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		<title>Dear Senior Minister Iswaran: Innovation is not a &#8220;Strategic Thrust&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning while reading the morning paper, I came across a press coverage of a tourism conference  held recently in Singapore. In the article, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran was quoted saying, &#8220;the tourism industry &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/innovation-is-not-a-strategic-thrust/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=188&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can an Organisation&#8217;s Agenda Co-Exist with its Executives&#8217; Personal One?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a former Oil &#38; Gas industry veteran when he regaled a story that reflected the often conflicting agendas in an organisation. As the head of manufacturing computing, he and his department ran the entire plant computing &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/organisation_agenda_co_exist_with_personal-agenda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=157&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Keys To Organisational Innovation and Inventiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I attended a networking session hosted by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs where the guest speaker -Fredrik Haren- founder of The Interesting Organization- presented an introduction to his new book on &#8220;The Developing World&#8220;. Haren said that &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/five-keys-to-organisations-to-innovation-and-inventiveness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=121&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking The Road Less Travelled</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m currently reading a book written by Gary Erickson, the founder and CEO of Clif Bar &#38; Co. Titled “Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar &#38; Co., Gary shares his experience &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/taking-the-road-less-travelled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=96&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When a &#8220;Goliath&#8221; (Microsoft) is called an underdog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a coincidence! When I posted last week on how being innovative can help businesses be more competitive &#8211; whether they were a &#8220;David&#8221; or &#8220;Goliath&#8221; -type business &#8211; I never thought that I would be able to write a &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/when-a-goliath-microsoft-is-called-an-underdog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=86&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If you want to book an appointment in 2011, please call again in 2011&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I met up with someone important who told me to make an appointment with his office to continue the discussion in detail. So I sent a nice email requesting for one within the following weeks of December. A few &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/please-call-again-in-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=45&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons on innovation from a culinary lecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always believe that we can learn from everything we read, see and encounter. This morning, I came across an article (http://bit.ly/dM0RDt) featuring a lecture at Harvard&#8217;s Science and Cooking symposium where celebrity chef David Chang of Momofuku spoke on &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/lessons-on-innovation-from-a-culinary-lecture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=27&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship is not &#8220;fun and games&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I had lunch at a popular locally owned sandwich place (named after a sausage) in the city. If I remember correctly, this sandwich place started nearly the same time when I started Adonai Group. I was a regular at &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/entrepreneurship-is-not-fun-and-games/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=11&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle/Adonai Group is blogging now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blogging universe has evolved greatly as a communications tools &#8211; for both the individual, and increasingly, for organisations. To be honest, we&#8217;ve held off blogging for so long because we didn&#8217;t know what to say, and who we were &#8230; <a href="http://adonaigroup.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/hello-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=adonaigroup.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18050459&amp;post=1&amp;subd=adonaigroup&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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