Anand Mahindra Quotes

A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.

I try to drive my office more as a start-up of ideas.

If all I hired were cake decorators, our cakes would just look like cakes that people decorate. We do astounding work at Charm City Cakes and to do that you need people who think in astounding ways. Artists just think in different ways.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset.

Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see that coming'.

I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.

I like to keep the median age in my lab low because they will indulge me in my dreams. They don't yet think things are impossible.

Artists and scientists both think outside the box. They've got to come with genius experiments or ideas to expose the most interesting phenomena.

When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.

The way creative people live is different from people who don't do anything creative.

I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and think of something new, and that's where creativity comes in.

People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.

I've always had a good imagination. If I saw a sitcom, and everything was made out of cheese, I wouldn't go 'What?' I wouldn't get angry. I'd think, 'Right, OK, all cheese? Amazing.'

You know, when you look carefully at stuff that you deal with everyday, applying a little creativity to it and thinking outside the box, it's amazing what you can do.

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

If everybody thinks you're out of your mind, you just might be onto something.

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

We do not want to just define issues; we want to help to create solutions

I like talking to engineers best. They built bridges, they're very precise, very disciplined, yet I find they have roving minds.

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.

Is creativity some obscure, esoteric art form? Not on your life. It's the most practical thing a business-man can employ.