An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
AKIO MORITAIf management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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Don’t do market research.
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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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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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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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