If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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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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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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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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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating 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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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