I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room.

You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.