We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
AKIO MORITAThe important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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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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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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