Anand Mahindra Quotes

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

Strategy is, at some level, the ability to predict what's going to happen, but it's also about understanding the context in which it is being formulated. And then you have to be open-minded to the fact that you're not going to get it right at the very beginning.

You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be flexible and adaptable, and that's what we try to do.

To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're close enough to squeeze through.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can. You build to it. But a good entrepreneur is always prepared to throttle back, put on the brakes, and if the world changes, adapt to the world.

I believe businesses don't grow or develop in terms of a blueprint. There is a huge element of opportunism involved.

We can't continue to always base our strategy on the fact that the other guy is going to mess up all the time.

When you are running a business, there is a constant need to reinvent oneself. One should have the foresight to stay ahead in times of rapid change and rid ourselves of stickiness in any form in the business.

Things change very quickly. You have to be prepared and ready and on your toes at all times.

It is such an uncertain universe out there that you have to create what I call 'real' options and develop capabilities that will enable you to deal with an environment that will change anyway.

Never expect anything, but plan for everything.

If anybody knows that you need to be prepared regardless of the situation, that's me.

I want to keep different options for different futures open all the time.

Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.

We must prepare for everything.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.