Akio Morita: Quotes about people

Akio Morita was Japanese businessman. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Akio Morita: 94 quotes1 like

“I believe people work for satisfaction.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 186.

“.. 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.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 186.

“You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 202.

“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.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 175.

“More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.”

Akio Morita (1989) in: Peter Krass ed. (2000) The Book of Management Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Managers. p. 235.

“What we in industry learned in dealing with people is that people do not work just for money and that if you are trying to motivate, money is not the most effective tool.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 138.

“In all my years in business I can recall very few people I have wanted to fire for making mistakes.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 151.

“From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 164.

“Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.”

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 160.