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The public does not know what is possible. We do.

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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Engineer
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Never break another man's rice bowl.
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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.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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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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But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead Japan looks 10 years.
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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.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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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. Employees are not guilty why should they suffer?
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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