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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.

Akio Morita

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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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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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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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