I did some research and was instantly attracted to the business because
of the meritocratic culture, fast paced, corporate working environment and first class training programmes.
Philanthropists, scholars, business leaders, and other members
of the meritocratic elite have been banging the «college for all» — or at least «college for almost all» — drum for the better part of a decade.
Because of the ferocious sorting
of the meritocratic machine, talented people have been finding and marrying one another, and giving birth to a super-class of highly gifted children.
And all champions
of the meritocratic society, one in which, in Nick Clegg's words: «Everyone is free to flourish and rise regardless of the circumstances of their birth.»
The school's curriculum is traditional, ordered toward the end of nurturing faith and reason rather than preparing young people to climb the greasy pole
of meritocratic status.
Sexual orientation «diversity» requires no bending
of meritocratic rules, no set - asides, and no expensive, large - scale government programs.
[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience factor [19:50] The habitual and environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20] Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating meaningful work and meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting
of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth of the top 1 % of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?
Not exact matches
With that in mind, it's an interesting argument, not only for its own merits but also because
of what it tells you about the vision
of boundless
meritocratic «disruption» that startup investors are trying to sell to the world.
There are,
of course, risks to the
meritocratic approach.
For all the rampant growth and the praise some commentators heap on China's supposedly
meritocratic system rooted in thousands
of years
of history, its ruling class has a spotty record.
Over time, success in the
meritocratic competition for college admission became a key measure
of status, not WASP identity.
But it, much like the American system
of government, works pretty well in reliably producing a competent,
meritocratic result.
The equal significance
of persons, only the most heartless libertarian denies, should be some limit on
meritocratic inequality.
The model is
of an unreservedly capitalist economy, its society highly efficient and
meritocratic, its polity authoritarian and not overly concerned with the rights
of individuals over against the collectivity.
Wouldn't it constitute a decisive triumph
of the moral imperatives
of social justice over the allegedly specious claims that
meritocratic practices can identify and reward the talented and deserving?
In the absence
of aristocratic traditions, a
meritocratic ideology has always played a role in the United States.
Christopher Jencks and David Riesman in The Academic Revolution (Doubleday, 1968) argue that the
meritocratic world view is the basic determinant
of academic life and «an inevitable feature
of highly organized societies with a very specialized division
of labor.»
Fourth, we must also encourage the development
of ongoing cadres
of persons within the academic community whose own deepest commitments are decisively other than its
meritocratic and rationalistic ideology.
Basically, inheritances push us towards a winner take all economy in which lots
of people who would be highly rewarded in a fully
meritocratic society are undercompensated and may decline to fully utilize their abilities knowing that fact.
Governments and echelons
of the public administration built almost exclusively on loyalty are
of course far less efficient, more tolerant with incompetence, and more prone to corruption than
meritocratic ones.
Rather than being a reflection
of the marginal productivity
of a new hyper -
meritocratic managerial class, higher pay is due to executives» greater personal incentives to seek raises once income tax rates were relaxed.
The social vision is probably still the Achilles heel
of the Tory party, notwithstanding the brilliant work on welfare and schools by Gove and IDS did,» he explains, arguing May, given her background, is not as «restricted» by Cameron in putting forward the «
meritocratic view
of just deserts».
[3][7] In this capacity Cummings wrote a 240 - page essay, «Some thoughts on education and political priorities», [8] about transforming Britain into a «
meritocratic technopolis», [5] described by Patrick Wintour as «either mad, bad or brilliant — and probably a bit
of all three.»
In the medium to long term, we must amend the law and constitution to strengthen Parliament's ability to oversight the executive (in order to promote effective checks and balances); inject
meritocratic selection and fiduciary accountability into the governance
of the state corporate sector; and allow for popular election
of district mayors to promote local government decentralization and effectiveness.
In this supposed
meritocratic age, I am left wondering, just how brilliantly must George Osborne have re-folded those towels to go on to become Chancellor
of the Exchequer?
Sometimes on the bus on the way to working hard and getting on, my thoughts also turn to Margaret Thatcher, who was famously the daughter
of a grocer, and Edward Heath (who, ironically, was nicknamed Grocer Heath), whose father was a humble builder, and, I feel inspired and warmed inside by their,
meritocratic achievements.
