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		<title>That Demon Bonus Made Me Do It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Mintzberg&#8217;s recent Wall Street Journal article regarding executive bonuses has brought forth some assertive and vocal commentary from Journal readership and those in our own Lean Community as well.  Both the  LeanBlog  and  Evolving Excellence  present interesting and complementary points of view. &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/that-demon-bonus-made-me-do-it">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sick Sigma&#8230; a tongue-in-cheek perspective from across the pond</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted yesterday by John Moe who is currently Head of Business Consulting at Alphacourt Limited in the UK.    I&#8217;ve been following his posts for a while now and would classify a number of them as &#8220;seriously brilliant.&#8221;    John, I know &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/sick-sigma-a-tounge-in-cheek-perspective-from-across-the-pond">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Deep Lean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest posting by Andrew Dillon Extraordinary times call on us to look again to the core of the Toyota revolution and how we can make it our own Strange things happen in a crisis. Consider, for example, that some &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Respect for People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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