Tags : Kyocera
Mindset to be maintained, -for leaders-
2021年8月26日 Uncategorized
Inamori* has been a very successful and legendary Japanese entrepreneur. He has developed Kyocera as one of the top Japanese companies. He also developed AU, one of the top telecommunication companies in Japan. After the Lehman brothers crash, when JAL, the Japan airline, went bankrupt, upon the request from the Japanese government, as a chairman, …
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 …
Live in a world of profitability
2021年8月20日 Philosophy
Inamori mentioned corporate profitability. “There is basically no difference between two companies: profitable ones and loss-making ones. The latter must work hard and drive their profitability tremendously in the short term. So, they could live in a world of profit. I call it changing the world, which means changing your mindset, the environment, players, …
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 …
To make your management team a group of entrepreneurs Part 1
2021年8月3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 …
Envisaging, Desiring, and believing
2021年7月29日 Uncategorized
Some entrepreneurs put high importance on business administrative skills and techniques. Others rely more on the mental parts of business leaders. Inamori always spends a great deal of his time speaking about how important our mind is to Seiwajuku mates. This time, he highlighted how important it is to envisage, desire, and believe for business …
For whom the president works? Part 2
2021年7月23日 Philosophy
Mr. Inamori raised the question “For whom does the president work?”. However, Mr. Inamori said that presidents should work to fulfill their lives. So what can fulfill those presidents’ lives? Money, wealth, fame, or excitement, or something to fulfill their desires? Inamori said, nothing can ultimately fulfill presidents, unless they think about their own souls …
For whom the president works? Part 1
2021年7月21日 Uncategorized
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” is the novel of Earnest Hemingway published in 1940. However, this time, Mr. Inamori raised the question “For whom does the president work?”. In other words, this asks about the presidents’ lives. For what reason are they working so hard? Some say that to be rich, that’s why they are …
M&A, sex and Aikido Part 2
2021年7月8日 Philosophy
We were talking about M&A deal, the similarity with sex and Aikido. Inamori* shared his story of how he successfully completed the M&A deal with AVX, a US based electric manufacturing company. Superficially, people think that thorough due diligence, hard negotiations, and precise financial analysis are keys to succeed in M&A deals. However, what …
M&A, sex and Aikido Part 1
2021年7月6日 Philosophy
This time, Inamori* shared his story of how he successfully completed the M&A deal with AVX, a US based electric manufacturing company. Superficially, people think that thorough due diligence, hard negotiations, and precise financial analysis are keys to succeed in M&A deals. However, what Inamori said as the fundamental nature of M&A is rather the …
