Boyan Slat Quotes

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.

If you put enough smart people together in one space, good things happen.

It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.

I find discussing mathematics with colleagues of different backgrounds one of the most productive ways of making progress.

Being able to chuck ideas around and bounce ideas off each other with anyone I'm working with is just something I love to do, that's how most of these ideas are formed.

Diverse groups do best at complex problems and innovation when the facts aren't clear: each individual's perspective allows him or her to tackle challenges differently and, when stuck, rely on others' differing points of views to progress.

My experience from working with people is that you can have a conversation with someone or have a meeting with a group of people, and from that meeting will derive an answer to a question that no individual could have ever thought of by him or herself.

Not being a genius, I believe in collaboration, and my background as a problem solver means I've never been afraid to work with people cleverer than myself.

I just like working with smart people.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

Creative collaboration is awesome.

In science, one should use all available resources to solve difficult problems. One of our most powerful resources is the insight of our colleagues.

Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.

I like information. I love when smart people make me think of something in a new way.

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.

Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.

I love working with smart people and being challenged. I also like working on stuff that's relevant. That's my adrenaline shot.

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

Our best thoughts come from others.

The natives of Silicon Valley learned long ago that when you share your knowledge with someone else, one plus one usually equals three. You both learn each other's ideas, and you come up with new ones.

The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that's proven.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

I not only use all the brains I have but I borrow what I can from everyone about me.

We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.