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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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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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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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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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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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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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.
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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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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.
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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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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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