Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
Never break another man's rice bowl. - Akio Morita
Never break another man's rice bowl.
- Akio Morita
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
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.
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 ha… - Akio Morita
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 ha…
Curiosity is the key to creativity. - Akio Morita
Curiosity is the key to creativity.
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. - Akio Morita
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative. - Akio Morita
Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems. - Akio Morita
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding. - Akio Morita
You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion. - Akio Morita
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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