Cary Cooper Quotes

United Kingdom, Psychologist
April 28, 1940

Sir Cary Lynn Cooper, CBE FAcSS, is an American-born British psychologist and 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

The IT industry is not known for the best management practices, and increased competition means working to deadlines.

Cary Cooper
It's hypocritical. The industry saw the warning signs. Others saw the warning signs. Something should have been done sooner.

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- Industry
- Signs
- Warning

We're on the cusp of a revolution, if organizations don't allow more flexibility, more autonomy, they're just going to keep losing (women).

Cary Cooper
Binge drinking is going on about three days, usually a Thursday, Friday, Saturday night and going for about seven hours.

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- Three
- Days
- Going On
These people are obsessive. They go overboard interpreting verbal and behavioral cues that take them way beyond reality.

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- People
- Reality
- Way
Advertisers like that because they want you to feel their product isn't normal - this perfume isn't normal, this set of lingerie isn't normal. The irony is that they are appealing to normal people to buy the product because they want them to identify with an exotic life that they don't lead.

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- Product
- Identify
- Exotic
Fear itself motivates people in the U.S. - the fear that you could lose everything. That creates the best in American society, the inventiveness, but the moment the net is pulled out, it becomes a terrible jungle.

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- People
- Fear
- Creates
People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.

Cary Cooper
- People
- Illness
- Admit