We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
AKIO MORITAIf we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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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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