Sentences with phrase «challenge assumptions as»

The continuing ability to question and challenge assumptions as data are gathered is essential.

Challenge your assumptions as often as you can — clearly, no possibility is off the table!

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

It's good to drill a sense of fiscal discipline and challenge assumptions about spending on aspects such as sales, marketing, and engineers.

Forward - looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to the launch timing and success of products based on the BlackBerry 10 platform, general economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding the cash flow generation of its business.

Dever took me out of my comfort zone as an investor and challenged many of my own assumptions.

Further challenges come from the fact that Mrs. and Mr. Surf keep their finances separate (similar situation as in the Case Study for Rene) and Mr. Surf will still be working for a number of years, so we have to make some assumptions on how to assign the tax burden between Mr. and Mrs. Surf.

High - quality debates can be fostered by methods such as challenging the key assumptions behind management's proposals, exploring various biases that board members bring to the table, and conducting annual evaluations of individual directors to assess the degree to which they contribute.

Because our times are confusing; our understanding of ourselves as a people has become fractured and events are unfolding about us with an abruptness that challenges comfortable assumptions about everything from our safety (are our immediate threats to personal safety coming from fanatics or from flash mobs?)

Nevertheless, despite the blindness of his interpreters, Whitehead's own vision of causal immanence remains as lure for feeling, elaborated in a score of ways, and challenging our habitual assumption that one actual entity can not be literally, ontologically ingredient in another.

I see the cartoon as hyperbole to make a point but there is the dominant ideology to consider and I would challenge the assumption about women being treated harshly and men getting a free ride implied.

As so often happens, Jesus challenges the questioners» assumption.

Even as structuralism was being adapted for the study of biblical literature, its assumptions and claims were being challenged in the wider world of philosophical and literary studies.

Though many quarters within the churches are only beginning to catch on, the structures, assumptions of patriarchy and rote responses have long ago fallen away - of necessity - in secular life, and I write this as a post-Christian-christian, a post-Anglican-anglican, which can be a pretty raw and challenging if interesting place to be at times.

As you can see that it's a thorny subject because it challenges the assumption that God loves everyone equally but that also falls apart under scrutiny.

As we respond to the crisis, we must also challenge the biblical and theological assumptions which have allowed the church to participate uncritically in structures that contribute to the root causes of global hunger and poverty.

As women open up with each other about issues like dual callings, sexuality, gender, body image, and more, they have more freedom to make a statement and challenge assumptions than if they were tied to an organization.

However, contemporary black writers go on to challenge the liberal assumption that we should erase color consciousness as a factor in human relations.

As we listen to one another across differences, our own assumptions, prejudices, and limitations are challenged by other followers of Christ.

I and its parallels, and in view also of what we have claimed to be the success of the total contemporary approach to the synoptic tradition in which these variations are accounted for on the assumption that they are due to, and a source of knowledge of, the theology of the evangelist or redactor concerned, we claim that we are entirely justified in challenging Gerhardsson to produce an exegesis of some sets of parallel sayings as evidence for his hypothesis, as we are prepared to do as evidence for ours.

The six theologians who led the event — Carter Heyward, Barbara Gerlach, Rita Nakashima Brock, Gail Paterson Corrington, Jacquelyn Grant and Delores Williams — challenged age - old assumptions about human life, divine power and Jesus Christ as the only true redeemer.

However, I am challenging the assumption they often make: that we can or should guide our policy by sexual pleasure, by «the pause that refreshes,» by a discreet catch - as - catch - can, but no other commitment.

What was exciting him as much as what Luther was actually saying, was that it was challenging all the old assumptions, and that it was being said with great intellectual confidence and conviction, backed evidently by deep emotion.

I don't believe I'm not saying anything much different than what you wrote above, but I would encourage you to point out that shaping role of culture that underlies who we become as humans rather than simply accepting cultural assumptions as givens that can not themselves be challenged.

It may seem to be a challenge to get the conversation past the idea of babywearing being a fad or fashion statement, but I encourage you to use this assumption as an icebreaker, so to speak, about the benefits of not only babywearing but also attachment - based parenting.

