Judy Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the company, said that in the time it took to consider how to best accelerate projects like the reservoir, the purchase could be completed.
Those are the sort of things you can open up in a skunkworks that really accelerate projects, get rid of the impediments and go straight through.
GE is doing this even as it tries to accelerate projects, push customer-focused research back to its business units, and concentrate on technologies with the highest commercial potential.
Innovative leaders must be highly engaged with their innovation teams, asking questions, probing for potential problems, and looking for ways to accelerate projects and broaden their impact.
The authorities have also accelerated project approvals, in particular for infrastructure work; have bought forward spending plans for investment projects backed by the central government; and have announced plans to subsidize energy-saving home appliances and cars in a bid to support consumption.
However, an opposition spokesperson claimed it was "in the current forward estimates", and not in the costing, as the upgrade was neither a "new and accelerated" project, nor a project that would definitely not be funded.
It is expected that this will provide a strong base for accelerated project implementation.
It reflects perhaps the most prominent symptom of the Capital of Culture: wherever it descends, it results in a spasm of accelerated projects, favouring exterior image and the power of spectacle over long-term, joined-up thinking.
Mr. Paterson has other tasks: helping Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City to keep control of city schools and accelerating projects like the former World Trade Center site and the Moynihan Station.
In order to accelerate the project timeline and bring cross-functional team focus on the project, Blitz format was used.
