Sentences with phrase «what cultures around»

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The problem we OWGs (Old White Guys — that's what they call us) have is that we built our companies» cultures around the things that motivated our generation: money, career progression, and retirement plans.

«It started with this tiny company making pants,» Calhoun says, «but the culture around the brand is what's having the most impact on people, directly and indirectly, and this momentum is building.»

The problem perpetuated by the show, argues Kopke, is that it contributes to a business culture that revolves entirely around the pitch, a short - sighted approach that barely scratches the surface of what an entrepreneur has to offer, or what it means to grow an idea into a long - term business plan.

I desperately wanted to find out what it was that made an organization innovative because so much of the buzz around innovation seems to simply anoint certain companies with the vision and charisma of an innovative leader or culture.

Until you know what's most important to your culture — say, a sense of open dialogue or supreme creativity — it's hard to ask specific questions around it, to see if the company is measuring up to that goal and how it can be stronger.»

But what about the other way around: a company looking to improve morale and culture seeking unlimited paid time off as the solution?

[23:29] Creating raving fans within your company [25:03] A small business success story [26:56] Process - centric vs. Hero - centric [28:57] Why B players are the biggest threat to an organization [30:13] The Peter principle [33:32] Understanding what an employee's true gifts are [35:21] Business trends that will stick around [37:35] Engaging contractors in the company culture

In order for our witness to mean anything to ourselves, our kids, or anyone who might darken our doors, we have to think about the culture we live in and what makes it particularly hostile to orthodox belief — as well as ways in which people around us might be uniquely susceptible to aspects of our faith that are true.

What WOULD «preach» would be all the parties comprehending, communicating, cooperating, co-building, cohabiting and communing around a monument to the culture and life of the victims (both those directly affected and indirectly) rather than a monument to the culture the deluded offenders proclaimed.

Tell us again what your best guess is as to why God inspired these writings, and chose not to inspire other people in different cultures all around the world, so everyone would have the same message?

As the reckoning around sexual assault, abuse, rape culture, silencing, and patriarchal theology continues, it takes courage to allow ourselves to know what we know.

Instead of creating a new culture around the word «ambition» that better reflects our Christian worldview, we add «Christian» words assuming that will reclaim what the secular world has tainted.

It is clear that this is precisely what Paul's statement is about; but because he was expressing a vision of reality that he himself was unable to spell out in a practical application to his own culture, we also have continued to stumble around in the slavery of the old law regarding relationships, catching the vision in some areas — in theory, at least — and ignoring it in others.

This is an end of the line definition of what it is to be right or wrong (and one that is generally consistent with a fair percentage of the sentiments of people from cultures around the world).

Less, what if instead of thinking about our next vocational, world changing, culture making move — what if you and I took a serious inventory of how the people around us are affected by our lives.

Talk about women mutlitation... talk about wherever islam goes it destroys the host culture, look at Persia, Egypt, or Turkey once the center of christianity... most islamic states where delivered by war... look around you today... what you see all over the world is exactly what islam has been from DAY ONE.

The issue is not whether the culture is hostile but whether Christians can see what is going on around them and respond in appropriate ways.

From what I've read, the theory goes that as plants feed useful chemicals back into the soil, birds make nests and beavers build dams, we too create mini ecosystems around us, except that as well as physically, we do it through culture.

Ms. Hinlicky acknowledges that culture, not race, is the real issue here, but she still seems uneasy absolving herself of the «sin» of feeling uncomfortable around black people, since they represent what for her is a strange and unfamiliar culture.

And what's going on is that the culture around us — including work that is draining, food that's easily available, and television shows made as attractive as some of the best minds in our country can make them — encourages us to plop down in front of the TV and spend two hours there.

If we are truly the «salt» Jesus commands us to be, then our lives will influence what grows, and what is kept from growing, in the people and culture around us.

For the missional Rorschach Test, the question may be built around what you think the mission is, and how it is best lived out related to the church, mission, and culture.