A growing fathers» rights movement is aggressively challenging what it sees as the courts» assumption that the mother is the only real parent.

As I wrote in this post — titled «AP program isn't all it's cracked up to be — study» — the white paper challenges these four common assumptions:

That being said as a rule of thumb a Meta - Theory in International Relations is typically associated with challenging the assumptions made by a theory, for example (see also: Hermeneutics):

Buratai, who was represented by the head of the counter-Insurgency Operations in the Northeast (Operation Lafiya Dole), Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, said, «Since my assumption in office in 2015, Nigerian Army under my leadership has been responding to security challenges across the nation, such as Boko Haram Insurgency, militancy, kidnapping among others.

As the researchers conclude:» -LSB-...] there was no negative association between working time and relationship satisfaction -LSB-...] Our results challenge the common - sense assumption about a negative association between working time and relationship outcomes.»

The most extensive reconstructions of individual eel journeys challenge an assumption that Europe's freshwater eels (Anguilla anguilla) migrate and spawn as a group, says behavioral...

O'Donnell says he tells this story as a reminder of how difficult it is to make a precise prognosis, but R.'s story also challenges assumptions that anxiety and stress lead to a bad outcome while positive feelings automatically bring a positive outcome.

Its small brain challenges an assumption that large brains are required for complex behavior, such as negotiating the cramped depths of a cave, in total darkness, apparently to dispose of its dead.

Its findings challenge the assumption that men are better leaders, and therefore as coaches will get better results from individual players.

Though SETI scientists believe aliens would likely use similar technology as we do on Earth, that assumption poses a fundamental, possibly insurmountable, challenge to their search: Our own chatter makes it immensely difficult.

Genomics has challenged assumptions, added insight, as well as confusion and glimpses of truths.

She also urges mental - illness patients to use cognitive tools, such as challenging their own assumptions about what they are capable of and not listening to internal stereotypes.

Things that seemed critical when you wrote them down will fade as you meet real people who challenge your assumptions.

So the assumption is that Jon Amiel's film, starring the wonderful Paul Bettany as Darwin, will set out to meet the daunting challenge of bringing such static pursuits as thinking and writing to some kind of animated life.

But their push - pull dynamic is not so much combative as complementary, wryly amused, and we see even in this early scene, shot in nervy, watchful long takes, how each man stirs and intrigues the other, challenges his assumptions and defenses.

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You will learn and apply practices such as deep listening and testing assumptions to improve professional relationships, diagnose challenges, achieve personal leadership goals, and respond successfully to the complex demands of education leadership.

Three scholars and friends with a common understanding of academia as a platform where assumptions and myths are challenged rather than maintained thought that it was time to start to explore theoretical contributions other than those coming from the Western part of the world.

As director / producer Abeles notes, «We set out to challenge the assumptions of our current education story.»

Our new survey will allow us to examine girls» and boys» behaviour and challenge assumptions such as these, which may be unhelpful.

Addressing issues of diversity in the classroom can often be challenging because, as Kim noted, as a society we are conditioned from a young age to make assumptions about things by association and categorization.

'... Australian students are good at generating new knowledge and can be characterised as quick learners - questioning their knowledge and challenging assumptions, and generating and experimenting with alternatives - and good at abstract - information processing,» the report said.

We should be challenging our own assumptions first and then think collectively about how we respond as a society.

The preservice teachers indicated that their experiences were positive, that digital sources had great potential for elementary classroom use in providing students with multiple perspectives, and that they gave the teacher an opportunity to make history real, challenge assumptions, and foster inquiry, as well as help the students to understand the content more clearly.

Many of us education activists (and yes, this includes folks of color) challenge the fundamental assumption that high - stakes, standardized testing provides ``... fair, unbiased, and accurate data...» as the civil rights organizations assert in their statement, and we challenge this assumption on historical grounds, empirical grounds, pedagogical grounds, political - ideological grounds, cultural grounds, and technical grounds, amongst others.