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		<title>How to Get Emails Instantaneously On Your BlackBerry</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/06/15/how-to-get-emails-instantaneously-on-your-blackberry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using a BlackBerry for many years now.  It has always annoyed me that it takes 15 minutes for emails to arrive when using a pop3 email account.  Today I figured out a way to get all emails on my BB instantaneously, even when using a pop3 account and not using a BlackBerry Enterprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting A Good Seat on a Plane</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/05/15/getting-a-good-seat-on-a-plane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a frequent traveler, I am always looking for creative ways to get the best seat on a plane.
Because of the extra leg room, the obvious selections are the exit rows.  That is, IF your seat reclines.  If there are two exit rows next to each other (e.g., rows 10 and 11), the first one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Companies to Work For</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/01/22/best-companies-to-work-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Magazine released their list of the top companies to work for.
#1 on the list is the 7,000 person data storage company, NetApp.  They have some great business philosophies that show they treat employees like owners of the company &#8211; a key to creating a truly innovation organization.
The article says&#8230;
NetApp early on ditched a travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Déjà vu All Over Again</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/10/20/deja-vu-all-over-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/10/20/deja-vu-all-over-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s an excerpt from a magazine I have.  The title is: A Gloomy Feeling
Wall Street was baffled. The market’s 18-month slide had brutally bent the Dow-Jones graph, ending with one of the worst one-day drops. The dollar loss on paper was actually three times greater than that of the ’29 crash.
The market’s prolonged drop has reflected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Manage Your Innovation Pipeline</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/09/22/how-do-you-manage-you-innovation-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/09/22/how-do-you-manage-you-innovation-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I work with large organizations, they have sophisticated tools and processes for managing their innovation pipeline.  Well, at least some do.
But how do YOU manage YOUR innovation pipeline?  OK, for simplicity sake, you can just call it your &#8221;to-do&#8221; list.
I have so many different projects and ideas that I am working on at any given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 90 Minute Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/08/20/the-90-minute-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous blog entry, I wrote about my “30 day challenge.” The purpose of that was to disconnect you from email. Well, today I have a new – yet shorter – challenge. It only takes 90 minutes.
I live near the ocean, and when I am home (which is not often), I like to walk the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B2B vs B2C Innovation</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/08/19/b2b-vs-b2c-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/08/19/b2b-vs-b2c-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just had a conversation with a consulting firm that specializes in B2C innovation. Now they are being asked to do some B2B innovation. They asked me, “What&#8217;s the difference between innovation in a B2B and a B2C environment?”
Although in many respects, the innovation efforts are similar, there are quite a few differences which are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before You Can Multiply, You Must First Learn to Divide</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/07/30/before-you-can-multiply-you-must-first-learn-to-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/07/30/before-you-can-multiply-you-must-first-learn-to-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While in Asia, I heard a great expression, &#8220;Before You Can Multiply, You Must First Learn to Divide.&#8221;  I now find myself using this saying nearly every day.
The idea is that if you want to grow your business, you must learn to partner with others &#8211; and give them a slice.  This means you take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Things You Can Do To Save Your Job&#8230; Or Create a New One</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/07/25/7-things-you-can-do-to-save-your-job-or-create-a-new-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/07/25/7-things-you-can-do-to-save-your-job-or-create-a-new-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAVORITES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Last night I was on &#8220;The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch&#8221; on CNBC.  I was there to discuss how to save your job during a down economy.  I had a number of tips prepared, but due to limited time, I was only able to give 2. 
Here are my 7 &#8220;big ideas&#8221; for saving your job or creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Lists</title>
		<link>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/06/11/blog-lists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steveshapiro.com/2008/06/11/blog-lists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Shapiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you don&#8217;t already have enough to read&#8230;. 
Here are two lists with hundreds of great blogs you should consider reading.  My website has been selected for both, so I am slighly biased&#8230;
HR World&#8217;s The Top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs That All Managers Should Bookmark
David Zinger&#8217;s Favorite 300 Blogs

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