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.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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The “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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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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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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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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