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		<title>Leaders Needed, Not Methodologies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I met Robby Slaughter while participating in the Indianapolis Productivity Summit.&#160; It was a day well spent! A blog post on his site expressed some poignant wisdom.&#160; I paraphrase… All theories of improvement and quality control have upsides and downsides.&#160; No perfect methodology exists.&#160; Competent and dedicated leadership is what is needed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last month I met Robby Slaughter while participating in the Indianapolis Productivity Summit.&#160; It was a day well spent!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slaughterdevelopment.com/2009/04/23/putting-theory-into-practice/">A blog post</a> on his site expressed some poignant wisdom.&#160; I paraphrase…</p>
<p><em>All theories of improvement and quality control have upsides and downsides.&#160; No perfect methodology exists.&#160; Competent and dedicated leadership is what is needed to transform an organization.</em></p>
<p>That’s good stuff!</p>

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