If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
AKIO MORITAWe want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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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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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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