I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
AKIO MORITAI consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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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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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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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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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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Don’t do market research.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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