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		<title>Why Six Sigma Fails Detroit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan desperately needs innovation to be competitive. When Japan started using Statistical Process Control (SPC) now known as Six Sigma, it was a competitive differentiator. In other words Japanese auto makers used quality and lean process as an innovation. Detroit has been feverishly implementing Six Sigma but they are still losing ground to the Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative to Closing for Legendary Greek Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/03/26/alternative-to-closing-for-legendary-greek-restaurant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 80 year old owner of Detroit&#8217;s oldest Greek restaurant New Hellas Cafe, Gus Anton, is shutting the business down claiming he needs the rest and can&#8217;t keep up with it any more. Surely he deserves to retire after 57 years of running the business his father started in 1901. Unfortunately shutting the business down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Gold in the Closet at the Detroit Economic Club</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2008/02/25/finding-gold-in-the-closet-at-the-detroit-economic-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today when I attended the presentation by Gary Shapiro to the Detroit Economic Club I uncovered opportunities that were being overlooked. Mr. Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronic Association, encouraged Detroit to embrace free trade agreements and use innovation to meet the challenges of increasing competition. He was absolutely correct, however as so many others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SeepeopleS &#8212; Interest is the Real Net</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2007/07/10/seepeoples-interest-is-the-real-net/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I randomly found a music video on YouTube that I liked a lot. Then this weekend when I went to the studio to return a camera I ran into Peter Keys (keyboardist for Bob Segar &#038; Kid Rock). I hadn&#8217;t seen Peter in a few years since he worked on Bikini [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCBN &#8211; Interactive Technology Interview &#8211; Part 2 of 2 &#8211; 2006 Dec 19</title>
		<link>http://markproffitt.com/2007/01/09/wcbn-interactive-technology-interview-part-2-of-2-2006-dec-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of a 2 part interview. I talked about abundance, ways for Detroit automobile industry to deal with China&#8217;s increasing manufacturing dominance, unemployment, how to make things free, information technology, new ways of looking at the world. http://www.markproffitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/it12262006.mp3 Be Sociable, Share! Tweet]]></description>
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