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		<title>AUGUST THINKSPOT:Let&#8217;s move the summer holiday to June</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking out my office window across the bay at beautiful Barry Island, and what should be a beach crowded with holidaymakers is now, at this precise moment, largely deserted &#8211; because of awful August  weather here in the UK. I know the comedian Billly Connolly said that there is no such thing as bad weather, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup provides a great opportunity for your creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The forthcoming World Cup is an outstanding opportunity to boost your creativity and come up with great new ideas according to a leading creative thinktank.



The feast of football can be harnessed as a carnival for personal creativity claims the Flexible Thinking Forum, and is providing an 11 point gameplan to help armchair fans be more creative during the tournament.]]></description>
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		<title>Election special: Not asking the right questions, the Jedward factor, Aversive Tories, and getting the politicians we deserve.</title>
		<link>http://www.flexiblethinkingforum.org.uk/election-special-not-asking-the-right-questions-the-jedward-factor-aversive-tories-and-getting-the-politicians-we-deserve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 08:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the election this week we have seen a display by various political parties to demonstrate their differences and how they offer the best choice.

I was just wondering if we have gone about this the wrong way. Rather than initially highlight the points of difference should we not at first examine what they all have in common.

A complaint about this so-called ‘most exciting election for years’ is that it isn’t. 

There appears a remarkable disinterest among the general public, marked by an inability to mark any real difference between the different parties. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Pope launching a condom, and a bun in the oven; Let’s get real about IdeaPoo</title>
		<link>http://www.flexiblethinkingforum.org.uk/the-pope-launching-a-condom-and-a-bun-in-the-oven-let%e2%80%99s-get-real-about-ideapoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I initially had a good laugh about the story of the embarrassment caused by UK Foreign Office document on the forthcoming visit in September by the Pope to Britain. 

The report contained ideas for the Pope to launch a new ‘Benedict’ condom, visits to abortion clinic and blessing a gay marriage.

But then I got annoyed, even angry, that the media – and the wider world – is promoting ignorance of the creative process.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t throw the brainstorming out with the bathwater</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News that a study by Texas A&#38;M University that brainstorming could be counter-productive is welcome in at least bringing the subject of how you go about creating ideas under the spotlight. The real fundamental is that a vast majority of people don’t know how to manage getting the most out of their creativity and when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Stupid Aid Day’ on April 1st</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rather appropriate that ‘Stupid Aid Day’ is on Thursday April 1st- - and offers all of us the chance stupidity in the world at large.

By stupidity we don’t mean low intelligence but rather the bureaucratic, ‘the Computer says No’ moments and other examples of stupidity in the world - whether it is the global financial crisis or the latest example of ‘healthandsafetyitus’.

If you have an example of stupid thinking please let us know at our special campaign web site, www.stupidaid.com.

This is not about making fun of people (although some may deserve it) rather it is about providing practical help to tackle the pressures of modern life.

My book ’Overcoming Stupidity’ contains advice to help anyone wanting to stand up to unhelpful telephone call centres, bureaucracy gone mad, or when confronted with unhelpful ‘jobsworths’.
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		<title>Charging for seat choice – the real issues of heightism and headline-salami pricing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The furore in the news over British Airways implementing a charge of up to £60 for choosing your seat on a flight has overlooked two key issues. The first, is one very close to home to me. I do a lot of travelling, particularly through work. Now, people who know me will hopefully vouch that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kebabonomics</title>
		<link>http://www.flexiblethinkingforum.org.uk/kebabonomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend of mine teased me about the extra mural activity at the notorious West Ham v Millwall game last week, and included a quote from an eye witness to the unfortunate events.

'A 29-year-old owner of a kebab shop said he closed his premises in nearby Green Street for two hours. He said: "All hell broke loose - it was very frightening.”'

Now, in my new book I have created the term ‘kebabonomics’ to describe commercial enterprises which seemed to flourish, or at least surface and survive, in the least attractive of social environments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu – and what to do</title>
		<link>http://www.flexiblethinkingforum.org.uk/swine-flu-%e2%80%93-and-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to speak at two NHS conferences recently relating to swine flu. Certainly, there is a fear of an almost Tsunami-like deluge of public concern, media overkill, and bombardment from so many different directions – which can all overload and overwhelm the hard-working network communications professionals. Putting the issue into context, I depicted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a great man?</title>
		<link>http://www.flexiblethinkingforum.org.uk/what-makes-a-great-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This may sound like a cliché but the world of football was united in its grief and sadness in response to the death last week of Sir Bobby Robson, the former England manager. His track record was outstanding: almost getting England to a World Cup Final in 1986 and 1990, European success for unfashionable Ipswich [...]]]></description>
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