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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 …
Not strategy but philosophy, for our business growth
2021年12月3日 Philosophy
I started my career in a Japanese consulting firm. After a 12 years of career, I quitted that company, studied abroad, then came back to Japan to join a non-Japanese investment bank. Around that time, in Japanese business practice, ethical mindset and attitudes were highly valued to be a good Japanese businessperson. On the other …
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 …
How to reconcile your minds of both conscious and subconscious
2021年10月26日 Philosophy
Some people say that we are eventually born into this world. Others said that we had already been allocated our roles and functions in this world before our birth. However, Inamori said that each of us has its own mission in this world. So we must complete that mission seriously and sincerely. Let’s think about …
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 …
Feel the wind of new era, – to be proactive-
2021年9月28日 Philosophy
Under the COVID pandemic, many companies have been forced to experience a sort of change. Under the so-called VULCA world, we hardly expect what society would look like. However, Kyocera, over its 60 years of history, has successfully been launching new products, which respond to the demand of the new era. Inamori developed Kyocera to …
More profitable company even under the recession
2021年9月21日 Philosophy
For the past 60 yrs of history, Kyocera has never recorded a loss. Even under the recession, their profit ratio has increased. How come it is possible? Inamori shared Kyocera’s business strategies which allowed them to be more profitable under recessions. Keys are as follows 1 Everyone is sales force 2 Sales is the …
