<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bill Nadeau | Advanced Diving Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bill Nadeau - Advanced Dive Training | DeepFathoms - Advanced Diving Services | Club Voodoo - Re-igniting the tech diving community ]]></description><link>https://www.billnadeau.ca/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:16:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.deepfathoms.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The True Cost of CCR Leadership - Sagacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[There may be too many rebreather Instructors actively teaching CCR without the necessary experience or sagacity. 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Diving doesn’t benefit from dogmatism. It benefits from a willingness to learn from each other. ]]></description><link>https://www.deepfathoms.com/post/agencies-are-tools-not-tribes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6917942dd87a8b8976409ec5</guid><category><![CDATA[Training]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dive Industry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:41:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e7f6bb_80a5270847e6463ab5eba3a282c9e9b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_772,h_644,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bill Nadeau</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability - Are you for real?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be realistic about your abilities and ask yourself - “how much experience do I really have?”. 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