Sentences with phrase «of addressing problems in»

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So when I first heard about Chicago - based KnowledgeHound, I was pretty excited because I saw it as a SaaS startup that was addressing a large and important problem: the inefficiencies in the way corporations were spending billions of dollars on market research and surveys.

Seven in 10 Americans — including some of those who aren't sure whether climate change is actually happening — think it's a problem that the U.S. government should be working to address.

In early 2004, as American house prices roared higher and there came dire warnings from some quarters about the existence of a bubble — accompanied, of course, by strident denials from banks, most economists and the mortgage and real estate industries — Ben Bernanke (then still a governor before he became Fed chairman) addressed the problem of what to tell the American people.

In both countries, many readmissions are caused by preventable clerical issues: poor record keeping, lack of patient education or unclear lines of communication — exactly the sorts of problems that startups like Seamless MD are trying to address.

As part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival, a weeklong series of panel discussions and talks kicking off March 1, New York City's 92nd Street Y is launching its first Genius Startup Competition, a contest that's intended to unearth big ideas that can have a major impact in fields such as education, energy, sustainability, and other industries that are poised to address the world's most pressing problems.

Over half, or 58 percent, now say that the problem of sexual harassment is being appropriately addressed, and 67 percent say the changes will be long - term, up from 60 percent in December.

In 2011, the Obama administration decided to use Title IX to address the problem of sexual assault on college campuses.

Unlike many global health nonprofits, which focus their work in the poorest regions of the planet, Bush has always felt it was important for fellows to address problems in the US in addition to those in other countries.

Because of its ongoing supervisory relationships with the banks that provided settlement services to Drexel's subsidiaries and its knowledge of the payment and settlement system's infrastructure, the Federal Reserve had the access, contacts, and in - depth knowledge that enabled it to obtain the information it needed to evaluate this complex problem and formulate a plan to address it.»

The Justice Department has serious and pervasive problems with how it addresses sexual misconduct complaints made by its own employees, the department's inspector general found in a recent report obtained by The Washington Post through Freedom of Information Act requests.

Fixing problems and addressing your own mistakes puts you in a class of people who are merely responding and adjusting.

Jared Schoepf, founder of SafeSIPP SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification and storage of drinking water.

As promised, McDonald's has reduced the number of menu items, addressing a longstanding problem at the company that hurt service as workers had to prepare too many food items, creating logjams in the kitchen.

There are two main reasons (apart from a continual lack of enough time and a constant lack of enough money) for the persistence of this particular problem and both can be addressed — maybe not entirely eliminated — if we just keep a couple of simple ideas in mind.

But markets in those days were significantly concerned by an administration unable to address its policy agenda, bogged down as it was with problems that had taken on a life of their own, and a Congress preoccupied with the issue.

It's happening across many industries, but how do you think the tech community in particular can begin to address some of these problems?

Mark Zweig, founder of privately held Zweig White & Associates, a $ 4.2 - million publishing and consulting company in Natick, Mass., addresses that problem through the buyback provision in the company's shareholders» agreement.

«Most of the problems are rooted in not having a good system in place to address the behaviour of minority parties,» Drexhage says.

Your areas of impact could be, but are not limited to, your wish - list of changes you would like to see in your life, going on a trip of a lifetime to your dream destinations, positive changes in any of your relationships, and problems or neglected opportunities that you see in the world around that you can no longer put off addressing.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerIn their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workerin poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

«The fellowship addresses two of the country's most pressing problems, Mr. Thiel says: a bubble in higher education and a dearth of Americans developing breakthrough technologies,» The New York Times reports.

Raisman, who has become a vocal critic of both organizations after initially revealing the abuse in her autobiography released last fall, did not plan to go to court but says she felt compelled to press forward because she believes USA Gymnastics and the USOC are not making a sincere effort to «properly address the problem.»

Recent surveys highlight how systemic a problem this actually is — in one, nearly three quarters of respondents stated that time spent reconciling expenses kept them from addressing critical business issues, while in another, those surveyed reported that they spend up to 40 percent of their time on tasks not related to growing their company.

In her new book, Thrive, Arianna Huffington enthuses at length about the degree to which meditation has addressed her problems of overwork and exhaustion.

