If he says he wants a shift of focus, he at least deserves to be given a hearing.
Dennis has worked with organizations in that smug, apathetic position that follows continued success, and companies in the erratic, frantic state caused by the constant rise of new threats and the continual shift of focus.
"I know the news of Brian's departure was a surprise, and that the shift in focus of the news coverage later in the day likely raised additional questions for many of you, " he told employees.
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In the view of Julian Parkhill, of the Sanger Institute, near Cambridge, England, bacteriologists need to shift the focus of their investigations from organisms to systems.
Duncan wants to shift the focus of No Child Left Behind from singling out underperforming schools -- including what he often calls "dropout factories" -- to fostering a "race to the top" to reward successful reforms.
And he said he felt like there was even more of an attempt on the part of the administration in recent months to sort of shift the focus onto the generals and away from the civilian officials.
The government was working productively to "shift the focus" of treatment towards patients' long-term recovery and reintegration into society and a new payments-by-results approach to incentivise recovery outcomes was being piloted in eight areas.
With this zesty infusion of equity capital Zuckerman could turn his back on the suburbs and shift his focus to the subject of his boyhood dreams: huge landmark buildings downtown.
So what the pharmaceutical firms have done is shift their focus toward areas of un-met medical need.
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It takes a lot of management focus to shift from business as usual.
If control of Phobos-Grunt cannot be re-established, the focus of interest will very rapidly shift to the spacecraft's certain fall to Earth.
What we are seeing is not a slowdown in the pace of innovation but a shift in its focus.
The more likely explanation here involves a mix of factors: SOX procedures and the incentives of professionals and accounting firms, the shifting focus of law enforcement, and a more subtle shift in the manner in which public companies may be reacting to accounting controversies.
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Most of its planned 10, 000 job cuts will come from the investment bank as the bank tries to shift its focus toward the more steady, less-risky business of wealth management.
Approximately half of respondents said the Fed should shift its focus towards fighting inflation.
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Second, the investment that this business would undoubtedly require would shift the goal of my business, placing primary focus on how to sell the company and give up what I had created.
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Cypriot officials said the deal would mean the country would shift its focus away from being an international center of financial services.
That may trigger a counter-reaction in which some of the president's liberal allies shift their focus from the administration's missteps to the opposition's overkill.
John Hess said the company has worked to shift its focus toward exploration and production as part of a multi-year strategy to boost value for its shareholders.
To overcome this challenge, companies need to shift their focus outward and leverage a new breed of solutions that allow them to become more connected, efficient and informed.
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Conservatives will suffer as the focus of congressional debate will quickly shift from the issue of spending cuts, where the emphasis has been since 2011, to the issue of spending more.
What the Newtown tragedy should do is force the NRA to shift its focus from a knee-jerk strategy of simply protecting assault weapons, to advocating for more concealed or open carry laws.
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This link to a Prezi is the introduction to a presentation I have given to pharma execs that holds Aetna out as an example of how a healthcare organization can shift their core focus.
This month's loss of GOP House seats in the Northeast could shift the focus there.
One of the central achievements of a thriving civilization is to shift people's focus from daily survival to the longer term.
As the U.S. economy slows in coming months the focus of markets and voters will likely shift to recovery--how to get back to a strong growth trend.
While Idol will continue sans-Cowell "for many, many years, " according to Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice, the famous host will shift his focus to a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.
In the business world, IBM is in the throes of a revolutionary five-year strategy to shift its product focus to software and services.
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