“We believe this approach (progress sharing) is a rational approach because you cooperate in creating the abundance that makes the progress possible, and then you share that progress after the fact, and not before the fact. Profit sharing would resolve the conflict between management apprehensions and worker expectations on the basis of solid economic facts as they materialize rather than on the basis of speculation as to what the future might hold.” BelieveFactsMightPoliticsEconomyProgressShareEconomicConflictApproachCreatingExpectationsBasesManagementWorkersProfitRationalAbundanceLiberalismResolveSpeculationApprehensionProfit Sharing Author:Walter Reuther
“I enjoy creating. And if you can do it in a cool way, do it. You can't worry about disappointing people or what their expectations might be.” PeopleIfsWayMightEnjoyCan DoWorryCreatingExpectationsYou Can Do ItDisappointing Author:Justin Timberlake
“The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.” TogetherTechnologyCreatingExpectationsDistanceWorking TogetherGoverningEnabling Author:Beth Simone Noveck
“Creating a high-functioning education system requires all the strategies involved in building high-functioning organisations anywhere. It requires a deliberate and aggressive strategy to ensure extraordinary talent at every level of the system, from the superintendentcy to district offices to principalships to classrooms. It requires building systems for accountability; offering parents the ability to choose their public schools is the ultimate form of this. It requires building a strong culture at the system and school levels based on high expectations for student achievement.” SchoolFormCultureStrongParentAbilityLevelsTalentStudentsBuildingInvolvedOfficeAchievementCreatingExpectationsUltimateStrategyExtraordinaryAccountabilityAggressiveClassroomOfferingDeliberatePublic SchoolOrganisationEducation SystemHigh ExpectationsAbility To ChooseStudent Achievement Author:Wendy Kopp
“We at the U.N. have to take some of the blame, because we have not lowered expectations creating the impression we are here to save people, even when we have very limited resources.” PeopleCreatingExpectationsResourcesBlameImpressionLimited Resources Author:Kofi Annan
“People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.” PeopleWellsJobsOpportunityFocusCreatingExpectationsCustomersTitlesMapsSomething NewSpecializationJob Titles Author:Gabe Newell
“If you have expectations, you try to put your standards on someone else's behavior. The fact is you can't control anyone but yourself, so creating standards, as opposed to expectations, keeps the ball in your court.” IfsTryingFactsBehaviorCreatingStandardsExpectationsBallsCourt Author:Daphne Oz
“You can see a whole book as a series of creating an expectation and then delivering a skew on that expectation so it's not totally satisfied.” BookWholeCreatingExpectationsSeriesSatisfiedDelivering Author:George Saunders