There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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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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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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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do 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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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(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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