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		<title>Contract Scope</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/08/contract-scope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CEO of a company mentioned that she was frustrated with the work product she received from her contractors.  In her case, she required a &#8220;package solution&#8221; and what she received was an idea for packaging.  I asked her if it was a contractual issue and if she could go back to the company as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Reads for August</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/08/good-reads-for-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some articles that I wanted to pass along: From McKinsey: Employees need to know that their bosses have their backs.  Good read, and speaking from experience so true.  An employee cannot grow unless she knows she has support. Why good bosses tune in to their people Looking to expand into the Asian Markets?  Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Situational Awareness for Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/08/situational-awareness-for-best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Berry just did a spot on post regarding best practices, and how they should be approached with caution, and I agree wholeheartedly.  The post reminded me of a phrase I heard constantly when I was consulting with the government, &#8220;situational awareness&#8220;, and I think it is very apropos here.  Situational awareness, as the name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback Loops</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/07/feedback-loops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=1189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything harkens back to communication.  So many times I&#8217;ve been presented with challenges, be it risk, strategy, human resources, or any number of other topics, and the solution frequently boiled down to communications, or more specifically, the lack thereof.  I recently found myself thinking about work, and the lessons around communication that could be applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Reads for Management</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/07/good-reads-for-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=1148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read many different journals and a great deal of valuable content exists out there.  I decided to start highlighting a few of the articles in this blog.  Here is the first few. From MIT &#8211; Sloan Business School Is Decision-Based Evidence Making Necessarily Bad? Some quick takeaways: Management wants fact based decisions, but they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Individual Contributor or Cohesive Team?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=1155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading this great article in Fast Company on Team Coordination is Key in Business by Dan and Chip Heath.  Essentially the article states that while its all well and good to have super star individuals, but if they never have a chance to work together, how will the team deliver?  How good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When an Opportunity becomes an Issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/07/when-an-opportunity-becomes-an-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=1000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do companies prepare for good fortune so they can grab it head on before it,  at best, slips through their fingers, or worse becomes a PR nightmare or the equivalent. Two very similar examples of success gone wrong come to mind. AT&#38;T with the incredible popularity of Apple&#8217;s IPhone Small companies seeking rapid exposure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Velocity &#8211; If You Want Attention Show You are Moving Forward</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/06/velocity-if-you-want-attention-show-you-are-moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=1080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: How do you get the attention of an investor? Answer: Show progress. I recently attended a talk where the speaker, a former VC himself, put progress in terms of physics &#8211; distance over time &#8211; an equation which equals velocity.  It was a great analogy &#8211; showing progress from meeting to meeting with your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Strategy Tool: STEEPLE Analysis</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/05/another-strategy-tool-steeple-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/05/another-strategy-tool-steeple-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SWOT is a tool familiar to a lot of people, but another tool, equally valuable is the STEEPLE Analysis.  They both become more powerful if used in together. STEEPLE (Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic, Political, Legal and Ethical) analysis allow business to anticipate future trends by considering the macro environment in which a company operates, enabling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Competitive Advantage for Investor Funding &#8211; Understanding Their Risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/05/a-competitive-advantage-for-investor-funding-understanding-their-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 22:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an entrepreneur have you ever considered what you look like from an investor&#8217;s perspective?   Investors are constantly seeking to minimize their risk and increase their returns, they&#8217;re investing equity capital, AKA risk capital, and from their perch, they see four types of risk in companies they potentially invest in: market people technology finance [...]]]></description>
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