For example, they wanted to know when (a) the project question addressed new markets and new products or (b) the ideas and concepts could be translated into marketing, new product development, or acquisition plans, that bring new capabilities to the company.
Commissioned to address a problem or opportunity, such a project frames questions, develops hypotheses, and then experiments to gain knowledge and understanding.
"It's a project that questions how we occupy the land," explained Mr. Haeg, who loves the contrast between the simplicity of his effort and the grandeur of the Broad.
Commissioned to address a problem or opportunity that someone has sensed, such a project frames questions to which the data might provide answers, develops hypotheses, and then iteratively experiments to gain knowledge and understanding.
Driving the cost-cutting were Tata's engineers, who in an earlier project questioned whether their trucks really needed all four brake pads or could make do with three.
Conversations that begin with issues that are contentious or encourage a variety of responses can be opened by projecting a question with responses that students could select using clickers or other response systems.
Instead of "How are things going with our project?" a question positioned as "Can you share an update on how our project timeline is progressing" is clearer and will likely give you the real answer you need.
The ILR community is invited for conversation around these types of theme project questions at a 3 p.m. Feb. 1 reception in the lobby outside ILR Career Services.
Dale Ho, director of the ACLU's voting rights project, questioned Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official and member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, who is one of the most prominent people arguing that noncitizen voter registration is a substantial issue.
If you volunteer with a project asking scientific questions, then you are probably a citizen scientist!
