I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITAThe best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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