From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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 want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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The 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.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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