I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITADon’t do market research.
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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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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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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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