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.
Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.
Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
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.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
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.
Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
Business is tough; you need tough guys.
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.
I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.
