I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITAWe don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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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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Don’t do market research.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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