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		<title>10 Signs That Your Business Is Mired in Bureaucracy</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/05/11/10-signs-that-your-business-is-mired-in-bureaucracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 03:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer centric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Kelley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Catmull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-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/2016/05/bureaucracy-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-450x300.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;If we sense that our structures are rigid, inflexible, or bureaucratic, we must bust them open &#8211; without destroying ourselves in the process.&#8221; &#8211; Ed Catmull To be successful in today&#8217;s highly competitive marketplace, your business must be flexible, innovative and customer friendly. Businesses that are inflexible and difficult to do business with are destined [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/05/11/10-signs-that-your-business-is-mired-in-bureaucracy/">10 Signs That Your Business Is Mired in Bureaucracy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-300x200.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/2016/05/bureaucracy-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bureaucracy-450x300.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;If we sense that our structures are rigid, inflexible, or bureaucratic, we must bust them open &#8211; without destroying ourselves in the process.&#8221; &#8211; Ed Catmull To be successful in today&#8217;s highly competitive marketplace, your business must be flexible, innovative and customer friendly. Businesses that are inflexible and difficult to do business with are destined [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/05/11/10-signs-that-your-business-is-mired-in-bureaucracy/">10 Signs That Your Business Is Mired in Bureaucracy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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		<title>How To Thrive In A World Of Ambiguity</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/23/how-to-thrive-in-a-world-of-ambiguity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[definition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dragon pit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Neumeier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve B Sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ambiguous-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" /><p>If you are like most people, ambiguity is extremely uncomfortable and is something to be avoided whenever possible. Most of us find the lack of definition and lack of boundaries associated with ambiguity a little scary so we attempt to get definitions and boundaries set as quickly as possible. This reduces our personal stress level [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/23/how-to-thrive-in-a-world-of-ambiguity/">How To Thrive In A World Of Ambiguity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ambiguous-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" /><p>If you are like most people, ambiguity is extremely uncomfortable and is something to be avoided whenever possible. Most of us find the lack of definition and lack of boundaries associated with ambiguity a little scary so we attempt to get definitions and boundaries set as quickly as possible. This reduces our personal stress level [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/23/how-to-thrive-in-a-world-of-ambiguity/">How To Thrive In A World Of Ambiguity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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		<title>How To Be A Connector Of Unconnected Ideas</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/09/how-to-be-a-connector-of-unconnected-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divergent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erwin McManus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galileo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Neumeier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shailene Woodley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socrates]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="240" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DivergentThinking1-300x240.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/2014/09/DivergentThinking1-300x240.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DivergentThinking1.jpg 340w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Are you a divergent thinker? Most of us have heard of the movie “Divergent” which was released in 2014. It is about a girl (played by Shailene Woodley) who grew up in a post apocalyptic world that was segregated into five factions. Each faction had a distinct role to fill in the “new world” and everyone [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/09/how-to-be-a-connector-of-unconnected-ideas/">How To Be A Connector Of Unconnected Ideas</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="240" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DivergentThinking1-300x240.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/2014/09/DivergentThinking1-300x240.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DivergentThinking1.jpg 340w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Are you a divergent thinker? Most of us have heard of the movie “Divergent” which was released in 2014. It is about a girl (played by Shailene Woodley) who grew up in a post apocalyptic world that was segregated into five factions. Each faction had a distinct role to fill in the “new world” and everyone [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/10/09/how-to-be-a-connector-of-unconnected-ideas/">How To Be A Connector Of Unconnected Ideas</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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		<title>The Secret of Original Thinking</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/09/12/the-secret-of-original-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert Von Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theodore H White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-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/2014/08/Thinking-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-450x300.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking.jpg 1125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Albert Von Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt This is a profound statement with profound implications. Seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought! Think of the impact you could have in the world if you were to able to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/09/12/the-secret-of-original-thinking/">The Secret of Original Thinking</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-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/2014/08/Thinking-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking-450x300.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Thinking.jpg 1125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Albert Von Szent-Gyorgyi Nagyrapolt This is a profound statement with profound implications. Seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought! Think of the impact you could have in the world if you were to able to [&#8230;]</p>
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