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	<description>helping organizations uncork the creative power of teams</description>
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		<title>On Track with de Bono, Six Hats and Creative Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t know how my Dad felt about it, but when I was young I loved it when we had to stop at a railroad crossing and watch the trains go by. One time while we were waiting, Dad asked me if I knew what the sign near the track said. I said no, so he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is brainstorming an ideas generator or a myth?&#8230;part two</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Jonah Lehrer&#8217;s argument against brainstorming all wet? In my previous post, I suggested that Jonah Lehrer&#8217;s New Yorker Magazine article where he argued brainstorming doesn&#8217;t work was flawed. One of the major supports for his argument, a test performed at Yale University in 1958, did not disprove the effectiveness of brainstorming. Accepting the Yale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons Of Leadership – Episode Five</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economics are at the heart of business. But how we define economics, what we enable economics to encompass, determines whether our leadership is rich or poor. This episode of The Seven Lemons of Leadership examines the cause of poor economics and what we can do to avoid it. Brilliance Activator helps leaders uncork the creative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons Of Leadership – Episode Three</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/teamwork/the-seven-lemons-of-leadership-%e2%80%93-episode-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Second Lemon of Leadership is A Tepid Team. When a leader&#8217;s team is unenthused about their work, days grow long and the joy of leadership quickly sours. This episode of The Seven Lemons Of Leadership explores why teams lack passion and what the leader of the team can do to sweeten the situation. Brilliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first lemon of leadership is NO GOAL/NO SCORE. In this episode we explore why goals are critical to leadership success and present a simple and effective way to approach goal-setting. NB: the price of the lunch box was terribly overstated! One could custom order the lunch boxes for less than $0.50 a piece, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode One</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/teamwork/the-seven-lemons-of-leadership-%e2%80%93-episode-one-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one I know has ever joined a company expecting it to be a bitter experience. Most of us expect sweet things from our work. So why do things go sour? This is the first of a video series called The Seven Lemons of Leadership. In this series we&#8217;ll explore and deal with the behaviors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Nowhere Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant Blogger Jan Harness produced yet another interesting post yesterday–Creativity Tips: Forget Your Phone. She wrote about how she had forgotten her cell phone and that allowed her &#8220;multi-tasking brain&#8221; to breathe a sigh of relief. She then mentioned that once-upon-a-time, in the days before cell phones and mobile phones, many homes had but a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliance is Focused, part two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Sullivan heads an organization called The Strategic Coach. His organization helps business owners better run their companies and their lives. Several years ago I attended an extensive Strategic Coach program and one of the best take-aways was a simple method for discovering unique ability. Since brilliance happens when we express our unique ability–this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliance is Focused, part one</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/brilliance-is-focused-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/brilliance-is-focused-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliance happens when we express our unique ability. That means two things: we have to know what our unique ability is and we have to apply it. More often than not, brilliance brings value into the lives of others but it is not dependent upon the approval of others. The March 26th, 2010 edition of [...]]]></description>
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