Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
AKIO MORITADon’t do market research.
More Akio Morita Quotes
-
-
The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
AKIO MORITA -
More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
AKIO MORITA -
It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
AKIO MORITA -
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
AKIO MORITA -
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.
AKIO MORITA -
Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
AKIO MORITA -
If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
AKIO MORITA -
I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITA -
The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
AKIO MORITA -
You can be totally rational with a machine.
AKIO MORITA -
Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
AKIO MORITA -
America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
AKIO MORITA -
We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
AKIO MORITA -
While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
AKIO MORITA -
Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
AKIO MORITA