Sentences with phrase «system change idea»

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And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

Science and technology will be the tools that carry us forward, inevitably, but it is this driving idea — of customer - centered value — that will spur the most meaningful changes in the realms of healthcare systems and medical technology.

However, each country has its own idea of how fast and how deep the changes to the financial system should go.

But when the inevitable happened and the same system was used to influence political change by people who had already been doing so by other means for 25 years, suddenly #DeleteFacebook is such a mainstream idea that BBC Radio 4 is asking people --- ironically via its Facebook page — whether they intend carrying it out.

The reason for this is that the nation's ideology had changed where it had once trumpeted the ideas of non-intervention and peace (except, of course, for the people of the South during their heroic attempt at independence) to those that glorified empire and war, largely based on the British model which, ironically, was the system that America seceded from in 1776.

With very little variation, Mr. Munger would often say that he had no idea how he could change something, whether that thing was a government agency, a business culture, or the United States health care system.

According to the Dutch clan's father, risking everything seems like a good idea because the world economy is «going through a revolution that's changing the monetary system.»

Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

The intent of this paper is to present a conceptual model of a physical and biological universe in a state of constant change and evolution, based on three principal ideas: (a) neo-Aristotelian notions of reciprocal causality, (b) chaotic dynamics and contingencies of self - organizing systems, and (c) emergence of consciousness and sense of moral purpose in...

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

The intent of this paper is to present a conceptual model of a physical and biological universe in a state of constant change and evolution, based on three principal ideas: (a) neo-Aristotelian notions of reciprocal causality, (b) chaotic dynamics and contingencies of self - organizing systems, and (c) emergence of consciousness and sense of moral purpose in humans.

Teggart asserted social change results from «the collision of groups from widely different habitats and hence of different idea - systems.

Still, by putting together the similarities and the differences between various kinds of systems or organizations, we can gain better ideas of how a society works and of what must be done to change it in desirable ways.10

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

Passions are nurtured, ideas are examined, and a structured support system is in place as students navigate the sometimes intense social and emotional experience at this time of growth and change.

Great idea start to introduce a semain de gout in an American school system...... but to really change the palettes of kids, get the parents to buy in to the concept at home as well.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

So even if that report was enough to convince them to change the system (and I have no idea if that is the case), it may have taken longer than ten months to do so.

Chuka Umunna has recently made welcome noises about changing the voting system; some voices one would once have associated with 1997 - era orthodoxy have lately been making the case for a citizen's income; the idea of an unconditional payment granted to every individual as a right of citizenship..

Mr. Wilson, who had been silent since his dismissal in March 2010, has suddenly popped up with the idea to galvanize the youth to change Ghana, because in his view, the current system is not progressive.

Gottfried's willingness to even explore the idea is a major change, and speaks to the level of the need of hospitals across the state, who are finding payments to doctors slashed, and their delivery systems upended.

In a speech in London, he announced that a referendum on changing the longstanding Westminster voting system could be held by the «end of October 2011» if the idea was approved by MPs.

It proposes reform of party funding and, by the way, thinks changing the voting system wouldn't be such a bad idea.

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous local and European election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system from first past the post to real proportional representation.

Jack Straw has said he is not opposed to the idea of the alternative vote system where people can rank their preferences for MPs, but it is a hardly a radical change to the way we elect our politicians and the Tory leader David Cameron has said that at least with first past the post you can kick out a government.

With more than 100,000 votes cast in the campaign's open poll on ideas to change the system, it is pursuing the people's top constitutional reforms.

The idea of a 10p or 15p rate - to be combined with changes to the benefit system, more job opportunities and a minimum wage - knocked around for the next year or so, popping up in speeches at the party's conference in 1996.

We need to adopt new ideas and system reforms to cater to the demands of this evolving world, especially in a country like Japan where we experience many dynamic changes and challenges,» states Igarashi, who emphasizes the importance of maintaining R&D and science education funding to make research careers attractive to young clinicians and scientists in Japan and around the world.

As a systems designer, how do you know what people want, how do you cope with their changing ideas, and how do you know how well what you have done meets their requirements?

The American academic system, whose main features have changed little since the 1990s, could not take optimal advantage of either the new ideas or the new people.

The tendency of the current administration [is] to undermine science in a variety of ways that range from the fiscal to the regulatory and the political, and the session that was sponsored last week was a combination of people providing ideas for relatively small changes and [in] the way we see science — for example, funding more National Science Foundation studentships, to changes in the pattern system — and then five of us were asked to speak fairly broadly about how we can improve science and technology in the country.

The idea that climate behaves like a dynamical system addresses some of the key shortcomings of the conventional view of climate change — the view that looks at the planet as a whole, in terms of averages.

Researchers have a good idea what causes immune system changes on Earth — think stress, inadequate sleep and improper nutrition.

The prevalence of compact systems of super-earths and mini-Neptunes, of which there is no equivalent in the solar system, has radically changed our ideas of how planets form and evolve.

However, unlike the younger set who tends to use social networking sites to pass time, Boomers find groups of similar sensibilities, share ideas and generate passions for changing social systems.

This is complemented by the experience system (Which I've no idea why it is not in Quest mode) that makes use of the list of perks you've unlocked in the aforementioned Quest stages to reward you with extra abilities that can radically change the way you play the game (Again, why was this not implemented, at least to a lesser extent, in the Quest mode?!)

He put forward the idea that thinking about these system changes should lead us to a new political economy for the 21st century.

Our surveyors will attend site, discuss your ideas and requirements, make suggestions and send you an estimate which will mean that your new automated system will suit your school now and will also be adaptable to ensure that, should your security needs change, the system can be amended to suit.

«However, there's often a more critical driver, such as their existing systems aren't working well enough, technology is too slow or failing during lessons, infrastructure isn't supporting new apps and software, the cost of in - house IT support is too high or they've had a change of senior leadership who has brought in new ideas.»

Maybe it could be a good idea, dear readers, to start changing the epistemological system of reference, understanding the idea that current world - society is not a gift from our parents, but a loan from our sons and daughters.

Technology initiatives ~ new evaluation systems ~ even changes to the school calendar these are ideas that research suggests should improve student outcomes ~ but for some reason ~ in some contexts ~ they don't.

«I think the idea of changing the system is a good one; low salaries keep people out of the profession.

With changes taking place across the UK school system at an almost unprecedented pace, from academisation to assessment changes, it is essential that school leaders have a space to come together, debate ideas and share their experiences and best practice.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers leery of the idea of creating a national assessment system apparently have enough support to make major changes in pending legislation that could jeopardize the enterprise.

At the start, we simply thought we'd try to start a conversation, share the challenges and support one another in finding solutions, to find ways to make a change; we had absolutely no idea what we could do or how we'd do it, we simply didn't want to sit back and allow the situation to continue; we wanted to challenge the system.

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Schools have changed relatively little, mainly because of turf battles fought by the knot of organizations that we politely call «the education system»: teachers unions and school boards try to protect their monopolies, publishing companies try to reinterpret all new ideas back into the profitable forms of the past, various levels of government try to protect their relevance by getting in front of every new concern, pretending to lead while aggressively and often destructively following whatever trends they have the wit to perceive.

With potential changes coming with the pending reauthorization of the IDEA, there has been a shift toward a results - driven accountability system which requires states to compose comprehensive plans for improving student achievement for students with an IEP.

CEA does this by conducting research and spreading useful ideas through its Education Canada Magazine, professional learning events, website and social media channels; supporting education systems to be more adaptive to the rapidly changing needs of all learners to reverse the trends of students «tuning out» of their learning opportunities.