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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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