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		<title>Mormons Are Not The Borg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mormons are not The Borg.&#8221; That&#8217;s what Matthew Bowman answered (author of the new book The Mormon People) when I asked him a couple of weeks ago what was the most common misperception about Mormons. I was at a talk/signing &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/02/06/mormons-are-not-the-borg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=516&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Good Manager, Not a Bad Novelist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Be a Good Manager, Not a Bad Novelist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I talk to well-meaning folk, even friends, who will say something to me like: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to host a morale-building session with my team tomorrow night.&#8221;  Or maybe you&#8217;ve been in a situation where a manager comes up to &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/01/31/be-a-good-manager-not-a-bad-novelist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=513&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Ain&#8217;t What It Used To be</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading a great book the last couple of weeks, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kanehan. (I read books like I watch TV, I dip in and out, watching (or reading) several things at one time.) I recommend &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/01/02/thinking-aint-what-it-used-to-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=460&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling Republican Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Culled from Headlines: Mitt calls Newt Zany Newt calls Romney Liberal Newt calls himself a Real Politik Wilsonian Bachman calls Newt Frugal Socialist Paul Calls Bachman an Idiot Paul calls Newt an Idiot Paul calls Perry a Cheerleader Paul calls &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2011/12/15/calling-republican-candidates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=457&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Jobs: Good or Bad Rebel?</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2011/11/25/steve-jobs-good-or-bad-rebel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>recoveringfed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifty years from now, I’m sure Steve Jobs will still be seen as one of the great business leaders of the 20th century.* But I bet the jury will still be out as to whether he was a good rebel &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2011/11/25/steve-jobs-good-or-bad-rebel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=349&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2011/10/30/were-all-in-the-same-bathtub/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>recoveringfed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was much younger, 34 years ago, I ended up having to take Economics 101, 102 before I could start graduate school. I was in the DC area, poor (in the way college kids are poor, which is different &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2011/10/30/were-all-in-the-same-bathtub/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=346&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On CIA, typewriters, and sensemaking</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2011/09/20/on-cia-typewriters-and-sensemaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my guest blog post on IBM&#8217;s Smarter Planet blog.  http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2011/09/10766.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=343&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish Insights</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2011/09/16/turkish-insights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my 8th day in Turkey, a country I had not been to until now. (I’ve had the good fortune to visit much of the world, with the exception of Latin America and Asia, which are underrepresented in my &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2011/09/16/turkish-insights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=339&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Government: the Worst of Both Worlds</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2011/07/29/americas-government-the-worst-of-both-worlds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s wrong with America&#8217;s government? Essentially we have evolved into a leaderless Parliamentary system, which is the worst of both worlds. I had an extended conversation today with two individuals who are expert practitioners of American politics. I can&#8217;t say &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2011/07/29/americas-government-the-worst-of-both-worlds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&amp;blog=12269235&amp;post=334&amp;subd=recoveringfed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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