James Dyson
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREngis a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net worth in 2013 was £3 billion...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1947
people company ingenious
Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.
jobs needs want
Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.
technology ideas design
Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.
experts
Don't listen to experts.
unique technology keys
Most robotic vacuum cleaners don't see their environment, have little suction, and don't clean properly. They are gimmicks. We've been developing a unique 360 vision system that lets our robot see where it is, where it has been, and where it is yet to clean. Vision, combined with our high speed digital motor and cyclone technology, is the key to achieving a high performing robot vacuum - a genuine labor saving device.
mistake thinking discovery
Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.
mistake important teach
Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.
persistence looks ends
There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.
designer engineers
All our engineers are designers and all our designers are engineers.
engineering years people
Hire inexperience. This year we plan to hire 200 engineers - half of whom are recent grads. Young people are not burdened by years of experience. They haven't learned - or been told - what is right or wrong. With engineering, there is no tried and tested path. You try, and fail, and fix, and fail again.
mistake technology hands
The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology - from uncharted applications for our digital motor, to a new take on the hand dryer. With an unhindered mind, nothing is off limits.
made
Success is made of 99% failure.
next great-inventions moments
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.
technology needs characteristics
Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.