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		<title>Co-Creation Initiatives from BMW and 3M</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/co-creation-initiatives-from-bmw-and-3m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some great sources of information about innovation online, and the increase of platforms like blogs and Twitter. This article, about what is happening in Germany comes from Stephan Lindegaard. 
The BMW Group has launched the Co-Creation Lab, which is a virtual meeting place for individuals interested in car related topics, eager to share their ideas and opinions on tomorrow’s automotive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity of Thought Does Lead to Innovation, but Where Should Ideas Come From?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from the University of Illinois suggests that business culture steers flow of ideas. While the study finds that companies that focus on technology do better than those who focus on competitors or customer needs, it finds that a diversity of thought that mixes more than one approach will do best.
Though limited in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost your employees&#8217; engagement, the Entrepreneurial Way</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/boost-your-employees-engagement-the-entrepreneurial-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inner Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strengths]]></category>
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By Christina Ioannidis, Founder of bidiversity and CEO of Aquitude.
Entrepreneurs are lucky people. They have a passion, and their work provides such fulfilment, that they can somehow carry on following their dream when the odds are really against them.
In my previous life, I had a retail business in London offering bespoke design services in jewellery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cellphone Gender Gap: Less Wealthy Women Less Likely to Own a Mobile</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/cellphone-gender-gap-less-wealthy-women-less-likely-to-own-a-mobile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/cellphone-gender-gap-less-wealthy-women-less-likely-to-own-a-mobile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cherie Blair Foundation for Women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bidiversity and our founders, Aquitude, were invited to the launch of the  2010 study “Women &#38; Mobile: A Global Opportunity&#8220;. Not surprisingly, if men and women had similar cellphone ownership rates in low and middle income countries, there would be more  cellphones in use.
What is surprising is the figure: women represent a market of 300 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damaged Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/damaged-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/damaged-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Some food for thought in the Washington Post about leadership. They ask : at what point do a leader&#8217;s personal vices begin to undermine effectiveness? Is it better to hide them or acknowledge them?
Barack Obama still sneaks cigarettes. Gordon Brown has a mean temper. Should contemporary leaders try to look flawless. There is a model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profiling Green Moms: What Marketers Need to Know</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/profiling-green-moms-what-marketers-need-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you segment the eco-conscious female consumers? Andrea Learned, thought leader in gender-based consumer behaviour sheds light to this emerging demographic. Originally published at MarketingProfs.com.
Whenever there&#8217;s a significant change in society&#8217;s needs, brands must evolve their products or services to best meet them. That is nothing new, and we are now in the midst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing More with Less: Leadership Lessons from an Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/doing-more-with-less-leadership-lessons-from-an-entrepreneur-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/doing-more-with-less-leadership-lessons-from-an-entrepreneur-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christina Ioannidis, CEO of Aquitude. First published here
With the onset of the financial crisis, the financial world is in turmoil. Redundancies are announced on a daily basis, employees escorted out of corporate premises just as frequently. The corporate bodies are responding in a knee-jerk fashion: ‘let’s cut our losses, let’s get rid of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying the Innovators in your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/02/identifying-the-innovators-in-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying innovators in your organisation can unlock true competitive advantage. In this article, innovation guru Jeffrey Philips outlines the key attributes for the innovators in your business and ways to identify them. First published in the OVO Innovation newsletter. 
Innovation Attributes
For many firms, innovation is a project or initiative that is tacked on to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organisational Restructuring? Ensure you Leverage Diversity of Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/02/organisational-restructuring-ensure-you-leverage-diversity-of-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/02/organisational-restructuring-ensure-you-leverage-diversity-of-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bidiversity.com/?p=1783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, your organisation has a set senior management team, and a concrete workforce. Given recent pressure to downsize, you have just undertaken a cost-cutting exercise and made “excess” staff redundant. In doing so, how did you decide the staff to keep, and the employees to “let go”?
One of the fastest things to happen in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sell New Innovations Without Killing the Excitement</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/02/how-to-sell-new-innovations-without-killing-the-excitement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/02/how-to-sell-new-innovations-without-killing-the-excitement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve got a great innovation on your hands&#8211;a new product or service that is going to change everything. Well, soon you&#8217;ll face your first battle: How to explain the thing. If it&#8217;s new, it&#8217;s going to take some explaining, but long explanations make for lousy marketing. So how do you talk about your innovation [...]]]></description>
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