My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
AKIO MORITAI 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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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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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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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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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 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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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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