You don't need a cult of personality. You need a whole lot of talented engineers working together, with good communication and collaboration, to produce a great product.
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Leadership
A growing archive of 3,000+ moments, drawn from every interview.
I think it is outgrowing our family as we speak.
— Liam BatesI think a lot of people love the idea, and it's romantic, but after a year they've gone, oof, that was a lot of trouble and some real hard work.
— Liam BatesIt only survives if people believe it should be there.
— Liam BatesLeadership, ironically, in an era where everything is technology, is more important than ever.
— Carlos GutierrezIt's not just about things that I did and how powerful I ended up being. It's more about how unlikely the journey was.
— Carlos GutierrezThe thing about luck is that you have to have the skill to recognise it. Because we all have fortunate circumstances in front of us, but sometimes we don't see them.
— Carlos GutierrezDo people trust that you will make the right decision for the company when the moment comes? Not the right decision for you, but the right decision for the company. And once you get it, it's an amazing thing to have. But you can lose it very easily.
— Carlos GutierrezThis is a safe zone for us, so let us move to an unsafe zone and do something new.
— Jesper KouthoofdOne of our methods in our studio is that we do not have presentations.
— Jesper KouthoofdOptimism isn't just a private belief. It is information that we are sharing with other people that becomes evidence of progress and possibility.
— Michelle GielanIf you do not speak up, your optimism has no effect on the room.
— Michelle GielanPeople should recognise, before they enter a conflict, that there has to be an end state. There has to be, first of all, an exit plan, which will depend on what your aims are in the first place. Because if you have not got any aims, it is difficult to see how to come out of it.
— Arthur DenaroIt was not a psychological operation. It was good communication. And of course, so many of these things come back to good communication.
— Arthur DenaroKilling the enemy is half as effective as recruiting him.
— Arthur DenaroThe intrinsic disadvantage of a dictatorship is that a dictator does not get feedback, and so there is not a chance to make corrections.
— Jared Diamond