{"id":3229,"date":"2016-06-03T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2016-06-03T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T08:10:07","slug":"on-numbers-and-getting-out-there-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2016\/06\/03\/on-numbers-and-getting-out-there-for-business","title":{"rendered":"On numbers and getting out there for business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sidney Toledano (a student of math & engineering, now boss of Dior Couture), via Lunch with the FT<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u2018If business is not good, don\u2019t stay in the office\u2019. Some people try to find out what\u2019s wrong through the numbers. But if you stay in the office, nothing will change.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a mathematician, Toledano is casually dismissive of too much financial analysis. \u201cMy father taught me it\u2019s better to have no explanation for success than a lot of explanations for a failure<\/strong>. Success is intuition, action, decision and take some risks. Frankly, numbers; I see them every day when I get the worldwide update. I can see every single figure for every single piece. But I don\u2019t spend more than 10 to 15 minutes on it because I follow them every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a good doctor. They see the numbers very quickly \u2013 temperature, whatever \u2013 but they talk to the patient. I\u2019ve never seen a doctor fixing a problem with a thermometer. And you never fix a problem with the numbers. Don\u2019t look and you miss everything.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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