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		<title>The Lost Secrets of High-Performing Teams by Ken Thompson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our willingness to tolerate things in work which we would never tolerate outside work never ceases to amaze me. There are lots of justifications for our unwillingness to question the way we do things here.  It is certainly stressful to challenge well-established but ultimately wasteful professional practices as nobody likes going out on a limb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture for the Little Guys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Culture is one of those things that companies recognize as important, but struggle with knowing how far to take it. Executives admire the idea of having an engaging culture that is unique to them, tying the company together, and creating a barrage of synergy, but to what cost? At what point do we sweep culture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/business/culture-for-the-little-guys/</link>
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		<title>The sensitivity of sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever passed a bag of candy to kids in the back seat of a car with the simple directions &#8220;share&#8221; you will be acutely aware of how difficult this is for human kind. We are all aware of how we could solve many of the world&#8217;s issues today if we chose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New systems are needed to support freedom in the workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The average person spends one third of their life at work and the economy is sustained by their efforts, however many still permit a manager to do their thinking for them. This stems from a philosophy proposed by Frederick W. Taylor in the late 19th century which sought to carefully plan daily tasks for each [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/business/new-systems-are-needed-to-support-freedom-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<title>Brainpark Makes WorldBlu’s 2010 List of Most Democratic Workplaces ™</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jon Motz jon @ brainparkinc.com Brainpark Makes WorldBlu’s 2010 List of Most Democratic Workplaces ™ Alamo, California, United States – April 13, 2010 – Brainpark.com, a leading developer of enterprise social networking software and project collaboration tools, is pleased to announce their inclusion in the 2010 WorldBlu List of Most Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Social Networking Startup Wins Red Herring Global 100 Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brainpark.com, a leading developer of enterprise social networking software and project collaboration tools, has been awarded one of the technology industry&#8217;s most sought-after awards for start-ups; The Red Herring Global 100. Alamo, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2010 &#8211;Brainpark.com, a leading developer of enterprise social networking software and project collaboration tools, has been awarded one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/business/enterprise-social-networking-award/</link>
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		<title>Community Productivity in the Enterprise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us agree with the African proverb that &#8220;it takes a village to raise a child&#8221;. I experienced it growing up in a small village in Ireland called Ballygowan. Everyone knew everyone and it was quite common to get a &#8220;cuff&#8221; on the ear from someone else&#8217;s mother when getting up to no good. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/business/community-productivity-in-the-enterprise/</link>
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		<title>Enterprise 2.0 &#8211; more is not necessarily better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One movie scene most of us will never forget is when Oliver Twist, desperate with hunger, rose from the table and advanced to the master with bowl and spoon in hand to audaciously ask, &#8216;Please, sir, I want some more.&#8217; The carnage that followed all hinged around the shock and repetition of the word &#8216;MORE!&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/business/more/</link>
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		<title>Capitalizing on ‘social intelligence’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology Spotlight just released their 2009 edition called &#8220;Transforming Ideas&#8221;. On page 34 Brydon Gilliss, Brainpark&#8217;s product design manager, reveals his bare feet along with some of what is going on in the Guelph office. Page 35 highlights aspects of how we self-organize ourselves and submit to democratic practices. There are a few facts and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/uncategorized/capitalizing-on-%e2%80%98social-intelligence%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>2009 Tech Impact Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the 2009 Tech Impact Award recipients, recognized for their lasting contributions to the success of the Waterloo Region tech sector: Jim Estill, formerly of Synnex Canada Brydon Gilliss, Brainpark Steve McCartney, formerly of Atria Networks LP]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpark.com/uncategorized/2009-tech-impact-award/</link>
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