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.
AKIO MORITAIf you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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 don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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