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	<description>Getting ahead with CAE, direct modeling, and creative engineering</description>
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		<title>Book review: A Whole New Mind</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2010/04/27/dan-pink-a-whole-new-mind/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=dan-pink-a-whole-new-mind</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick review of Dan Pink's book about turning to your right brain in the era of Asia, Abundance, and Automation.]]></description>
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		<title>3D Direct Modeling is not the disruptive innovation</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/11/28/direct-modeling-disruptive-technology/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=direct-modeling-disruptive-technology</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of talk about Direct or Explicit Modeling being the next big thing. I disagree. The "Citizen Designer" is far more compelling.]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of two Aberdeen reports</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/10/15/aberdeen-conceptual-modeling/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=aberdeen-conceptual-modeling</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little rant about misleading findings (my opinion) in a recent Aberdeen Group report on "Product Design Made Easy."]]></description>
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		<title>3D Direct Modeling: Clarity from Brown and Christensen</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/07/23/jim-brown-spaceclaim/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=jim-brown-spaceclaim</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Brown writes an excellent (and accurate) article about SpaceClaim's intent to shake up the industry in order to help customers find more profit. Also, a timely new "dots presentation" about disruptive technologies. Hmm...]]></description>
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		<title>Change the inertia of your corporate engineering culture</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/06/24/change-the-inertia-of-your-corporate-engineering-culture/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=change-the-inertia-of-your-corporate-engineering-culture</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a cool, quick video illustrating how corporate inertia stifles innovation. I see this a lot when presenting the previously unknown category of 3D Direct Modeling software tools.]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization, engineering, and conspiracy theories</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/01/16/globalization-engineering-and-conspiracy-theories/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=globalization-engineering-and-conspiracy-theories</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/01/16/globalization-engineering-and-conspiracy-theories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huge chunks of many business are being outsourced. Work teams are increasingly global, and connected only through the internet. What will this trend mean for CAD? What will it mean for you? I think we all have to stop wishfully fighting the inevitable, and start finding ways to embrace the realities of a new world.]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Yares on getting smart</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/12/10/evan-yares-on-getting-smart/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=evan-yares-on-getting-smart</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/12/10/evan-yares-on-getting-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evan Yares humerously showcases the lack of 3D usage throughout the wider engineering process &#038; team in most companies. He discusses how a new generation of 3D tools based on direct modeling is here to offer new opportunity in that void.
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		<title>Are you in the military supply chain? Want to stay there?</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/24/are-you-in-the-military-supply-chain-want-to-stay-there/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-you-in-the-military-supply-chain-want-to-stay-there</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/24/are-you-in-the-military-supply-chain-want-to-stay-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better get your thermals straight if you want to stay competitive with military products.]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing your soul</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=outsourcing-your-soul</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Upfront Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing can make a lot of sense in the current business climate. I think there is a limit, though. Are you thinking of firing all your engineers and moving all your product expertise overseas?]]></description>
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		<title>Upfront CFD: the antidote for engineering apathy</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/02/28/upfront-cfd-the-antidote-for-engineering-apathy/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=upfront-cfd-the-antidote-for-engineering-apathy</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/02/28/upfront-cfd-the-antidote-for-engineering-apathy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying Upfront]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to retain the creative engineering fire for those on your team past the age of 30.]]></description>
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