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	<title>Josh Long</title>
	<link>http://joshlong.me</link>
	<description>Innovation + Design + Productivity</description>
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		<title>Solutions Hide in Problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People like to run away from problems. They want to ignore, fear them, and wish them away. I say embrace your problems, love them. Write them down and study them. Focus on your problems, because just below the surface, there are solutions hiding in them.]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/solutions-hide-in-problems/</link>
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		<title>Sticky Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a new name for problems. I call them &#8220;Sticky Points&#8221;. If you are trying to get somewhere or do something inside of your business, it&#8217;s natural for us to think about what we need to do to get there. But what if the answers to &#8220;getting there&#8221; are actually found in what is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/sticky-points/</link>
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		<title>The Value of Ideas vs. Tasks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Henry Ford built his assembly lines he really needed workers. He needed people that would just do what he needed as fast as he needed. Many of our companies still operate like this, but more and more it&#8217;s becoming a terrible model. If all you need is a flock of people to do tasks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/the-value-of-ideas-vs-tasks/</link>
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		<title>Grow Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would happen if you had less clients but a stronger relationship with them? What would happen if you narrowed your niche and product catalog? What would happen if you had fewer people but better, faster, and more potent communication? What would happen if you had shorter meetings with pinpointed focus on great ideas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/grow-down/</link>
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		<title>Take Time to See</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so tempting to just put our heads down and drive away at our businesses. With all of things that we have to manage and all of the day-to-day operations, it&#8217;s easy to forget to take the time for a 30,000 foot view of our business. It&#8217;s hard to find the time to look at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/take-time-to-see/</link>
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		<title>Innovation vs. Optimization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 2 ways of going about improving the performance of your company. Innovation or optimization. Optimization says let&#8217;s constantly improve on what we are already doing. Innovation says let&#8217;s look at what our mission is as a company, and make sure it matches up with giving our customers as much of what they want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/innovation-vs-optimization/</link>
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		<title>Simplexity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simplexity is a word I made up to describe the art of taking complex business structures and making them simple to be more manageable, profitable and open for innovation. There are so many areas and variables in a business that it&#8217;s easy to overlook how disjointed things can become. These areas can mean how we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/simplexity/</link>
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		<title>Go Lite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of businesses that I work with are bogged down in minutiae that is taking away from their lives, their customer&#8217;s experience &#38; the bottom line of their company. There are a few things that companies should do an audit for every few months: Bills &#8211; Overhead is a killer. If you monitor your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/go-lite/</link>
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		<title>The Art of Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dare to be different&#8221;, right? This saying, although a little cliche, would be a good mantra to carry in the back of your mind. The question, &#8220;Why should I buy from you, when I can get it from the other company?&#8221; will no doubt enter the mind of your customers every time they consider buying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/branding/the-art-of-difference/</link>
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		<title>Love the Clueless</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times we spend so much time in our businesses that we forget that not everyone speaks our language. I have a saying, &#8220;Love the Clueless&#8221;, because sometimes the best way to get an objective look at how well you&#8217;re communicating your value is to ask someone that knows nothing about your industry. Show them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://joshlong.me/business-design/love-the-clueless/</link>
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