The public does not know what is possible. We do.
AKIO MORITAIf we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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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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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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