Ingvar Kamprad Quotes About Ikea
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Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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Simple routine have a greater impact. It is not just to cut costs that we avoid luxury hotels. We do not need fancy cars, posh titles, tailor made uniforms or other status symbols.
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The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each others, our suppliers and our customers.
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To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best
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IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.
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If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
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Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.
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We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the IKEA employees.
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Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.
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What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.
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