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.
AKIO MORITAWithout an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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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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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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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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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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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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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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