I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
AKIO MORITAI 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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