It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
AKIO MORITAWhile the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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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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