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.
AKIO MORITAWe treat employees as a member of the family.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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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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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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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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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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