Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
AKIO MORITAWe don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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