My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
AKIO MORITAOur plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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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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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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 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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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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 make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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