Everyone thinks I'm a smart arse who can solve any bloody problem. I'm not. I'm just a very old businessman and a very experienced businessman who made every mistake in the book and can recognise one when I see one. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
Go for civil engineering, because civil engineering is the branch of engineering which teaches you the most about managing people. Managing people is a… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
People are unlikely to know that they need a product which does not exist and the basis of market research in new and innovative… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks I'm a smart arse who can solve any bloody problem. I'm not. I'm just a very old businessman and a very experienced… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
The task of industry is continuously, year on year, to make more and better things, using less of the world's resources. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
People who don't make mistakes are no bloody good to you at all. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
If you are doing things the same way as two years ago, you are almost certainly doing them wrong. — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
