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Tue 05 May 2004Time to make your life workPoet and corporate consultant David Whyte tells Sylvia Thompson of the need for creativity and an end to old workplace hierarchiesA poet giving seminars to corporate managers? There must be some mistake. How can someone so preoccupied with word sounds, rhythms and meanings improve company strategies... work productivity... employee morale? Well, Yorkshire-born, Seattle-based, David Whyte is one poet who believes he can.