As the post-election coalition talks neared their end, Mr Stollmann concluded that the new government would be roaring down the Lafontaine track after all, and he would have precious little chance to change the points from his truncated signal-box.
To make it work, he says, every level of a business must be involved and focused on finding leverage points that will change a system--called "centers of gravity" --and attacking them quickly and simultaneously, not in serial fashion.
As the plain-talking CSIS report--sponsored by MetLife of the U.S., which has a commercial interest in all of this--points out, the hurdles to change are both cultural and political.
As the plain-talking CSIS report--sponsored by MetLife (nyse: MET - news - people ) of the U.S., which has a commercial interest in all of this--points out, the hurdles to change are both cultural and political.
Both authors are concerned with change, conflict and breakdown, yet their intellectual starting-points differ.
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He also said he had been given the position of immigration minister "to change perceptions" and raise the profile of the new points-based system - which he said was "tougher" and the biggest shake-up of immigration policy in 45 years.
The trouble with BMS-094 points the way toward the second, and far more difficult, change the industry needs to make.
To make it work, he says, every level of a business must be involved and focused on finding leverage points--called "centers of gravity"--that will change a system and attacking them quickly and simultaneously, not in serially.
As for climate change, Mr Saran points out that India, like other poor countries, will be among the worst-hit by a warming globe and has an overriding interest in a successful international regime emerging from the climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December.
He points out that personal responsibility, resourcefulness, reliability, resiliency and openness for transformational change characterize growth-oriented and highly productive employees.
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The 6-point lead represents no change from a CNN poll of polls released late last week, though it is 2 points smaller than one week ago.
And hopefully -- one can hope that Republicans will at the last minute change their mind about deciding to try to score political points out of this.
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