The only companies that innovate are those who believe that innovation is vital for their future.

The only companies that innovate are those who believe that innovation is vital for their future.

There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people.

Problems can only be solved by the people who have them. You have to try and coax them and love them into seeing ways in which they can help themselves.

Everyone thinks I'm a smart arse who can solve any bloody problem. I'm not. I'm just a very old businessman and a very experienced businessman who made every mistake in the book and can recognise one when I see one.

Good business should contain something for both parties.

The task of industry is continuously, year on year, to make more and better things, using less of the world's resources.