My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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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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 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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