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		<title>Gmail Team Offers Lessons on Innovation, Project Management</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/gmail-team-offers-lessons-on-innovation-project-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article, originally posted by Steve Myers on E-Media Tidbits, provides practical innovation-boosting team-management experiences from the front-line staff at Google.
A continuing theme for business is figuring out how to foster innovation. A team of Google employees shared some thoughts the South by Southwest Interactive Conference about how they create and improve upon services such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deutsche Telekom introduces quota for women executives</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/deutsche-telekom-introduces-quota-for-women-executives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here.
Europe&#8217;s biggest telecommunications group, Deutsche Telekom, said Monday it would introduce a 30-percent quota for women in senior positions by the end of 2015.
It is the first company listed on Germany&#8217;s DAX index of blue-chip stocks to take such a stand, and the measure concerns upper and middle management positions, a statement said.
&#8220;Having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Survive Your Survival</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/how-to-survive-your-survival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer-driven effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bidiversity.com/?p=1847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What are the keys to successfully shifting into growth mode following the recession? In an article originally published in Industry Week, Cory VanBuskirk, President, CVB Consulting Group highlights the key steps.
Here&#8217;s the good news: So far, you&#8217;ve been able to survive one of the worst economic downturns in history. Before you congratulate yourself, you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive decisions: Australia&#8217;s lack of Women in the Boardroom</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/executive-decisions-australias-lack-of-women-in-the-boardroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/executive-decisions-australias-lack-of-women-in-the-boardroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belief barrier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, originally published in The Age, Lucinda Schmidt highlights the key issues impacting Australia&#8217;s lack of gender diversity in the boardroom and the imminent legislative changes about to become the catalyst and driver behind redressing this issue.
For women, it&#8217;s harder than ever to rise to the top of corporate Australia &#8211; but things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows Women Leaders more Resilient than Men</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/study-shows-women-leaders-more-resilient-than-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/study-shows-women-leaders-more-resilient-than-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accenture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Ioannidis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Leaders and Resilience: Perspectives from the C-Suite]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bidiversity.com/?p=1837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Christina Ioannidis, Founder of bidiversity and CEO of Aquitude.
According to a new study by Accenture, resilience – or the ability to overcome challenges and turn them into opportunities – has been deemed as critical in the business world. Readers of my blog will be aware of my personal story, one tarnished with double redundancy [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/co-creation-initiatives-from-bmw-and-3m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/diversity-of-thought-does-lead-to-innovation-but-where-should-ideas-come-from/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/diversity-of-thought-does-lead-to-innovation-but-where-should-ideas-come-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/03/boost-your-employees-engagement-the-entrepreneurial-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strengths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bidiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherie Blair Foundation for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[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>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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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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