Bjork Quotes

I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

You're working with models who are looking at their watch, and it didn't work for me. I wanted to have relationships with amazing people.

I make my relationships at work.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

I don't like to work with people I don't have any connection with.

Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on the bus, let's make sure they spend some time driving together.

I think you function much better when you trust people and when you've got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework.

When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. Familiarity breeds contempt, people say. But I've found, for creative things, familiarity breeds peace of mind, because you realize you know someone better. You trust each other. You know not to take things a certain way, or a wrong way. You get to where you don't have to waste quite so much time with diplomacy. Things are a little more efficient.

The rider and the team need to understand one another and work in the same direction. Then the rider's happy, and only then will the rider be able to give 100%.

Cedric, man, it's like if I'm working with you, like I'm sitting here now talking to you, I want to get along with you. That's how I am. I feel like if I get along with you, the work will be splendid.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

The relationship between a client must be 'we.'

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

I think it really makes a difference when you know the people that you're working with, when you develop a relationship.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone.

So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

You learn a lot about a person when you work together.

You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you're vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who's over there behind your back.