Jeff Bezos reinforced this in a recent article where he said that Amazon had to reassess "assumptions that American customers have taken for granted for decades.
"But it was more about provoking men into reassessing their assumptions when they look at pictures of women.
Among those obligations are the varied and sundry commitments implied by the phrase "American global leadership". If ever there were an opportune moment for reassessing the assumptions embedded in that phrase, it's now.
In summary, in this paper we have highlighted the importance of reassessing underlying assumptions and data requirements for methods that model the effects of changes in treatment uptake, given the potential for error.
What changed that was losses taken after the bank — under mounting pressure from regulators — reassessed its assumptions about its mortgage and construction loan book.
Or is it in fact a fairly typical form of that engagement, just exceptional enough to make people reassess their assumptions about how religion actually functions in political life?
The unexpected downturn in the company's performance, with its flagship Dutch business suffering double-digit advertising decline, led Mecom to admit that it needed to "reassess" the assumptions that support the turnaround strategy.
NATO will have to reassess its assumptions about Russia, albeit cautiously to "avoid creating a self-fulfilling prophecy", as the official puts it.The main threats to the West now are Russia's manipulation of oil and gas exports, its diplomatic spoiling tactics, and its dalliances with Iran, Syria and Venezuela.
In today's marketplace, homebuilders are finding that smaller models are selling more reliably, and many are reassessing old marketing assumptions.
The Obama administration must therefore reassess the assumption that Turkey is playing a constructive role in ending the violence in Syria; it must also take a hard look at its own role in contributing to religious strife.
The mess that Erdogan has gotten himself into with Syria is also reason for Washington to reassess the assumption that Turkey is a pillar of stability in the region that will act responsibly.
