Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.