It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
AKIO MORITAI feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
More Akio Morita Quotes
-
-
From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
AKIO MORITA -
But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
AKIO MORITA -
Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
AKIO MORITA -
America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
AKIO MORITA -
Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
AKIO MORITA -
I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITA -
Curiosity is the key to creativity.
AKIO MORITA -
If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
AKIO MORITA -
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
AKIO MORITA -
The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
AKIO MORITA -
Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
AKIO MORITA -
We treat employees as a member of the family.
AKIO MORITA -
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.
AKIO MORITA -
The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
AKIO MORITA -
Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
AKIO MORITA