What we need now is the George C. Marshall of our era to help us train better than the Chinese and the Russians.
— Dr. Nicholas Wright“I believe that success in business can be measured by if you enjoy what you are doing; create something that stands out; create something that everyone is really proud of.”— Sir Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group & Billionaire Entrepreneur & Adventurer
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We need fear, but fear has to be harnessed, and a crucial way we harness it is through training. Training helps you turn fear from something that paralyses you into something that spurs you to take the right decisions in very difficult situations.
— Dr. Nicholas WrightWe have to recognise that if we ignore or downplay the human side, we could lose. That, I think, is really the key insight for why and how things should be done differently.
— Dr. Nicholas WrightFrom day one, we said that we wanted to create value, create impact, and create inspiration. We're not going to build a business that just creates impact—we're not a nonprofit. We have to create value. As long as we're doing all three, we're never going to lose.
— Ben LammThe power is amazingly concentrated in Whitehall with very clever technocrats who go into it as their first job. Then they're assigned, aged 24 or 25, things like planning bus routes for Manchester. At the moment, the basic principle in the Treasury is that whatever you do, don't give money to local governments because they will squander it.
— Paul CollierEconomist specializing in poverty, conflict, and development in Africa