I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
AKIO MORITAWhile the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Don’t do market research.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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