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.
AKIO MORITAAnd then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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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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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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