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		<title>Blue Ocean Shift</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/06/11/blue-ocean-shift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiate]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Blue Ocean Shift Beyond Competing by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Shift is the second book in the &#8220;Blue Ocean journey&#8221; for Kim and Mauborgne. Here they expand on the concepts defined and outlined in Blue Ocean Strategy published in 2005. It is easy to [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Blue Ocean Shift Beyond Competing by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Shift is the second book in the &#8220;Blue Ocean journey&#8221; for Kim and Mauborgne. Here they expand on the concepts defined and outlined in Blue Ocean Strategy published in 2005. It is easy to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>The Four</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/04/16/the-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FaceBook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>This week’s book summary is The Four by Scott Galloway. Although I may not completely agree with Galloway&#8217;s perspective in this book, he provides a combination of solid research and cynical humor to paint a picture of how a few companies are reinventing the world as we know it. His detailed study of Amazon, Apple, [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week’s book summary is The Four by Scott Galloway. Although I may not completely agree with Galloway&#8217;s perspective in this book, he provides a combination of solid research and cynical humor to paint a picture of how a few companies are reinventing the world as we know it. His detailed study of Amazon, Apple, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>The Secret to Being Excellent</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/07/19/the-secret-to-being-excellent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excellent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="111" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-300x111.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-300x111.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-768x283.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-1030x380.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-760x280.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-518x191.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-82x30.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-600x221.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Excellence in your business is critical to business success and longevity. Without excellence your business becomes just another business in a sea of businesses. Without excellence your business will fade into mediocrity and commoditization . . . which is the race to extinction! Conversely, excellence will differentiate you and your business. Excellence will open up [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="111" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-300x111.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-300x111.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-768x283.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-1030x380.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-760x280.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-518x191.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-82x30.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent-600x221.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/excellent.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Excellence in your business is critical to business success and longevity. Without excellence your business becomes just another business in a sea of businesses. Without excellence your business will fade into mediocrity and commoditization . . . which is the race to extinction! Conversely, excellence will differentiate you and your business. Excellence will open up [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How To Build A Business Without A Perfect Product</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/07/12/how-to-build-a-business-without-a-perfect-product/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimal viable product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MVP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start up]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Most business owners understand that they need to create a differentiated, high-quality product or service to be successful in today&#8217;s marketplace. However, many businesses derail because they are trying to create a &#8220;perfect&#8221; product. Perfectionism causes them to either never launch or launch too late to capture the market they are after. Worse yet, many companies [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/perfect.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Most business owners understand that they need to create a differentiated, high-quality product or service to be successful in today&#8217;s marketplace. However, many businesses derail because they are trying to create a &#8220;perfect&#8221; product. Perfectionism causes them to either never launch or launch too late to capture the market they are after. Worse yet, many companies [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How to Become an Effective and Focused Business Leader</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/05/31/how-to-become-an-effective-and-focused-business-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools and Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plan]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-35x35.jpg 35w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-760x760.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-82x82.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-600x600.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Every business leader must have a rock solid organizational system in place so that they can lead a differentiated business. Failure to differentiate yourself results in a race for the bottom! In a last week&#8217;s post I wrote about how a differentiated leader must have instant access to all of their past and current business [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-35x35.jpg 35w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-760x760.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-82x82.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/strat-600x600.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Every business leader must have a rock solid organizational system in place so that they can lead a differentiated business. Failure to differentiate yourself results in a race for the bottom! In a last week&#8217;s post I wrote about how a differentiated leader must have instant access to all of their past and current business [&#8230;]</p>
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