Tags : business philosophy
How can my husband be a respected CEO?
2021年12月17日 Philosophy
Among Seiwajuku workshops, there was a Q&A session. During the session, Anny, a wife of a company CEO, asked Inamori , “Mr. Inamori, as you have encouraged members to have their employees respect them. Could you please advise my husband how he could get such a respect from our staff?” Inamori was thinking for …
Four inventions to grow your company
2021年12月15日 Philosophy
Inamori said that Kyocera had experienced four inventions in their growing stage. 1 Product invention 2 Demand invention 3 Market invention 4 Technology invention Let me explain one by one what Inamori said for each stage. 1 Product invention “At the early stage of Kyocera growth, most of the major manufacturers of white …
How to change the world you belong to
2021年11月18日 Philosophy
Kyocera made its breakthrough in their start- up stage. Inamori, the founder of Kyocera, remembered why he made such a growth around that time. “Like a satellite or spacecraft, a crew can enjoy floating without gravity as he is in space, while the people on the ground, who look up at the sky, say they …
To ride on the dynamic waves of the new era
2021年11月16日 Philosophy
Inamori had his boyhood and adolescence before and after World War II. Around that time, sacrificing ourselves to the country and fulfilling our family with materials were highly valued in our society. However, after the war, Japan entered into the period of high economic growth driven by industrial expansion and improvements led by corporations. Small …
Is transparency possible? Betrayer = betrayed one
2021年10月21日 Uncategorized
One of Kyocera’s business management mottos is transparency in terms of accounting figures and numbers. Inamori said “at Kyocera, management is based on relationships of trust. Everything is open, including accounting, and there is no doubt about the development of the system. As an example, in (Hourly Profitability System), the business results of all departments …
Criteria of leaders who can turn around their business
2021年10月19日 Philosophy
Some leaders have improved the performance of their companies since they started learning business philosophy from Inamori*. On the other hand, the companies of some leaders haven’t shown little progress or even remained the same. I was wondering what the differences are. From the psychological viewpoint, the former believe their destiny becomes better, while the …
The manual for entrepreneur-how to develop presidential mindset-
2021年10月5日 Philosophy
Inamori started Kyocera at the age of 25, and the initial motivation was simply to release his ideas and technical products to the market. Since then, he developed Kyocera to a several billion USD sales company, also developed a large telecommunication company, and saved JAL from its bankruptcy. Looking back on his career, especially during …
Secrets of Concentration for Leaders
2021年9月14日 Philosophy
Inamori has reiterated that leaders must concentrate all the time for an issue raised in front of them. Even though it is a tiny issue, we leaders must concentrate on our thoughts and make the best decision on them. For us to do that, at every moment of our daily management we must keep concentrating …
How to deal with Jedi? Tendering your Force
2021年8月22日 Philosophy
The famous Hollywood film “Star Wars” has been a spectacular space adventure where the Force, good Heroes combats the Jedi, the evil spirits prevailing in the universe. In our society, every scene in our businesses, regardless of the industries or entity sizes, we must combat those evil spirits, Jedi, while maintaining our good and faithful …
To make your management team a group of entrepreneurs Part 2
2021年8月9日 Philosophy
Inamori had always been telling this” What we are now is the reflection of efforts we made in the past and how we will look like is exactly the reflection of what kind of efforts we are making now. However, I haven’t had any impression that all of you guys are well prepared to demonstrate …
