How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.

Go for civil engineering, because civil engineering is the branch of engineering which teaches you the most about managing people. Managing people is a skill which is very, very useful and applies almost regardless of what you do.

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

It is the responsibility of leadership and management to give opportunities and put demands on people which enable them to grow as human beings in their work environment.

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.

If you are doing things the same way as two years ago, you are almost certainly doing them wrong.

Good business should contain something for both parties.