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.
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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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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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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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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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 management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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