We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
AKIO MORITABut make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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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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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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