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		<title>How to Survive a Layoff (according to me)</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/layoff-survival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author talks about his experiences of recovering from unexpected career setbacks and provides a set of principles to help the reader survive and thrive in adverse employment situations.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=401&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Macrowikinomics Book Review</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/macrowikinomics-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[openness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Tapscott and co-author Anthony Williams suggest Wikinomics derives from five general principles: openness, collaboration, integrity, interdependence and sharing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=391&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Big Short</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/book-review-the-big-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ponzi scheme that became the financial meltdown of 2008 and almost led to a second Great Depression is thoroughly and lucidly described in The Big Short by Michael Lewis. The author carefully and systematically retells the story of how greed led to stupidity and the eventual bursting of the largest financial bubble in history. Lewis sums [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=379&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Good to Great</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John reviews his recent read of the Jim Collins book, Good to Great. Learn how disciplined people, thinking and action leads to excellence in business and life.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=370&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time Management 2.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to create a framework, John lays out six basic building blocks to a comprehensive time management system that is devoid of brand names or reliance on technology dependent features and tools.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=364&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/google-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join John as he vents his frustration with Apple, Microsoft and Google in trying to build an effective, inexpensive time management system using technology.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=360&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem with Innovation</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/innovation-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[distance learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem solving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TRIZ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John discusses some observations explaining why innovation in large, complex organizations is difficult to achieve.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=343&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>11 Rules of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/11-rules-of-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a distillation of John's rules for managing one's online persona. These were developed over time and sum up his top recommendations to newbies of social media.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=339&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: A Life at Work</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/life-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John explores some preliminary learnings from reading Thomas Moore's A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=331&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: An Angel Inside</title>
		<link>http://jlmorrispro.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/angel-inside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A review of the audio book, The Angel Inside, by Chris Widener.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jlmorrispro.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6920094&amp;post=322&amp;subd=jlmorrispro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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