Shift: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival
A source page for quotes linked to Carlos Ghosn.
“I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.”
“You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.”
“Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.”
“It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.”
“To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.”
“We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.”
“As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.”
“As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.”
“Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.”
“Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.”
“Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.”
“Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.”
“The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.”
“The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.”
“The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.”
“When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.”
“We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.”