The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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