I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.

When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.

Hire inexperience. This year we plan to hire 200 engineers - half of whom are recent grads. Young people are not burdened by years of experience. They haven't learned - or been told - what is right or wrong. With engineering, there is no tried and tested path. You try, and fail, and fix, and fail again.

Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.