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.
AKIO MORITAMy chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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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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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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