The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them. – Carlos Ghosn
You’ll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure. – Carlos Ghosn
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. – Carlos Ghosn
Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it’s never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood. – Carlos Ghosn
There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn. – Carlos Ghosn
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. – Carlos Ghosn
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish. – Carlos Ghosn
When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make. – Carlos Ghosn
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons. – Carlos Ghosn
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. – Carlos Ghosn
People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else. – Carlos Ghosn
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. – Carlos Ghosn
I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined. – 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. – Carlos Ghosn
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. – Carlos Ghosn
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. – Carlos Ghosn
If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don’t create value in most cases. – Carlos Ghosn
