We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
AKIO MORITAOnce you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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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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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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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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