All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
AKIO MORITAIf you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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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 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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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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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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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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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