Her current form of identification, a United States passport from 2002, reveals a slim and bright-eyed woman who was, she said, "active and outgoing" and who had, as an immigrant, shown a determined resourcefulness in adapting to her new country.
The Guardian has been adapting swiftly.
Rapid changes in technology have affected businesses in more ways than we can count, from globalization and organizational adjustments to a workforce clamoring for remote and mobile job opportunities -- and human resources has had to adapt swiftly.
Futurologist Richard Scase told senior journalists and executives at the Society of Editors conference that they would have to adapt swiftly to dramatic changes in society and the world economy.
But retailers that fail to adapt swiftly, such as Marks & Spencer, are brutally punished.
This approach to implementation was developed to enable business to adapt swiftly to constantly changing market conditions.
But brown plant hoppers adapted swiftly, and the resistant strains started losing their effectiveness in the 1990s.
There is simply no slowing down -- companies must adapt swiftly to succeed or be forced into extinction.
But the resourcefulness and courage he displays in adapting to their new life are very engaging, and Wyndham's meticulous attention to the practical details of survival, of daily life, and indeed to the botanical development and behaviour of the Triffids, enable the reader to suspend disbelief in this wonderfully fantastic tale.
Lesson No. 2: The marketplace harshly and swiftly punishes delays in adapting to the new realities of digital.
That means that workers must be willing to adapt more swiftly to change by acquiring new skills, for example, or shifting jobs more frequently.In some cases, people may need to rethink their careers completely.
