The ability to build the right innovation capabilities to connect with the overall business strategy and other critical capabilities.
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But the longer these critical capabilities linger on their islands, the less likely they are to create real impact.
Among the critical capabilities that we focused on today in the session and that was decided, was the decision regarding missile defense.
The president said that defense spending would be cut as the tide of war receded, but pledged to maintain critical capabilities in areas such as intelligence gathering, orbital reconnaissance and cyber security.
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Build critical innovation capabilities, particularly in the area of innovation portfolio management.
Focusing on critical, differentiating capabilities--things that you do better than anyone else and that align with your innovation and overall business strategy--will give your company the coherence necessary to outperform and out-innovate the competition.
In July 1992, OSD effectively rejected the requirements established by the commands responsible for Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Navy Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) for an aircraft with the high speed and long range capabilities critical to their respective missions.
That company continues to generate leading-edge chips that are critical to the growing capabilities of smartphones.
By contemplating an extreme scenario, the CRI considers the full gamut of response capabilities considered critical to managing a crisis.
All of these capabilities are critical to satisfying demand at the point of purchase, especially during the holiday window of opportunity.
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By providing young people with the capabilities for critical thinking, secondary education can help improve overall standards of living, especially in the least developed countries.
"Companies realize that building knowledge-based capabilities is critical for the future, " says Sue Todd, president of training consulting company Corporate University Xchange, whose clients include Caterpillar Inc.
In a release accompanying the new strategy, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said it was "critical to strengthen our cyber capabilities to address the threats we're facing".
The good news is that the NAS outlines a number of solutions to address and mitigate these vulnerabilities, including stockpiling of strategic inventories, development of meaningful policies, building institutional capabilities, and critical research.
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At each step we will assess the compatibility of the emerging legislation with the foregoing, critical defense priorities and required capabilities with a view to illuminating dangerous shortfalls and areas where corrective actions are needed by the executive or legislative branches.
Telcos are sitting on a gold mine of core capabilities and assets, critical for M2M success.
Successful innovators focus on what matters most rather than spreading their effort and resources on capabilities that are less critical.
Mr. Panetta will need these career intelligence officers to best advise the new president on the CIA capabilities at his disposal to support critical foreign policy and national security objectives.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should work with the private sector to identify which parts of the nation's power grid and telecommunications infrastructure are critical to preserving the nation's core capabilities.
Pandora has a critical edge on traditional radio players through its advertising capabilities.
The budget cuts would force layoffs of scientists and engineers, shrink the capabilities of laboratories and universities to perform the most critical cutting-edge energy research projects, and, by cutting funds for highly leveraged loan guarantee programs, steer private sector funds away from American entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to demonstrate and deploy innovative energy technologies.
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The point I argued was that whether you are in the process of reducing staff or recruiting people in your organization, the critical thing is to have a clear plan around the skills and capabilities you need to succeed.
Former White House cybersecurity advisor, Richard Clarke, has argued that to this point the United States has focused on creating offensive military cyber capabilities while largely ignoring the cybersecurity of civilian networks, including critical infrastructure.
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He has played a critical role in helping to make NATO a stronger Alliance and ensuring we have the capabilities and partnerships to meet the challenges of the next century.
Advances in fuel cell technologies are critical in supporting the integrated grid systems, with their peak-load management and mitigation capabilities, and without which integrating renewables into the energy mix will be a much more expensive and painful affair than often supposed.
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