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		<description><![CDATA[Founded by David Norton and Robert Kaplan, The Balanced Scorecard Management System has been heralded as a transformational business tool for the past 20 years. The short version? The Balanced Scorecard management system essentially ties day-to-day activities or short-term actions &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2010/04/06/biv-boardroom-strategy-building-a-better-company-using-the-balanced-scorecard-approach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&#038;blog=4482048&#038;post=925&#038;subd=mikedesjardins&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At ViRTUS our Wildly Courageous Decision (WCD) is to become the Apple of the consulting world.  I&#8217;ve been asked numerous times to go into more detail about the process of defining a WCD. First off, the Wildly Courageous Decision is &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2009/04/14/what-is-a-wildly-courageous-decision/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&#038;blog=4482048&#038;post=492&#038;subd=mikedesjardins&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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