Akio Morita quotes

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 Morita)
Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice. View quote
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee. View quote
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate. View quote
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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. View quote
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding. View quote
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. View quote
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times. (Akio Morita)
To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers. View quote
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another. View quote
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target. The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies. View quote
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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. View quote
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes. (Akio Morita)
We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned. View quote
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I believe people work for satisfaction. View quote
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it. View quote
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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. View quote
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