The phrase "a proactive means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing methods or strategies that are anticipatory and aimed at preventing problems before they occur.
Example: "Implementing a proactive means of communication can help prevent misunderstandings in the workplace."
Alternatives: "an anticipatory method" or "a preventative approach."
Issues SSQI Readiness Level Strategic intent - Six Sigma implementation as a proactive means for improving competitive position vs. Six Sigma as a reactive strategy to stave off future disaster (e.g. the case of Motorola).
Incident learning also improved event communication and identification of clinical areas which needed process and safety improvements and encouraged the reporting of potential incidents as a proactive means of enhancing safety and quality in a radiation treatment program.
Our results show that implementation of an effective incident learning system may serve to reduce the occurrence of actual incidents, enhance the culture of safety, and encourage the reporting of potential incidents as a proactive means of enhancing safety and quality in a radiation treatment program.
The historian Jessica Weiss, in a 2012 paper called "Fraud of Femininity" (a reference to the title of an excerpt from "The Feminine Mystique" published in McCall's), traced the book's impact on conservative women, who saw the embrace of domesticity not as a backward-looking defense of tradition but "a positive, proactive means of countering social disintegration" and national decline.
If we can reevaluate how we diagnose breast cancer and develop a more proactive means of diagnosing the disease before it develops into a serious condition rather than after symptoms present themselves, we can take steps toward making diagnostic medicine a much more effective tool for doctors to use.
This type of outreach relates back to the literature on socialization, with the mentor taking an early and proactive means through which to guide students through their transition.
This move from reactive to proactive means that researchers have a better chance of getting it right the first time.
Being proactive means identifying where climate change creates long-term risks and opportunities.
We need to consider proactive means to protect the information environment that we have created from long-term externalities that are not immediately apparent.
It is noted that most developing countries have failed to meet either the Abuja or the CHRD targets, and that more direct and proactive means are required to stimulate global TB R&D.
Being proactive means anticipating and preparing for all possible outcomes, not controlling your future.
