Eric Ries

When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or application screening, are a double win: they reduce implicit bias and they help communicate our commitment to meritocracy.

American Businessman

Dawn Foster

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in a genuine meritocracy as long as the wealthy are able to protect their own interests.

British Journalist

Jim Goetz

Poetry is a pure meritocracy. There's no room for ambiguity: either a poem moves you and opens up new vistas in life, or it doesn't. It's completely objective, and the best always rise to the top.

Kenneth C. Griffin

As Americans, I think we really believe that with the meritocracy that exists in our country, the equality of opportunity is so important to the foundation of our culture and our society.

Maynard Webb

When it comes to work, there is a fear factor around meritocracy. People are afraid of being openly judged. However, when you know what you are being measured against, it's empowering.

American Author

Kate Reardon

The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can even lose a guy a clear parliamentary majority.

Krystal Ball

But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the system for their own benefit and their children's own benefit.

American Activist

Anthony Fantano

Anybody could put their thoughts on a record out there. I think the world of reviews and opinions is now very much a meritocracy.

American Celebrity

Shiv Nadar

Our belief is that aspirations, meritocracy, and a world class institution are the three ingredients our country needs.

Indian Businessman

Toby Young

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

Meritocracy implies a system where merit should lead to success, but it's not promised in real life.

Not Guaranteed

Meritocracy can be an idealistic concept, often criticized as unrealistic.

Idealistic Concept

Meritocracy generally has a positive connotation, suggesting fairness and opportunity.

Positive Connotation

 and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious -- about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

A kinder, gentler...

 really critical for us is to make sure that there is a sense of unity in diversity that there is an overall commitment to that's what I would call a civic nationalism a set of common values like multiculturalism and meritocracy in what we do but what's also been important is to recognize that within there it's important for cultures to

New ways to understand...

 I gained a humility that I needed in order to balance my audacity. I wanted to find the smartest people who would disagree with me to try to understand their perspective or to have them stress test my perspective. I wanted to make an idea meritocracy.

How to build a company...

 I'll get happy. And that's the lie of self-sufficiency. But as anybody on their deathbed will tell you, the things that make people happy is the deep relationships of life, the losing of self-sufficiency. The third lie is the lie of the meritocracy.

The lies our culture...

 the better-than-average group said that they were more competent than the below-average group. The better-than-average group said that their success was a fair outcome of a meritocracy. The below-average group thought the system was rigged,

The psychology of...

 election just a little while ago and it was very highly contested the winner was someone who represents a new generation that come up through this decentralized system who represents meritocracy and public service but he's ranged against a

Is invisibility the...

 because I knew that my own process would go through this same way, and that my bonus would be decided in the same way, so I wanted to know how it worked, but more importantly, I wanted to understand how this concept of a meritocracy

How to find the person...

 It's like it was just this this whisper of history, right. But he also created this world, which we see today. He had a system of meritocracy, which was far beyond its time. He created the first, you know, global currency.

Genghis Khan’s Lost...

 Such a system is operationally rigid, politically closed, and morally illegitimate. Well, the assumptions are wrong. The opposites are true. Adaptability, meritocracy, and legitimacy are the three defining characteristics

Eric X. Li: A tale of...

 Meritocracy is corrosive of the common good. It leads to hubris among the winners and humiliation among those who lose out. It encourages the successful to inhale too deeply of their success,