If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
AKIO MORITAMore people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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.
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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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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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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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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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