I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
AKIO MORITAThere are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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Of 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.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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