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		<title>These are the good old days part II!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bounded up the stairs just now at home having returned from the movies alone. At my farewell lunch with colleagues from AUT just before Christmas I was taken to blog about the good old days. Woody Allen&#8217;s Midnight in Paris explores both the glorious beauty of Paris and the good old days. On his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2839&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1984</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight January was both David Bowie&#8217;s and Stephen Hawking&#8217;s birthday. Bowie, who turned 65 had a hit in the 70s 1984 inspired by the George Orwell novel of the same name. An artist of many faces he remains an icon of rock and I&#8217;m happy to have quite a few of his albums in my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2825&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blistering Barnacles! It&#8217;s a new year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have done a fine job with The Adventures of Tintin. Every Tintinophile including me will recognise the mixing and mingling of original stories to create this first of three movies. Some missing bits and some bits merged. The important sentiment and sense that has been Tintin for me for almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2814&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Christchurch Parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I headed off from Mum and Dad&#8217;s place for my last run of the year. You&#8217;d hardly notice it in the car but it&#8217;s downhill towards the city from near Burnside High School. Like a gentle back wind you don&#8217;t really notice it running either, until you turn around. It was a quite a gloomy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2799&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tolerating Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a special time of the year especially if you&#8217;re a child or a grown-up with lovely memories of Christmas. Might be a really big stack of presents around the tree if you had a big family. Might be stories from older siblings about &#8220;hearing&#8221; noises in the night. New things. Special meal. Visiting Dad&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2789&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>These are the good old days!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Insights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Polish clockmaker finally declared Grandma&#8217;s Clock restored after two months and $400. The Chimes are fully wound so there shouldn&#8217;t be too much sleep for the next week or so for anyone in my house! I headed to my farewell lunch at Vivace after collecting the clock. As well as being called a traitor and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2772&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six archive boxes and some certificates</title>
		<link>http://stephendrain.com/2011/12/16/six-archive-boxes-and-some-certificates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loaded them into the car tonight. Almost the end of an era for me. Three years at AUT setting up the Centre for Innovative Leadership, creating programmes with a focus on authenticity and innovation. So many workshops, coaching sessions, client meetings I couldn’t begin to count. Quiet satisfaction of building something. Grief on making [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2762&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A big call</title>
		<link>http://stephendrain.com/2011/12/04/a-big-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We elected a new government last weekend. That was a big call. By collectively voting to return a National-led government we had to give some things away &#8211; the prospect of keeping our government-owned power companies in full public ownership, a tax system that taxed earnings on all capital profits, and raising the minimum wage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2749&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resilient Leadership</title>
		<link>http://stephendrain.com/2011/11/19/resilient-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping my mind healthy and resilient is partly why I run. Today it was the Kerikeri Half Marathon with my friend Mike and I pushed myself a bit, probably to make up for a slow Auckland Marathon three weeks ago. It&#8217;s a largely downhill run so a chance to put the foot down. Enjoyed. I&#8217;ve been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2725&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Legacy</title>
		<link>http://stephendrain.com/2011/11/16/leadership-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We visited Waikumete Cemetery today on the Wisdom Retreat. I wasn&#8217;t sure exactly what we would uncover but putting ourselves in the environment was going to be important in drawing out the nuggets. Projecting ourselves forward to help us look back at what we want to be was powerful.  We visited the Erebus Memorial and the grave of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&amp;blog=8945426&amp;post=2708&amp;subd=stephendrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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