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		<title>Idea Innovation-Making the Shift from Creativity to Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At ThoughtOffice, we've made a real emphasis on helping users move from "idea hamsters" to producers.  Why?  Because in the real world, it's APPLIED CREATIVITY that moves us forward.  Now, this is not being critical of true artists. People who have the freedom to create with no end game in sight are great.  But in my world, we have to create something of value that people will exchange for some other value (money, for instance).]]></description>
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		<title>BusinessWeek.com Gets Smart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very cool. Our very own ThoughtOffice was mentioned in a recent blog on BusinessWeek.com by Dr. Richard Mammone of Rutgers University.  Dr. Mammone's blog post is entitled "Humility and the Successful Startup", and he offers a number of useful suggestions to budding entrepreneurs.]]></description>
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		<title>An Innovation in Online Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's post is about a new launch we've been working on for well over a year now... some say since 1998.  It's not about brainstorming... but it IS an innovation. And it took plenty of brainstorming to pull it together.]]></description>
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		<title>An Hour in the Shower&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shower is such a natural place to brainstorm. The pink noise (see the video for Kaki King's rendition of that sound... brilliant!), the cocoon-like warmth, the echoes, the absence of digital media to distract us.  My greatest challenge has been remembering and then capturing shower brainstorms so they could actually be put into action.]]></description>
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		<title>An Answer to Cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creativity and innovation come from asking all sorts of questions. Either previously unasked, or just asked from a fresh perspective.]]></description>
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