But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
AKIO MORITAThe only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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