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		<title>Gamification in HR Summit</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/gamification-in-hr-summit/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2015 04:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I spent the early part of last week in Vienna attending and speaking at the Gamification in HR Summit. My slide deck can be found on slideshare. It was an interesting experience for the two days that I spent at Vienna, meeting gamification experts from multiple organizations. The theme seemed to be strangely similar &#8211; each [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The World Part Deux</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 05:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The world is a beautiful place to live in but like all creations on the planet, there are imperfections that exist alongside as well. Can we reinvent the world without these irritants that make our lives difficult? Do we have the power to reimagine the world in a new avatar? Let us look at the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Technology Predictions for 2015</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/technology-predictions-for-2015/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2014 04:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Technology has been moving rapidly and every year there is a different set that gets the highest priority. Last year, my bet was on these &#8211; some have gained while others have not been so successful. This year, my pick is straight-forward Application Modernization &#8211; In the wake of Digital Transformation, organizations want to finally get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The troika that will change the way organizations work</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/the-troika-that-will-change-the-way-organizations-works/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do IoT, digitization and gamification have in common?]]></description>
		
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		<title>LinkedIn Invites</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/linkedin-invites/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have received invites from various folks on LinkedIn &#8211; people I know and those I haven&#8217;t met or heard from. This made me think about the different types of people who make connections on LinkedIn &#8211; how many types are they? Extremists &#8211; these are the profiles who are interested to meet and link [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is your smartphone really smart?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wikipedia definition of Smartphone is that Smartphone is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones. The image that one gets on looking at a smartphone is not that of computing capability or connectivity but more in terms of the activities one gets to do with &#8211; it has effectively [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Technology Predictions for 2014</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/technology-predictions-for-2014/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Time of the year when we need to look at what will be hot next year. As I tried to do last year and 2012, I will attempt the same exercise for 2014 also.  Interesting to see that I had predicted Mobile Payments for 2012. I feel that for 2014, Financial institutions will accelerate initiatives on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">864</post-id>
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		<title>Gaming Infographics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to OnlineUniversities for the graphic below.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bank branches redesigned</title>
		<link>https://madhusudanrao.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/bank-branches-redesigned/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Branches of banks all around the world are getting a revamp based on the technology upgrades. The primary motive is to save costs while continuing to provide their customers with additional value-added features. After 40 years of branch building, Celent forecasts that the US will witness reduction of 30-40% in the number of branches over the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Indian Passport Reissue – Tatkal process</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhusudan Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 07:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post details my recent experience with the Passport office (and other related government offices) to renew my passport. Hopefully it will help one in a similar situation later on. I had presented my passport for Schengen visa processing and expected it to come back with the stamping. To my surprise, I received a call [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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