to parachute (to introduce (something/someone) into a place using a parachute); to parachute (to place (someone) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there)
paradigm (pattern, way of doing something; especially pattern of thought, system of beliefs, conceptual framework); paradigm (set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category)