My father was an absolutely wonderful human being…– Indra Nooyi
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman …– Indra Nooyi
I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, ‘I’ll arrange a marriage for you at 18,’ but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
I spent some time at a university for traditional …– Indra Nooyi
I spent some time at a university for traditional Chinese medicine. There’s a resurgence of people eating according to traditional Chinese medicine. So our challenge is, How do you marry traditional Chinese medicine with PepsiCo’s products?
Anything that’s done to address unemployment in …– Indra Nooyi
Anything that’s done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that’s done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
When you assume negative intent…– Indra Nooyi
When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
We are in a bit of a policy box and it’s going to …– Indra Nooyi
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 […]
I pick up the details that drive the organization …– Indra Nooyi
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
The distance between number one and number two is …– Indra Nooyi
The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don’t improve myself and lift the organization, because […]
Just because you are CEO…– Indra Nooyi
Just because you are CEO, don’t think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I’ve never forgotten that.
Food service is a growth area for …– Indra Nooyi
Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.