Word: spirit
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...founding principles, Infosys decided it needed bigger changes. In late October the company announced a restructuring that will divide Infosys into industry units (e.g., banking and energy) and horizontal units focusing on issues like infrastructure that cut across industries. Infosys hopes that the new structure will drive the spirit of consensus-based decision making deeper into the company. Each division will have its own decision-making council, with at least one employee under 30, while the team at the top may eventually double. As well as sharpening Infosys' customer focus, "the restructuring is also partly about refocusing and re-energizing...
...freshmen. “You go grab a coffee with him, and next thing you know you’re vice-assistant director in one of his think tanks,” Wong said. The campaign was unsuccessful, but the campus political scene sorely missed the Hwang/Wong spirit in this year’s lopsided race. Hwang, who also advocates for freer intellectual property policies as part of campus organization)Harvard Free Culture and plans this year to research the workings of UFOologists, is currently putting his formidable skills to work in creating—what else...
...into some trouble in their zeal to rally the college vote: campaign workers passed out some 50,000 fliers encouraging students from out of state to return to campus early to participate in the caucuses. While strictly legal - since they are technically residents of Iowa - it goes against the spirit of the caucuses, and Obama has been roundly criticized in Iowa papers for the move...
...research focused on the causes of breast cancer. During his tenure, he received accolades from the American Cancer Society and the American Public Health Association for his work in the field. Friends and colleagues remembered MacMahon yesterday not only for his contributions to epidemiology, but also for his gentle spirit and character. Ware said he looked up to MacMahon. “He was a man of great personal dignity,” Ware said. “He had that British reserve. I thought of him as a role model as to what a professor at Harvard should...
...cheap. The complete setup costs $8,000 - that's $7,993 more than a can of spray paint from a typical U.S. hardware chain. Jay FC, one of the founders of the Hong Kong-based graffiti collective ST/ART, maintains that the cost is contrary to the spirit of street art. "It's supposed to just be something that anyone can pick up and do," he says...