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		<title>The Opposite of Beauty is Indifference</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a continuing theme of this blog, I want to share the work of two artists who bring both beauty from and insight about our oceans&#8217; treasures. Richard and Judy Lang have collected plastic debris since 1999 from 1000 yards &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You gotta be flexible</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/10/28/you-gotta-be-flexible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law Jinny Combs taught me many things. As one of my most formative bosses, I probably model my leadership style off of hers more than I recognize. I know that I rely on two pieces of constant Jinny advice, &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/10/28/you-gotta-be-flexible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Powered Legacies</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/07/11/wind-powered-legacies-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an avid fan of &#8220;off the wall&#8221; art. I&#8217;d like to share an example with you from the Dutch artist Theo Jansen. I hope you enjoy the video below and that it inspires you to consider what are the &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/07/11/wind-powered-legacies-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Willing to Be Seen?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/04/04/are-you-willing-to-be-seen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of each semester I accept invitations to visit student clubs and selected writing classes to share about our leadership offerings at MSU. During my leadership course pitch I like to ask, “What do you think of when &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/04/04/are-you-willing-to-be-seen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Devil trees and leadership</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/01/18/devil-trees-and-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the holiday break, a contingent of our family stood on a hill overlooking Panama City. As we took in the view, our son Cameron remarked, &#8220;It&#8217;s all about perspective, isn&#8217;t it? I might suffer a terrible death. From a &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/01/18/devil-trees-and-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your job?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/09/17/whats-your-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall term has begun at Montana State University and I am once again teaching two sections of a leadership course I was lucky enough to design. So, Mondays and Wednesdays 30 students and I explore what is leadership and why &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/09/17/whats-your-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>As in soccer, as in life</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/06/27/as-in-soccer-as-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was tracking the World Cup statistics from FIFA.com, I found myself recalling a local soccer match I had watched with my mother a few weeks ago. Based in California, my OD consultant mum was in town for the &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/06/27/as-in-soccer-as-in-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intuitive Leadership</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/05/28/intuitive-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been written of late about how intuition plays into strong leadership. For example, Malcolm Gladwell, in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, describes how our initial split second assessment of a situation often yields better results than &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/05/28/intuitive-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Weeding One&#8217;s Garden</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/03/28/weeding-ones-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.  ~William Shakespeare The calendar tells me it is spring, but at our home in the foothills of Bozeman, Montana that still equals snow drifts. I shouldn’t complain since my “in town” friends &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/03/28/weeding-ones-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Leadership</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/03/03/defining-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. &#8211; John Quincy Adams I have been spending four days a week talking about leadership with university students since January. This &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/03/03/defining-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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