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      <image:title>Blog - one grand gesture - Whether it is a surprise day off for your staff, an unexpected lunch, or anything that shows appreciation for your team, one grand gesture is all it takes to shift the organization and begin to overcome negative organizational inertia.</image:title>
      <image:caption>But why stop there? You can extend this idea of surprise and appreciation to your clients, prospects, or valued relationships. Everyone expects gifts and cards during the holiday season, especially Christmas. But what if you bought lunch for your client's office on a random Tuesday? Or put a discount on a random invoice every month?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - ten futile workplace clichés - "work smarter, not harder” "ask for forgiveness, not permission” "failure is not an option” "think outside the box" "eat your own dog food" "do not reinvent the wheel” "paradigm shift" "step up to the plate" "at the end of the day" "put lipstick on a pig"</image:title>
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      <image:caption>I am inherently lazy (like most humans) I like categorization (like most humans) I don't like dealing with my email (like most humans)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The episode "Darmok" (which premiered in 1991) of Star Trek: The Next Generation is an excellent example of the Narrative Paradigm showing the power of narratives to create shared understanding between beings of vastly different backgrounds.</image:caption>
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