Akio Morita
Akio Morita
Akio Moritawas a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 January 1921
CountryJapan
real people trying
More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
creativity example apollo
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.
creativity technology self
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.
relationship leadership responsibility
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.
country ideas impact
The "patron saint" of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
intelligent people creative
Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
people understanding machines
You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
running clever successful
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.
people research want
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.
teamwork heart exercise
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.
important cash gains
To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
thinking management company
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
believe growth atmosphere
I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
graduation creativity keys
Curiosity is the key to creativity.