"There were many times that I felt like a fish out of water, times that I really said to myself, 'do I even fit in'."

“The CEO has to think long-term and needs to understand the way public and private sectors are coming together and work constructively within that framework. CEOs need to make the phrase "think global and act local" more than a cliche?”

“We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemployment for a while because we want to address deficits.”

“Indra can drive as deep and hard as anyone I have ever met, but she can do it with a sense of heart and fun.”

“Turbulence is the beginning of a fruitful process of transformation.”

“Don’t take an eye on the short term but think long.”

“I think innovation as a discipline needs to go back and get rethought and revived. There are so many models to talk about innovation, there are so many typologies of innovation, and you have to find a good innovation metric that truly captures the innovation performance of a company.”