<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823976</id><updated>2011-09-13T14:22:41.300+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bern's Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>About being creative</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bern Leckie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07678131068169237786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823976.post-114043670340898301</id><published>2006-02-20T11:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-20T13:43:27.756Z</updated><title type='text'>Q. What's brown and sticky?</title><summary type='text'>A. A stick. Ho ho ho ho ho ho.A good reason to believe in God is miracles, and I've seen plenty. For example, I think that was the first (and possibly last) joke I told on the radio, and fourteen years later I'm still working.I also had something to say here about getting stuck, which I'm worried might sound a bit cheesy, but I figure after that introduction the only way is up, right?So here goes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/feeds/114043670340898301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5823976&amp;postID=114043670340898301' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/114043670340898301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/114043670340898301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/2006/02/q-whats-brown-and-sticky.html' title='Q. What&apos;s brown and sticky?'/><author><name>Bern Leckie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07678131068169237786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823976.post-113917484553231892</id><published>2006-02-05T18:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-06T20:52:41.086Z</updated><title type='text'>The foundations</title><summary type='text'>The best manager I've ever known recommended a book to me called "First, Break All The Rules." Not being the best managee, it took me years to get around to reading it. I should have done it ages ago.It's not just another book of theories about how to do stuff. I enjoy theories and ideas, but it's wise to be sceptical about these things, especially as it's so easy to be misled by ideas that sound</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/feeds/113917484553231892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5823976&amp;postID=113917484553231892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/113917484553231892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/113917484553231892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/2006/02/foundations.html' title='The foundations'/><author><name>Bern Leckie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07678131068169237786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823976.post-113469580070673980</id><published>2005-12-15T22:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-12-16T02:07:07.830Z</updated><title type='text'>Starting with the end in mind</title><summary type='text'>"If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there." (Groove Armada - "At The River")A conversation at work today planted a seed in my head which is starting to turn, uncomfortably, into a Big Idea. Research manager Kate, who is creative but also suited to her methodical job by a love of thoroughness and completion, missed hearing the end of a sentence on our radio</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/feeds/113469580070673980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5823976&amp;postID=113469580070673980' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/113469580070673980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5823976/posts/default/113469580070673980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativebern.blogspot.com/2005/12/starting-with-end-in-mind.html' title='Starting with the end in mind'/><author><name>Bern Leckie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07678131068169237786</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
