America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
AKIO MORITAI consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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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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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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 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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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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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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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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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