But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
AKIO MORITACuriosity is the key to creativity.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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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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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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