Terry Leahy famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Follow the customer, if they change, we change.
-- Terry Leahy

#Educational
Investors want to know how exposed a business is to climate change. The physical risks to Tesco are clear, but could be far-reaching. Freak weather in the past few months has disrupted our supply lines in Hungary, Bangladesh and Korea. Any responsible board of directors should be planning ahead, thinking through these risks, and presenting them in a clear, transparent way
-- Terry Leahy

#Business #Past #Thinking
Be more tolerant of the difficult people. They're the creative ones. They're not happy with the status quo.
-- Terry Leahy

#People #Creative #Not Happy
I had a very happy childhood and very loving parents. We didn't have much money and I suppose therefore you felt that anything you did you'd have to do on your own, so it does make you quite motivated.
-- Terry Leahy

#Childhood #Parent #Doe
If you find it difficult to accept failure then you simply won't get any innovation because employees will be too frightened
-- Terry Leahy

#Innovation #Accepting #Frightened

The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
In relation to the political decontamination of our public life, the government will embark upon a systematic campaign to restore the nation's moral and material health. The whole educational system, theater, film, literature, the press and broadcasting - all these will be used as a means to this end.
I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise.
If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.

Terry Leahy famous quotes

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