But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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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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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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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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