Sentences with phrase «come as a culture»

The move comes as culture secretary John Whittingdale prepares to increase the BBC licence fee in line with inflation in return for the BBC taking on the costs of licence fees for the over 75's.

I was recently reminded of the distracted adventures of Scooter Boy when I saw a study that showed just how far we have come as a culture in our attempts to be preoccupied as we move through space.

Not exact matches

One habit of Prince's they told me about struck me as so counter to our times that I came to see it as illustrating what set him apart from today's culture of celebrity: he allowed no one near him to use a cell phone.

However, the new report comes at a particularly inopportune time for Cuban, as it follows a high - profile Sports Illustrated report, published two weeks ago, detailing «a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior» in the Dallas Mavericks organization.

«Going forward, the head of HR will also need to serve as the ethical voice of a company, coming up with a strategic plan to create and adhere to a zero - tolerance anti-harassment culture,» Mangan explained.

Dig Deeper: Tips on Building Your Company Culture From a Blue - collar Millionaire How to Create a Company Philosophy: Practice What You Preach The principles in a company's philosophy have to come from, and be true to, the founder or CEO as a person.

Yet he struggled to integrate the two cultures — and, in a precursor of things to come, took over as CEO.

The verdict, no matter how it comes down, is going to be seen as a referendum on Silicon Valley culture.

It's 2018, so the importance of company culture should come as no shock.

Just as with any other industry, Startup Land has its own unspoken etiquette that can make moving into the industry initially a little forbidding to those who didn't come up surrounded by tech culture.

The company's seemingly ruthless business practices were well - known, but the brokenness of its internal culture came as more of a surprise.

The gradual shift to a strong culture of individualism and self - betterment, the role of technology in driving the transition from boardrooms to basements, the more global and interconnected markets that require greater specialization, flexibility and speed, as well as small - business friendly demographic trends are among those forces that are likely to support a net creation of 150,000 new businesses in Canada in the coming ten years.

Owned by Sina Corp., a Yahoo - like web portal that came to prominence in the early day, it's become prominent in Chinese politics, especially around environmental issues, corruption over food safety, disaster response and in Chinese celebrity culture, where a number of actors and singers have gained millions of followers (or «fans» as their called in Weibo lingo).

The cultures they came from, as well as their own internal cultures, led to the development of rather different offices.

The news also comes as Uber is still managing a string of scandals, including accusations of a sexist work culture as well as driver protests.

This is especially important in startups when the going gets tough, as this is when a strong company culture comes to the fore.

CEOs can become larger - than - life pop culture figures, as evidenced by the not one, but two Steve Jobs movies coming out this year.

Recio credits that tight - knit culture for persuading more than 80 % of interns to come on as full - time employees.

This is partly down to the corporate cultures created by hot firms such as Google and Facebook, but a lot of it comes down to profits: according to McKinsey, organizations whose employees are connected see a 20 - 25 % increase in productivity - an incredible advantage in today's competitive atmosphere.

As with most elements of a company's culture, the entrepreneurial spirit has to come from the top and from within.

As its authors put it, «our guide bestows first - hand insight, advice and analysis from current HBS students... the analysis we provide comes not from «recent applicants» but from those who got in, enrolled, and are now immersed in HBS culture.»

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However, it also comes with challenges, as cultures vary based on region, country, religion and more.

As a proud Texan by way of Canada, I can say that it's in our culture to come to one another's aid in times of need and help rebuild.

SAN FRANCISCO — In the second major shake - up in a week, a top Uber executive has left the ride - hailing company as it comes under heavy scrutiny for its workplace culture and its business practices.

Zappos is one of those companies that always seems to come up any time you're mentioning corporate culture or employee satisfaction, so it will come as no surprise that the online shoe giant offers gym memberships, nap rooms, and fitness classes.

This doesn't come as a surprise following a recessionary economy where both owners and employees are eschewing the notion of traditional stability and are instead blazing their own trail or leaving their unique mark on business culture.

Our work - driven culture encourages us to take the entrepreneurial bait, but how can you know whether being an entrepreneur will end as a dream come true or a nightmare from which you can not awake?

Even if they come across as a high performer, they can wreak havoc on the positive, collaborative culture you need to create.

The move comes as part of the company's efforts to follow the country's push towards a «work smart» culture, and will see meetings end after one or -LSB-...]

But her street cred comes from her role as one of the world's first happiness consultants and a Zappos culture expert.

When new legal obligations come into conflict with Christian faithfulness, as is increasingly common in our legal culture, Christians can sometimes find ways to avoid formal cooperation and keep their organizations afloat.

Personally, I feel that if there is a god, and he wants me to believe he exists, he can come over here and tell me himself, I don't accept the Bible as «proof» of anything, because it is self - contradictory and appears to be heavily influenced by the governing culture of the time.

but when it comes to building the same culture within their own community & extending those same rights & privileges (i.e., encouraging free thought) as a microcosm of the same culture...

And because they themselves don't come from a cultural assumption of male authority, they see it as a correction to our modern culture: an eternal, divine mandate to which we need to return.

Once it became apparent that the Second Coming was not as near as many early Christians had supposed, it became imperative for Christians to construct a framework for handling the world and its culture, and it was primarily to these Gospels that they turned.

In all of our conversations about this, he came up as the one who was always supportive, but not willing to take on the conflict with the culture.

The Christian faith must come to terms with culture in both the senses in which I have defined it, and with full regard for all these considerations as to the nature of culture.

In primitive cultures, the breaking point is explained as coming from without, from above — from heaven or from another world.

This came as an irony to me later, because our wanderlust culture impressed upon me that travel should teach you that life is not ultimately about you; and yet, I traveled for me.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, J. as he then was, expressed himself thus in Ramsharan vs. Union of India, (AIR 1989 S.C. 549, paragraph 13): «It is true that life in its expanded horizons today includes all that give meaning to a man's life including his tradition, culture and heritage, and protection of that heritage in its full measure would certainly come within the encompass of an expanded concept of Article 21 of the Constitution».

The issue of self - defense came up, and Maxwell — a rape survivor — said that guns are not necessarily rape prevention and that, as a culture, we need to start examining cultural biases and teaching men not to rape.

But as I've been thinking about what it means to participate in a holy, set - apart kingdom, a kingdom in which even the greatest are called to be servants, I've come to appreciate the fact that the only way for such a kingdom to remain distinct in this culture is for love to transcend mere civility.

Paul did NOT come out against homosexuality as we know it today and this is clear when one looks at both history of the culture and even a basic semblance of textual analysis.

I've seen both very good and very bad fruit come from organized religion — including Christianity — and prefer to think of each individual as spiritually unique rather than the sum of his or her religious culture.

The consensus achieved by the faithful comes to the individual as embodied in a broader culture that moves from the local to the global and back again.

Because we, as a culture, believe certain myths about how rape happens and what rape looks like, we end up punishing victims for their failure to follow the prescribed rules that come from these myths.

Babylonia, situated on a broad low plain between the rivers at their widest points, was very fertile and had developed an advanced culture as early as 3500 B.C.. From this region comes the famous Code of Hammurabi which, dating from long before the time of Moses, shows high ethical discernment regarding the establishment of justice in human relations.

If a women comes from a culture and belief that will likely cause her to experience much post-abortion guilt, then she should take care to set up some counseling sessions as she feels are appropriate.

I think I decided to pursue it as a full book because I came to realize that the somewhat specific culture of «hipster Christianity» was actually indicative of much broader tensions and paradoxes in contemporary Christianity dealing with identity, image, and the question of cool.