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		<title>Science or Not, Men and Women Communicate Differently</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my colleagues and I attended a presentation by Dr. Schabas (by teleconference and remote Powerpoint) titled “Lessons of SARS, H5N1 and pH1N1: Pandemics or Panic-demics?” I thought it was a fantastic presentation. It was well-argued and with a clear conclusion and a strong, logical thought sequence supporting it all the way through. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought-Provoking Arguments Presented With Animation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multimedia learning truly draws in an audience &#8211; and its attention, active participation, and cognitive engagement. I may very well take this kind of approach with some educational projects that I have in mind for the new year, but in the meantime, here are some really cool and interesting examples. Does money really motivate people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pursue Excellence &#8216;Til It Hurts &#8211; Because That&#8217;s What It Always Takes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellence &#8211; and the pursuit of it &#8211; truly grab me emotionally. It&#8217;s why I like what I like. It&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve been interested in the hobbies and pursuits that I&#8217;ve done. It&#8217;s what I have sought in my professional life, and what I am now trying to build. It&#8217;s how I gauge cars, knives, guns, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Leaders Don&#8217;t Do Powerpoint?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend saw the latest book that I’m reading, titled “Real Leaders Don’t Do Powerpoint!” and wondered why that was the case. She’s used to using Powerpoint as a teaching tool, where the slides replace the sketches and point form lists that teachers used to write on the blackboard. I told that, unfortunately, the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refusing to Track Project Task Durations Keeps You Forever at the Starting Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to get some of my colleagues to go along with me in terms of estimating task durations and then tracking actual work durations on each task. It&#8217;s not easy. &#8220;This is the kind of thing I hate about the project management stuff.&#8221; That&#8217;s a common sentiment. It does seem like a waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will China Change the World on Its Economic Ascent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Chinese industry forge a new path to turbocharge their economic growth the wayJapandid in the 1960s through to the early 1990s with their world-changing focus on quality improvement? Or will Chinese industry simply adopt the concepts and models developed by others in the West and inJapanand present the world with the same-old, same-old? Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There Are Cheaper + Better Ways to Start a Business, If You Know How</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things can now be done for far less money than was possible in the past. Sometimes it&#8217;s because circumstances &#8211; like technology &#8211; have changed. Sometimes, though, it&#8217;s from not knowing any better and, unfortunately, not having anyone wiser or more experienced to tell you you&#8217;re about to make some pricey mistakes. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers and Accountants Should Not Be At the Helm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, and every so often, I encounter some friction and unanticipated concerns from the financial folks in the organization whom I must satisfy. Accountants, lawyers, and other risk analysis and procedural gatekeepers have their place, of course &#8211; particularly in a government bureaucracy &#8211; but I can&#8217;t help but think of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer Meetings Plus Better Meetings = More Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I get my best work done at the office between 4pm to 7pm. I don&#8217;t like having to stay until 7pm, but I find that&#8217;s the best time that (a) matches my own physiological rhythms, and (b) when there are very few interruptions, if any. Meetings, in particular, can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfairness + Encouraging Minimalist Performance: A Surefire Way to Lose Your Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving the unexpectedly late from work a few nights ago, I thought back to an experience early in my working life. I had been taught all through my childhood to work as hard as possible, and that working late is to be expected. I was taught to believe that good things happen when you push [...]]]></description>
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