We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
AKIO MORITAOnce you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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