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Editorial
Transparency: Act One

The word transparency figures prominently in the vocabulary of today’s CEOs and the rest of us worker bees. It has become a battle cry for demanding accountability and making things right. In other circumstances, it quietly directs communication and information exchange among those who recognize the power of inclusion and team-building, be it in business or society.
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News and Upcoming Events

Professional Partner Network

Randy Rollinson, President LBL Strategies, Ltd. announced that Dr. Peter T. Bürgi has become a founding member of LBL’s Professional Partner Network.  The addition of Dr. Bürgi is part of an expansion strategy undertaken by LBL in 2006 to spread the usage of MAPPware 2.2 in the mid-sized business and organization market place.
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Midwest US-China Association

The Chinese are poised to expand internationally and the Midwest US-China Association (MWCA) seeks to promote the 12-state central region of the United States as an investment destination.  China invested almost $7 billion in foreign markets in 2005 and that government has recently predicted that such investments would grow 22% per year and could reach $60 billion by 2010. 
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Book Review
Blue Ocean Strategy

Companies have long engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for differentiation.
Yet in today’s overcrowded industries, competing head-on results in nothing but a bloody “red ocean” of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne contend that while most companies compete within such red oceans, this strategy is increasingly unlikely to create profitable growth in the future.
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