We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
AKIO MORITAThe 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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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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