If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
AKIO MORITAIf management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
AKIO MORITAPeople need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAOnce you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
AKIO MORITAMy concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
AKIO MORITAFrom a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
AKIO MORITAIn the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
AKIO MORITAWhile the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
AKIO MORITAOur plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
AKIO MORITABut make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
AKIO MORITAWhen I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
AKIO MORITAThe “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.
AKIO MORITAI feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
AKIO MORITADon’t do market research.
AKIO MORITACuriosity is the key to creativity.
AKIO MORITAEmployees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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