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
thinking government people
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
thinking engineering people
I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.
technology thinking people
So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.
people house needs
Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
thinking people track
If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks, and thinking what they have been taught to think.
people company ingenious
Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.
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.
silly naughty people
We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you can’t get off.
people modern employers
As a modern employer you have to treat people well.
enjoy failure learn
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
art escaped mini school took
When I escaped to art school it was a Mini that took me there.
build cheap economical mini perfect
The Mini was cheap to run, economical to build and perfect for nipping about town.
sexy thinking issues
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
technology needs investors
We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.