My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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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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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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