“People do not work just for money, and if you are trying to motivate people, money is not the most effective tool.” “No theory, no plan, no system of government can assure the success of an enterprise. The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.” “My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target. “More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.” “Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.” Something that nobody else was making.”Īt 58, Sony chairman Akio Morita introduced the Sony Walkman, an idea no one seemed to like at the time. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.” “In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. “In all my years in business I can recall very few people I have wanted to fire for making mistakes.” “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.” People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.” “I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.

“I believe people work for satisfaction.” “I believe on of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.” In October 1987, Michael Jackson visited Akio Morita at the birthday party of his wife. “Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.” But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.” “Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. “A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.” Below are some of the most notable and inspiring quotes from Morita. Sony then went on to become the very first Japanese business to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He began his businesses with only 20 employees and investments from his family.

He is the creator and founder of Sony Corporation. Born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Akio Morita has become one of the most iconic businessmen of this time.

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