The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
AKIO MORITAThe company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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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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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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