While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
AKIO MORITACuriosity is the key to creativity.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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.
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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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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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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 we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con 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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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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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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