The desired outcome
of this is to create as
meritocratic a system as possible; if all children are going to be judged when it comes to GSCE, A levels and university entrance on the same basic set
of information, then every child needs to learn it.
He is (as far as we know) the first Chinese Parliamentary candidate selected by any
of the major parties - showing the fact that the modern Conservative Party is truly an inclusive and
meritocratic party.»
Since there are, however, some democratic (or
meritocratic, as suggested by @gerrit) elements to the governance
of this mortal realm - election
of moderators, and so on - one model to which SE could be said to bear a slight resemblance is the Democracy / Theocracy amalgam
of Iran (with, admittedly, many differences, not least
of which is that Wikipedia does not appear to be contemplating an invasion
of SE to prevent us from getting nukes).
If that were entirely the case, however, the following distinctions might not have fallen out
of the data in a purely
meritocratic world.
And the left - wing government, in power since January, is pushing through a reform
of higher education that scientists say will make universities more politicized and less
meritocratic.
The conflict in part reflects the fact that Italy lacks a
meritocratic tradition in making scientific appointments, says Ilaria Capua, director
of the Department
of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie.
He proposed a kind
of marketplace battle
of ideas as a
meritocratic arena for the cultural war.
On the face
of it, it looks like an attempt to bring in a more
meritocratic system, akin to the U.S. tenure track.
Making the official announcement in London, May said: «There is nothing
meritocratic about standing in the way
of giving our most academically gifted children the specialist and tailored support that can enable them to fulfil their potential.
They believe in upward mobility as something achieved primarily by individuals striving within a free,
meritocratic society that doesn't place barriers in front
of people but also doesn't do them special favors.
Because it is deeply implicated in American democratic and
meritocratic ideals, it is permanently controversial (consider, for instance, the persistent, rumbling fights over implementation
of the Common Core State Standards).
Indeed, I would go even further, as I like the idea
of the Sutton Trust's work to open up all independent schools on a
meritocratic and means - tested basis.
But their core beliefs are: 1) rule by a «
meritocratic» elite (
of which they themselves always seem to coincidentally be members); central planning
of the economy (and society — though they try to hide this one as long as possible) by the state; and 3) the ends justify almost any means.
Hackathons have become the de facto mechanism
of choice for innovative product / service businesses to emerge — the most practical,
meritocratic, and efficient way
of vetting new ideas into implementation.
We Brits tug our forelocks to monarchy and the aristocracy, not Johnny - come - lately property tycoons or genius entrepreneurs, and this continues to irritate everyone — liberal media in particular — who believe in a more egalitarian, rational and
meritocratic way
of thinking.
It recognises our long - term commitment to developing a
meritocratic, open and honest culture — we want the best and brightest to flourish at Hays, regardless
of background.
In our
meritocratic environment we reward your hard work with one
of the best commission schemes going and also offer you a list
of other benefits, rewards and incentives.
We operate a
meritocratic culture where you are rewarded and recognised based on your results, the chance to get promoted at nine months (with an increase to your base at that time) and high performing individuals can be fast - tracked into management roles within a few years, as well as the chance to relocate to different parts
of the UK or around the world.
The company is based on organic and
meritocratic growth — with 60 - 70 %
of the entire business having started at trainee level.
Once you have undergone our industry leading training you will have the opportunity to progress your career through our
meritocratic culture within the first year to Recruitment Consultant with a competitive salary
of # 22k (OTE # 28k - # 36k) with further progression to Senior Roles and Team / Business Management.
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You'll be given the chance to earn excellent commission on top
of your basic salary, and your hard work will always be rewarded in this
meritocratic environment.
We operate a
meritocratic culture where you are rewarded and recognised based on your results, the chance to get promoted at six months (with an increase to your base at that time) and high performing individuals can be fast - tracked into management roles within a few years, as well as the chance to relocate to different parts
of the UK or around the world.
This is an exciting opportunity to blossom in a
meritocratic and organically grown environment where you can set the pace
of your progression.