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Curiosity is the key to creativity.

Akio Morita

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
Businessman
Businessperson
Engineer
Physicist
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Creativity
Graduation
Curiosity

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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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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.
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We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
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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.
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