Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
AKIO MORITACarefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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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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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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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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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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