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	<title>Strategy Guru &#124; Peter Laburn International</title>
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		<title>Connections with Integrity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reid Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships. Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venture Capitalist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connections with Integrity by Reid Hoffman The venture capitalist who cofounded LinkedIn reveals the surefire system that he has used since high school for evaluating potential business relationships. As a venture capitalist, and the cofounder of the leading online professional networking site, I am keenly aware of the value of good alliances. Indeed, my interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Strategic Lag?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st Century Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Frey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Lag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strategic Lag is a name given to a phenomena which I have witnessed regularly in my strategic consulting.  Particularly relevant amongst executive decision makers, this lag transcends organizations, industries and countries and is applicable to just about any strategic process in varying degrees. As its name implies Strategic Lag suggests that the actions you take, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the ‘talented’ become ‘untalented’ -7 Questions About Your Own Talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7 Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talented]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Untalented]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen it before…the whizz kid arrives as the new talent, pouring his fresh brand of creativity, ideas and innovation into a project, assignment or campaign. The results speak for themselves and he is handsomely rewarded at the completion of it. Then comes project number two and the talent rests on his laurels, still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Call Centers Suck</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/02/06/why-call-centers-suck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call Centers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Modern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call centers are a latent curse of modern times. In principle, the idea of a call center seems to fit perfectly into the scalable systems of big business, however in reality, call centers fall very short of the purpose or efficiency they were intended for. So for example &#8211; lets say that Big Company &#8216;A&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know of the Unknown Knowns?</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/02/02/do-you-know-of-the-unknown-knowns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Zuma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhino Poaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unknown Knowns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are known knowns; there are things we know we know.  We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.  But there are also unknown unknowns &#8211; there are things we do not know we don&#8217;t know.&#8221; &#8211; Former United States Secretary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Key Skills for the Future of Work</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/30/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/30/the-10-key-skills-for-the-future-of-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10 Key Stills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Stillman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a superb analysis of the future world of work and what skills will be needed in the future by Jessica Stillman.  How many of these skills do you think you have; how many do you think warrant actually being included and do you think she has left any other skills out?  Let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Needs for a Better Education System in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/26/6-needs-for-a-better-education-system-in-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/26/6-needs-for-a-better-education-system-in-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Principals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South African Education System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Friedman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Friedman&#8217;s book &#8216;That Used to Be Us &#8211; What Went Wrong with America &#8211; and How it Can Come Back&#8217; is a mine of useful information regarding topics from corporate hubris to national education. Of particular interest are his thoughts on the American education system and how he feels there are 6 points which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purpose: The Search for Strategic Alignment</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/23/purpose-the-search-for-strategic-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/23/purpose-the-search-for-strategic-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikos Mourkogiannis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Laburn International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic aligment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those organizations that I have consulted to, you will know that I have been very strong on pushing organizations to understand why they exist. There is a constant need for companies to really focus on their purpose and values and to try and create the ethos of the company. The model which we draw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Low Wage &#8211; High Skilled Worker</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/17/a-new-normal-low-wage-high-skilled-worker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/17/a-new-normal-low-wage-high-skilled-worker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Wage High Skilled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professionals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.petelaburn.com/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty, even ten years ago the traditional mantra of the working world was that if you were highly skilled &#8211; you were highly paid. Fast forward to the world of today and something completely different appears to be happening wherein we are being introduced to a Low Wage / High Skilled worker. Professional around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With Cellphones</title>
		<link>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/13/the-problem-with-cellphones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petelaburn.com/index.php/2012/01/13/the-problem-with-cellphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategic Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Toffler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cellphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Kline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Sessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time to think]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have typically started off many of my strategic facilitations with the following video: The video serves not only to show people how blinkered they can be when focused on a specific task, but it also provides a humorous way to set the tone of a day long session. Usually more than 50% of the [...]]]></description>
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