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.
AKIO MORITAExecutives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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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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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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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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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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