Never break another man’s rice bowl.
AKIO MORITACuriosity is the key to creativity.
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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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