What Akio Morita thinks about innovation

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Japanese businessman (1921 to 1999); co-founder of Sony and co-author of Made in Japan (1986).

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1 dated position, c. 1986, in their own words. Our reading of what Akio Morita has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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   Our readingA maker should lead the public with new products instead of asking what they want, because the public does not know what is possible.

   Their wordsOur plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want. The public does not know what is possible, but we do.

   ↗Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (E. P. Dutton, 1986)archive.org All 2 from this book