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.
AKIO MORITAWe don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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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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