If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
AKIO MORITAIf you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
AKIO MORITAWe want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
AKIO MORITANever break another man’s rice bowl.
AKIO MORITADon’t do market research.
AKIO MORITAManagement 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.
AKIO MORITAOf course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
AKIO MORITAThe “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.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAEvery action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
AKIO MORITAPeople need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
AKIO MORITAIf you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAIn the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
AKIO MORITAI 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.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
AKIO MORITAThe only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
AKIO MORITAMy solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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