More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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I 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.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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