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
secret ingredients responsible
There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
jobs mean done
I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
moving people may
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.
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.
business sure-thing
The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
attitude different seems
Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
believe office want
We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
business innovation enemy
An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
want kind plans
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want,
education jobs people
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
mistake believe thinking
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 happy in their work and proud of it.
believe people satisfaction
I believe people work for satisfaction.
moving games creating
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.