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.
AKIO MORITAIf you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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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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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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 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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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