Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
AKIO MORITAEmployees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
More Akio Morita Quotes
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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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.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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.
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