If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks, and thinking what they have been taught to think.

Anger is a good motivator.

The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology - from uncharted applications for our digital motor, to a new take on the hand dryer. With an unhindered mind, nothing is off limits.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money