Matsushita Electric is in the business of developing people. We also happen to make electrical products.
松下電器は人をつくるところでございます。あわせて電気器具もつくっております。
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Kōnosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989), Japan's God of Management, left school at nine and built Panasonic into a global giant. He pioneered divisional structure, affordable-quality pricing, and systematic leader development.
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Kōnosuke Matsushita's Other Quotes
Never think you have exhausted every option. Stand at the cliff's edge, and a fresh wind will surely blow.
It only becomes failure when you stop. Keep going until you succeed, and it becomes success.
The manufacturer's mission is to overcome poverty by producing goods in such abundance that they become as plentiful and cheap as tap water.
Commerce is the art of inspiring customers.
A sunao (open) mind sees the truth of things without being trapped by preconceptions.
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Customers first, employees second, shareholders third.
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Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.
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Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought.
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Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.
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