Not exact matches
Beth Pickens, Managing Director of
Global Consumer and Retail at William Blair, explains how society has shifted from a «need
culture» to a «want
culture» when it
comes to retail.
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.
Today the peril in Russia to genuine Christian faith
comes not from tsarism or communism but instead from an emerging
global culture that reduces human life to material acquisition and consumption.
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.
The religious dimension of
global culture, if it
comes at all, will be naturalistic and humanistic in form.
I am fascinated by the
global cities and crossroads of history, where people exchanged goods, customs, and ideas, and produced brilliant hybrid
cultures as a result (Constantinople and Manila
come to mind, or the many
cultures along the Silk Road).
A
global culture implies a wide - spread recognition that the
coming crises threaten all humans equally, and requires an urgent collective response to the imminent threats to human survival.
That will depend on how ready people are to reshape their spiritual inheritance in response to the new
global culture, for in the
coming global era, new terms and concepts will be created, along with new rituals and patterns of social behavior.
Christians should not assume, however, that the emerging
global civilization will
come back by itself to common sense and traditional values: the new
culture must be evangelised.
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Come explore the hidden gems, sexy secrets and colorful
culture of this
global village with me — an American expat in Holland.
Do Ho Suh: in between introduces the attempts of the artist in a
global era in which economies and societies would
come to a halt without the intersection of people, objects and information to explore the self and make the world a smaller place, while negotiating
cultures of different origins and moving to and fro between tradition and innovation, individual and group.
The dual meaning of «resolution,» as both
coming - into - view and overcoming conflict, defines a wide range of artistic responses to the
global shifts in society and
culture — world wars, disasters, financial collapse, environmental degradation, and violations of human rights.
Considering a different kind of visual
culture entirely, in the Guardian Sam Knight looks at the two companies that have
come to dominate the
global eyewear trade.
Edge of Arabia, a pioneering travelling exhibition that has shed new light on the largely unknown contemporary art
culture of Saudi Arabia, is
coming to Dubai this March during the Sharjah Biennial and in partnership with Art Dubai, and under the
global tour sponsorship of ALJ Community Initiatives.
He has
come to the attention of critical writers, such as Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, for his irreverent approach to consumer
culture and scathing critique of our
global world.
Shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1994, Doig
came to
global prominence in the mid-2000s when his mysterious, richly layered, figurative paintings, with their multifarious references to art history and popular
culture, began to command astounding prices.
With Man Made and the new book, audiences will
come to understand Burks's singular vision of making, a vision committed to the expansive notion of design as an authentic basis for the production of
culture in a contemporary,
global context.
Forty years removed, we now understand the prescience of Paik's concepts of the «
global village» and the «electronic super highway» were, which foreshadowed how technology would
come to connect diverse
cultures at high speeds in the pre-Internet age.
In this century, with myriad natural hazard risks
coming due in a hyper - connected world, it's that mix of
global and local sensibilities at the meeting of science and
culture that we desperately need more of in the world.
Taking a cue from the Slow Food movement, which successfully created a widely recognized
global consumer
culture around the value of unprocessed and local foods, architects and designers must promote the superior value of «slow» designs that turn the machines off and instead offer the comfort that
comes from being in touch with the environment in ways that enhance the quality of individual experience and wellness.
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cultures and embrace
global diversity as they immerse themselves in the education that
comes from travel.
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cultures and embrace
global diversity as they immerse themselves in the education that
comes from travel.
When it
comes to selecting firms to invite to the LeadingRE
global network, Dietz looks for both
culture and high performance.