Masaru Ibuka Quotes

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony.

✵ 11. April 1908 – 19. December 1997   •   Other names Massaru Ibuka
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Famous Masaru Ibuka Quotes

“We worked furiously (to realise our goals). Because we didn't have fear, we could do something drastic.”

Masaru Ibuka cited in: Ashley Goldsworthy (2009), Leadership in Action. p. 52

“Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience. Computers simply cannot do that.”

Masaru Ibuka in: The Corporate Board, (1992), Vol. 13, p. 30

“Research bear a true fruit, the research must start from needs.”

Masaru Ibuka in: Nick Lyons (1976), The Sony vision. p. 147

“To establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society, and work to their heart's content.”

Masaru Ibuka's mission statement for Sony, cited in: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004), Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning. p. 57

“We do what others don't!”

Masaru Ibuka cited in: Stephen Bayley, ‎Victoria and Albert Museum, ‎Conran Foundation (1982), Sony design, p. 11

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