Word: inertia
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...haven’t planning and operations already been integrated? Two reasons. First, inertia. Harvard is extremely decentralized, and changing this behemoth is tough. Lacking another motivation like environmental stewardship, little has changed. And second, the up-front costs. Economists now recognize that people often irrationally discount the future; the University behaves similarly, choosing small cost reductions now over large cost savings in the future. The sustainability principles are an attempt to behave rationally—for the University to incorporate into its planning “life-cycle costing,” which simply means considering all the discounted...
...term incumbent who has held the office since 1993—emphasized his legislative experience and local ties while Slavitt—a writer, critic and translator running his first political campaign—lashed out at his opponent’s pro-life views and the inertia of a State House that he said has been dominated by Democrats for too long...
...term incumbent who has held the office since 1993—emphasized his legislative experience and local ties while Slavitt—a writer, critic and translator running his first political campaign—lashed out at his opponent’s pro-life views and the inertia of a State House that he said has been dominated by Democrats for too long...
...with under 40 days to articulate and sell an integrated platform to a public that is, at best, merely curious about him and his party. Winning the campaign skirmishes and crafting clever attack lines will not be enough to unseat the incumbent or shift the electorate's inertia. Latham will be forced to talk serious stuff non-stop through the footy finals and school holidays. Even if the experts mark it as superior, it's not clear whether voters will be able to digest the policy detail; Howard certainly won't be vacating the airwaves...
...song about mother earth while her dress morphed into a map of the world that stretched over the heads of the athletes. It was the largest printed photograph ever. Bjork was followed by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, the woman widely credited with saving the Athens Games from their own inertia in 2000. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who smiles even when she's not smiling, got Greek pride going again and welcomed the world to the party...