People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
— Carlos Ghosn
Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.
If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.
In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
China will be the answer to Japan's problems.
