When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
AKIO MORITAWhen I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
AKIO MORITAOnce you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
AKIO MORITAIf you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAJapanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
AKIO MORITAWe don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
AKIO MORITAExecutives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
AKIO MORITAJapanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
AKIO MORITAI 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.
AKIO MORITAI feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
AKIO MORITAThe best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
AKIO MORITABut make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
AKIO MORITAPeople need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
AKIO MORITAIf we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
AKIO MORITAEvery action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
AKIO MORITATo gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
AKIO MORITAWhile the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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