If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAEmployees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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