Of course, different cultures had different myths, but the point is that they all had them... What makes Genesis different from its ancient Near Eastern counterparts is that it begins to make the point to Abraham and his seed that the God they are bound to, the God who called them into existence, is different from the gods around them... The biblical worldview described in Genesis is an Ancient Near Eastern one.

Students tend toward materialistic goals because that is what they learn from the culture around them.

But it's a challenge, because all around us is a culture encouraging us to get caught up in money and what it can buy.

They saw what was going on in the culture and countries around them, and incorporated much of what they saw into their own lives and practice.

«As American culture becomes more diversified, people are trying new cuisines and appreciating what others are eating around the world,» Dremonas adds.

I've never been a big fan of the «culture of losing» theory that gets passed around, but I'm also not naive enough to think there isn't a risk of systemic damage caused by habitual, and what could be perceived as intentional losing.

Rather, «What will, though, is for us all to look inside ourselves each and every day and think of ways we can change the culture around us, and hopefully the next generation won't have the mess we seem to find ourselves in.»

What will, though, is for us all to look inside ourselves each and every day and think of ways we can change the culture around us, and hopefully the next generation won't have the mess we seem to find ourselves in.

What better lesson to take out of the Olympics than being more aware of different cultures around us?

I don't really count that third group because the Duggar family have been around pop culture for what feels like forever and too long for some people.

Like most aspects of culture, what we see most frequently around us, becomes the new norm.

You do what women in so - called primitive cultures have done for centuries, you put the baby in a sling and carry her around with you.

People: I don't care how sturdy the construction is or how safe the clasp claims to be, or what ancient cultures used to let their babies wear, please please please don't put your infants in a crib unsupervised with beaded jewelry wrapped around their necks or limbs, okay?

ALBANY — Albany currently lacks «the appetite» to consider paid family leave and paid sick days, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday at a cabinet meeting framed in part around what he described as a «pervasive» culture of women's inequality in our society.

Much has been written about the triumph of geek culture, but what I am seeing all around goes deeper: not just a fondness for comic books and fantasy novels, but a wholesale embrace of scientific thinking in popular entertainment.

What is fascinating about human cultures is that despite every opportunity for us to be swamped by the cultures around us, somehow the cultures are quite strong, as if deflecting the cultures around them.

Our findings suggest that a willingness to conform to what all those around you are doing when you visit a different culture is a disposition shared with other primates.»

When most of the world (outside of Western culture) co-sleeps, why do we still carry such shame and stigma around what is natural?

Some think that it has been kept a little bit secret from the rest of the world for the last 50 years, utilized by the Russian population to improve their physical stamina in both the Olympic games and their cosmonaut program (I can't really blame them if they did - this plant is incredible), but awareness of this incredible healer is now spreading, and research done around the world is confirming what their culture has known for centuries.

They are a fascinating couple because they spent 6 years traveling around the world studying indigenous cultures and seeing what nutrition habits helped people have vibrant health.

Just like with the DIY recipes from our own kitchens, these recipes give you an idea of what you can find in the kitchens around the world — they're steeped in beauty and culture.

Women and men of all ages are taught by what we see around us in our culture as to what is considered beautiful.

Even if they're completely false, it's always interesting to see what uses the countless villages, communities and cultures around the world invent for popular plants and herbs.

Thanks for continuing the conversation around what «pretty» is and being «good enough» and bucking the crazy, often unattainable, standards that are set by social media, pop culture and so - called icons!

Like a beauty news website, YouCam reacts to and creates content around what's going on in popular culture.

While the print industry might not be doing as well as we hope, you can still purchase a few local magazines to learn what's going on around in your community to give you the 411 on latest events, politics, or culture.

Continuing on the theme of how different cultures view sex and relationships, Harman's recent work has examined what women from around the world think about sex.

With the culture coming around to what some men in the know have known for years, older woman have the experience, wisdom and confidence that is only gained by the accumulation of years.