I'm an optimistic person.

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

I believe that we can, in a deliberate way, articulate the kind of people we want to become. We can articulate the culture that we would want to exist in our family, and you can then, as the rest of life happens to you, you can utilize those things to help you become the kind of person you want to be.

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

During the early stages of an industry, when the functionality and reliability of a product isn't yet adequate to meet customer's needs, a proprietary solution is almost always the right solution - because it allows you to knit all the pieces together in an optimized way.

Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.