In 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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 best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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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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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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I 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.
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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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