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		<title>#1 Strategic Planning Tool 1/2 Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 03:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2022 has started with strong interest in trends.  There have been requests for comments on our rapidly changing economic landscape.  Don't miss our Innovation Course!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Business Lessons from the Fall of Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 01:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The catastrophic fall of Afghanistan is partially a failure to meet the needs of an evolving culture and a myopic view of a dynamic enemy-the Taliban.  This is a lesson for business growth.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Ever Adaptable Netflix</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 23:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pivoting is in Netflix' nature as a company.  They anticipate and react to customer needs.  Not all pundits get it!]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Radio Flyer and Harley-Davidson Have in Common</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harley Davidson and Radio Flyer have both embraced trends in the market for personal transportation.  Both companies are expanding from existing markets to new ones.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Corporate Nomadland – the Gig Economy and Digital Nomads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The movies can predict trends like Digital Nomads.  Who are they and what is driving this very real mega-Trend?]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Amazon Used Trends to Buy MGM for Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 19:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amazon earned up so much "trend value" from anticipating trends that they bought MGM, essentially for free.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hallelujah! Microsoft Cancels Windows 10X</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 03:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Windows 10X is gone and it is symbolic of Microsoft's new growth orientation.  Instead of investing in "the core", CEO Nadella is driving to anticipate market trends.]]></description>
		
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		<title>America’s Emerging Demographic Disaster – Are You Planning For It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 17:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[America’s birthrate is dramatically down and the Japanese "demographic trend bomb" is looming.  Immigration has spurred growth in the U.S. in our past.  We need that growth now.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Verizon’s AOL/Yahoo Debacle – Think You Can Fix That?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 01:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Verizon destroyed about $220 B in value in AOL and Yahoo.  They failed to see trends and then failed to respond to disruptive innovators.  Was it the CEOs?  The PE company?  Here's a preview of the book!]]></description>
		
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		<title>IBM’s Demise – Why You Can Do MUCH Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IBM fell into the Growth Stall trap.  As the competition increased and market demand shifted, revenues fell. This led to a vicious cycle of cost cutting and diminished innovation.]]></description>
		
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