as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why org charts can get in the way of change</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2011/04/wh-charts-get-in-the-way-of-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Face-to-Face Communication]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common maps of enterprises are hierarchical &#8220;organizational charts&#8221;. We see them everywhere. We depend on them to illustrate the structural elements of an organization and identify the people working within them. Their underlying organizing principle is top-down granting of authority. Getting work done in organizations depends on relationships that traverse these artificial boundaries. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contrary to popular belief, SLACK is not a four-letter word.</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2011/04/contrary-to-popular-belief-slack-is-not-a-four-letter-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Effectiveness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s possible,&#8221; Tom DeMarco writes, &#8220;to make an organization more efficient without making it better. That&#8217;s what happens when you drive out slack.&#8221; The myth of efficiency The relentless pursuit of efficiency has the unintended result of eroding our effectiveness. Daily, our attention is consumed by the immediate and the urgent. Overall the consequence is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for the emotionally inarticulate</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2011/01/emotionally-inarticulate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Effectiveness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us are poor at accurately describing our emotional state. And worse at identifying other people&#8217;s. This can be unhelpful when we&#8217;re having a emotion-laden conversation. I think it&#8217;s because we tend to have a limited emotional vocabulary. It&#8217;s hard to talk about things we can&#8217;t name. The words exist &#8211; in English there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confronting the Thief of Time.</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2010/12/confronting-the-thief-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Procrastination is the thief of time.” &#8211; Edward Young (1683-1765) We all do it. But for some, the practice of procrastination &#8211; delay without good reason, can become a chronic habit. Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird , tells this poignant story of the consequences of delay: &#8220;Thirty years ago my older brother, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the flip side? How to create another point of view when you’re stumped.</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2010/10/whats-the-flip-side-how-to-create-another-point-of-view-when-youre-stumped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all like to think we&#8217;re instinctively creative thinkers but we&#8217;re not. Overcoming the constraints our existing mental maps impose and the unconscious pattern-matching that filters our senses and thoughts makes the process of thinking of and assessing new ideas hard cognitive work. So we avoid or are deflected from doing it. When it comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brainwriting – Brainstorming Introvert-style</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2010/09/brainwriting-brainstorming-introvert-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itsunderstood.com/?p=610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever encountered a group meeting; brainstorming, retrospective or other variety that was simply dominated by an outspoken minority? This often happens despite the best intentions and efforts of the meeting chairperson or facilitator. The result can be a fairly predictable set of proposals that rarely stretch any boundaries. In his book &#8220;Think Better&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing the intention-action gap</title>
		<link>http://itsunderstood.com/2010/09/closing-the-intention-action-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solopreneurism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number one killer of great outcomes is being stuck between &#8220;saying&#8221; and &#8220;doing.&#8221; Because I&#8217;ve been prone to this particular dysfunction, I&#8217;ve collected a vast assortment of observations that addresses the painfully obvious gap between intention and outcome. There are many reasons for the gap. Most have their roots in some degree of fear: [...]]]></description>
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