Ricardo Salinas Pliego Quotes

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

Usually, the best ideas come from having to fix a really hard problem.

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.

I think sometimes a part requires more than one approach or thought.

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.

I give people ideas on how to solve intractable problems.

If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one.

The period of time just before you awaken is the time I have my most creative thoughts and discover the best solutions.

Tinkering is a way of understanding difficult problems, of wrapping our heads around them and quantifying the unknowns.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.

Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

Anytime you put a challenge out there, people come up with a creative solution on the software side.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.