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.
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.
AKIO MORITAEvery action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
AKIO MORITATo have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
AKIO MORITAThere are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
AKIO MORITAIn the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
AKIO MORITAThe best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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 MORITAWe treat employees as a member of the family.
AKIO MORITAThe only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
AKIO MORITAIn the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
AKIO MORITAWhether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
AKIO MORITAI 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.
AKIO MORITAWhile the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
AKIO MORITAMy solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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.
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