"A five-year term is the right managerial timeline to re-launch the Bank of England with its broader responsibilities, and to develop considerable talent, undertake targeted external recruitment, and build a succession plan.
Another task the Gowalla talent could undertake would be turning Facebook's location service Places into more of a Foursquare-killer.
— Gedike undertook a ruthless talent search in an academic world where states competed for researchers.
"In the wake of our staff reductions, heading into the New Year we will undertake the process of rebalancing the newsroom talent.
To this end, they are using their respective talents to convince communities to undertake simple measures that can make the difference between life and death.
Education intendants from provincial headquarters annually toured all localities, examining candidates who presented themselves and certifying those of "promising talent" (xiucai) as being qualified to undertake weeklong examination ordeals that were conducted every third year at the provincial capitals.
But that is De Waal's undoubted talent: his charm lies in his ability to undertake obsessive research, to pile up and accrue, to involve the reader in this almost frantic travelling and note-taking and reading.
This was reinforced by a high degree of artistic fearlessness: "My talents are such that I have never lacked courage to undertake any design, however vast in size or diversified in subject".
Events like this inspire artists to create and sometimes draw on a creative energy and talent that some artists themselves are not even aware of until they undertake the project.
"That is why we asked Baroness McGregor-Smith to undertake a review looking at the barriers faced by employees and business in developing ethnic minority talent.