Responsible investors have for years talked about the risks of regulatory intervention where companies fail to address serious social or environmental problems that arise in their operations.

But the authors, members of the Class of» 09, recognized a need to address their profession's severe reputational problem, and in collaboration with professors Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria, they drafted a pledge modelled on the Hippocratic and other professional oaths.

Most of us have heard the term, and most smart businesses have added checks and balances to their processes to try to overcome confirmation bias — for example, by making sure that their business is structured to allow the open flow of information between executives and those close to whatever problem is being addressed, or by including designated naysayers in the conversation around a decision.

Had someone stepped in early on to address the problems and concerns of the first rep, all of the ensuring dramatics and lost dollars could have been prevented.

Though Nintendo previously acknowledged the issue through a bizarre message on its support page, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils - Aime specifically addressed the problem in a recent interview with Time:

The Spanish government has been noteworthy in its pursuit of well - directed actions to address Spain's debt and banking - system problems, and the Spanish public has demonstrated an understanding of the need for austerity and reform measures.

Partly because most inflation problems were demand driven over the course of the cycle, there was a continuing belief that if the cycle could be smoothed, inflation would be contained, and both fiscal or monetary policy were available instruments in addressing the cycle.

Is Tesla in trouble, or is this part of a plan to address the company's manufacturing problems?

A special subcommittee of Uber's board took the stage, including Ms. Huffington, Mr. Bonderman and J. William Gurley, with each addressing the crowd and highlighting different deficiencies discussed in the report, along with how the company would overcome the problems.

He addressed this problem a bit by lowering the bottom rate to 10 percent from 12 percent in the campaign plan, but it's still likely that a Trump proposal that includes these elements will result in a tax increase for millions of middle - class people, and the lower standard deduction doesn't help:

We think Centerbridge understands that investing in VRX is not a good bet until Valeant's leadership fully addresses the serious corporate governance flaws that are the source of the problems at the company.

«It's important to expose the type of behavior that's been reported in the last few weeks, so the community can recognize and address these problems.»

CryptoSolarTech, a blockchain start - up dedicated to addressing the problem of high energy consumption in cryptocurrency mining, has just completed a successful pre-ICO phase of their...

Canada's foreign aid could be more effective, were strategies in place that addressed the problem of weak host - country governance, which currently renders aid inefficient or even counter -...

Canada's foreign aid could be more effective, were strategies in place that addressed the problem of weak host - country governance, which currently renders aid inefficient or even counter-productive,...

Our joint hearing will be a public conversation with the CEO of this powerful and influential company about his vision for addressing problems that have generated significant concern about Facebook's role in our democracy, bad actors using the platform, and user privacy.

CryptoSolarTech, a blockchain start - up dedicated to addressing the problem of high energy consumption in cryptocurrency mining, has just completed a successful pre-ICO phase of their token sale campaign and broadly surpassed the softcap.

The global trading system clearly needs fixing, but punishing Mexican exporters does nothing to address the fundamental problem of excess savings in certain countries.

The fellowship addresses two of the country's most pressing problems, Mr. Thiel says: a bubble in higher education and a dearth of Americans developing breakthrough technologies.

Entrepreneurs from across the U.S. are coming up with solutions to address a huge problem in medicine: making it easier for patients to keep track of their medications and take them properly.

Question, in all of this, has been, do we get out in front of the problem, and address it before the imbalances become more inevitable and difficult to deal with, or not.

An exercise in collaborative design, the initiative offers healthcare service providers the opportunity to participate in the development of technology tailor - made to address the particular problems they face while complying with the Broader Public Sector (BPS) procurement guidelines.

While the #MeToo movement has led to the downfall of individual men, the kind of sweeping overhaul that is occurring at Nike is rare in the corporate world, and illustrates how internal pressure from employees is forcing even huge companies to quickly address workplace problems.

Good identity starts with research, identifying the current image of your company, the problems that must be addressed by the new image and the way your customers perceive your organization now and in the future.

He has refused to limit the use of numerous pesticides; he has repealed regulations on methane flares; he has punted on the question of addressing lead in water, which we know is definitely not a problem in this country, insisting that the question demands at least six years of further study.