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		<title>Six Ways to Deal with Stumbling Blocks to Creative Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether we call it writer&#8217;s block, creative block, or the blues – sometimes we can&#8217;t come up with a single idea or a simple response. We&#8217;re stuck and there seems to be no way forward. This can happen for hours or it can happen for days. And sadly for some, it can happen for years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is brainstorming an ideas generator or a myth? – a New Yorker State of Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Innovation Strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Logical Thinking and Argument]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve read about the brainstorm technique– work as a team and wildly ideate don’t criticize or ideas deflate. But I want to think alone, where not a white board you&#8217;ll find– I’m in a New Yorker State of Mind. (with apologies to Billy Joel) In January of 2012, Jonah Lehrer wrote an article for The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Cultural Change</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/leadership-and-cultural-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Actions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video post, Chuck Dymer compares the leadership of cultural change to the demolition of a building. It&#8217;s done brick by brick and beam by beam. In other words, cultural change is brought about step by step&#8230; Brilliance Activator helps leaders uncork the creative power of their teams to develop products and services that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tea Party, Leadership and Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/logical-thinking-and-argument/the-tea-party-leadership-and-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Chapter Seven of the Lewis Carroll book,  Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice invites herself to a tea party made up of the Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse. Even though the three sit at a large table, all huddled in one corner, they tell Alice &#8220;No room! No room!&#8221; (perhaps they thought she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who leads the Leader?</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/who-leads-the-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Herring magazine ran an ad that stated: &#8220;Even leaders are led.&#8221; It&#8217;s a provocative statement. Who or what is leading us? The answer to this question is neither easy nor straightforward. What leads us may not be willed–for example, a person led by a kidnapper. Or what leads us may not be known–for example, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trash Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote several posts about the importance of communication between leaders and their teams. If, as a leader, you want your communication to be effective, you need to use the appropriate time, place and medium. Communication doesn&#8217;t work if no one pays attention. I was reminded of this when I went to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Leaders Lose Their Luster And 3 Ways To Get It Back</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/3-ways-to-add-luster-to-your-leadershi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I pulled a black coffee mug out of my dishwasher and noticed massive white streaks down the sides of the mug. Hard to miss. I then looked at the flatware, dishes and glasses and noticed that they had lost their luster. Although the white streaks on the mug immediately caught my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mare Crismis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother-in-law, his wife and family stayed at The Idea Loft during the Thanksgiving Holiday. I made sure there were art paper and markers available to keep the children occupied during their stay. After they left, I noticed this piece amidst the many drawings their three daughters produced–– This is a brilliant drawing. Brilliant because: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nunnery Gets To Thee</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/the-nunnery-gets-to-thee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/the-nunnery-gets-to-thee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We consume, consume, consume. How much do we contribute?]]></description>
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		<title>A Rational Approach to Your Personal Leadership Development</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/a-rational-approach-to-your-personal-leadership-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/a-rational-approach-to-your-personal-leadership-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brillianceactivator.com/?p=789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Rational Approach to Your Personal Leadership Development&#8221;–sounds very formal, doesn&#8217;t it? The word rational hints of logic and science. Serious stuff. Rational also has a strong connection to mathematics where a &#8220;ratio&#8221; is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind. For example, we can speak of the ratio of women to men [...]]]></description>
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