People are unlikely to know that they need a product which does not exist and the basis of market research in new and innovative products is limited in this regard.

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

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.

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.

People are unlikely to know that they need a product which does not exist and the basis of market research in new and innovative products is limited in this regard.

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.