In general, it means applying to the public sector ideas and techniques from private-sector management.
Mr. Bloomberg ran for office on the theme that as a businessman unencumbered by political baggage and full of private sector ideas, he could be more successful at solving the city's problems than a lifetime politician.
Powell, who speaks Arabic, having moved to the US from Egypt at the age of four, was also reportedly asked by Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, to suggest ways private sector ideas could inform the overhaul of the federal government with which he has been tasked.
Put in a different language, Dragas is suggesting that if UVA is to survive in a climate of low taxes and limited government, it will have to adopt private sector ideas, practices and procedures.
In one of his few references to the environment, Mr Gore called for private-sector ideas that would "stop global warming without economic cooling".
Although Japanese and Korean companies accounted for nearly 10% of global profits in 2013, their margins haven't risen as much as those of their Western rivals, which dominate the more profitable sectors: idea-intensive industries such as pharmaceuticals, media, finance, and information technology, which account for about 22% of revenues but 41% of profits.
In the public sector, the idea of managed competition is now being reborn under the label of "premium support model".
While looking for a new job in the financial sector, the idea of opening a distillery "kept getting louder and louder in my head," she said.
Having worked as an advertising executive in the private sector, the idea of creating something that stands out from the crowd is instinctive for me.
While using technology to work remotely is familiar in the private sector, the idea of conducting business away from Capitol Hill or their district offices was foreign to many members of Congress.
