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

We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.

The American system of management, in my opinion, also relies too much on outsiders to help make business decisions., and this is because of the insecurity that American decision makers feel in their jobs, as compared with most top Japanese corporate executives.

...without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.