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		<title>Watch out for the lifestyle expat</title>
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The lifesytle expat is a sign of times, their existence is a logical necessity; they are the byproducts of flawed views and the corresponding thinking that are prevalent in the corporate world, which promotes arrogance and infantile behavior and necessarily divides employees into cynics and idiots.
The lifestyle expat may be best described by one word: entitlement.
They are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1476</link>
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		<title>Is an agent&#8217;s network really that valuable?</title>
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Excerpt from the upcoming book: The funny business of executive search
Search guys’ networks maybe large but it doesn’t mean that they are valuable for clients or potential candidates. This is logical since agents benefit more from their network than their network from them; and when we look at search guys specifically, who are after people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1467</link>
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		<title>What would happen if executive search disappeared?</title>
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Excerpt from the upcoming book: the Funny business of executive search 
According to the association of executive search firms the global search business is about $7B. This maybe less than Google’s payroll. Small of course does not mean insignificant or unimportant. In fact: the more elitist a business is the smaller it should remain – at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1457</link>
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		<title>Loudmouthing</title>
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We learn stuff: in schools, courses, conferences, from reading and conversations. Then we repeat.
This is bad enough but it gets worse: whoever repeats stuff louder is considered to be better. If on top of this all somebody is also more aggressive, she&#8217;s often considered to be a &#8220;leader&#8221; &#8211; most careers have been built on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1441</link>
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		<title>Blackberry. Would you buy anything from this guy?</title>
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Stephen Bates is the managing director of Blackberry Europe.
He&#8217;s making a name for himself for acting at interviews like a&#8230;how to say it correctly politically&#8230;let&#8217;s just say like somebody without any authority at all.
If you haven&#8217;t haven&#8217;t seen any of these interviews yet, the bottom line is that the reporter asks him a semi-tough question, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1426</link>
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		<title>Burning illusions and starting afresh</title>
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When BNP Paribas terminated withdrawals from three hedge funds citing &#8220;a complete evaporation of liquidity&#8221; on August 7th, 2007, it didn&#8217;t have the slightest effect on employees anywhere. Business was booming and companies were recording record performance.
Things were different in September, 2008: higher level employees like CEOs, general managers, managing directors and others in strategic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1412</link>
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		<title>Why the wise guys don&#8217;t need an iPad</title>
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There is still a lot of discussion going on about our constant access to information and if it makes us smarter or stupider. I think raising the question like this completely misses the point. Everybody knows that access to data or information has nothing to do with being smart or stupid. The confusion about this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1396</link>
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		<title>Could corporate media be the answer to life, universe and everything?</title>
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I have just read an interesting piece on zdnet from Tom Foremski about corporate media and it helped me see a couple of things about journalism based media in a brand new context.
I have had tons of conversations with clients in the print media space as well as with other consultants trying to figure out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1377</link>
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		<title>Things that happen when you start acting rational</title>
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Yes, yes: we are irrational: we know this, but hey: this is life.
There is ALWAYS A VERY GOOD REASON behind 200 pairs of shoes in the wardrobe, behind hiring 53 highly compliant kids from Deloitte without life or any other experience but PP skills to &#8220;transform&#8221; our nation wide retail banking operation, to finish off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1362</link>
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		<title>10 negative aspects of modern mass sports</title>
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1. It sets an illusion as a purpose to pursue:  MORE (higher, faster, stronger, etc.).
2. Modern sports fit the tendency of progressivism which assumes that with time things improve unavoidably. False principles (illusions) always birth corruption.  To maintain the illusion of “more” on the physical plane, the agents of sports introduced progressive moves: doping is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://prakhsis.com/blog/?p=1321</link>
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