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Work in the center of the vortex
2022年5月10日 Philosophy
This time Inamori spoke at the Seiwajuku workshop about the theme: “Work in the center of the vortex.” This is the metaphor that each one of us should be the self-starter, create the work and involve other staff to proceed with it. Inamori explained as follows. “ Each of us can’t work alone. We should …
Self-development- to master the essence of things-
2022年5月3日 Philosophy
This time, Mr. Inamori is talking about “to master the essence of things.” Also, many people are now interested in self-development. I think that this “mastering the essence of things” is also a hint of self-development. So, I would like to think about “mastering the essence of things” here. I think the next steps are …
Love your work
2022年4月26日 Philosophy
Inamori encouraged his workshop members, most of whom are business leaders of small to middle size companies in Japan, that we should love our work to grow our business. He explained as follows. “Guys, listen; it takes a lot of energy to get our job done. You always must drive yourself to keep generating such …
“Self-starter “development,- how to motivate staff-
2022年4月14日 Philosophy
To how to increase the “self-starters” Inamori mentioned as follows. Just as there are flammable, non-flammable, and self-combustible objects, there are flammable people who get energized themselves when they get close to the live coals, non-flammable people who do not get energized even when they get close to the live coals and “self-starter” Anyone who …
Omron, the innovation driver
2022年4月12日 JapaneseStock&Equity
Mr. Hajime Takebayashi, whose “official” nick name is “Shi”, has been releasing a lot of books relating business know-how and innovations, which he implemented over his career in Omron. OMRON Corporation (English: OMRON Corporation) is a major electrical equipment manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan. The founder is Kazuma Tateishi. In addition to industrial …
“Love, Sincerity, and Harmony” and Asian sustainable business,
2022年1月27日 Philosophy
In Kyocera philosophy, Inamori says as follows, ” The mentality and mindset play a decisive role in your wonderful journey in both your life and work. The key elements for that journey are expressed with the words: love, sincerity, and harmony. “ “These concepts are what we humans originally have at our soul level; …
To survive under pandemic, lessons learned after Lehman Part 2
2020年11月7日 Philosophy
The fundamental values for us to figure out the direction to head under the unpredictable crisis 1 Explore internal “true-self”, find out “what I really want” 2 Discover what are already given to us 3 Keep endeavor towards the continuous improvement 4 Treasure difficulties given to us 5 Look at universal system surrounding human being …
The secret of Japanese companies: Japanese leadership
2020年9月14日 Philosophy
The essence of Japanese leadership Why did Japanese companies grow so fast- Top leaders’ mindset- Mr. Inamori*, the Honorary Chairman of Kyocera, talked about the ethics of top management. This also shows the secret of the resilience of Japanese companies. He shared his experience of discussing with the factory manager of Kyocera America. The …
Why doing business in Japan is so difficult? Interview with PE master
2020年6月11日 JapaneseStock&Equity
Since I joined Bear Sterns in 2006, I have had many opportunities to discuss business in Japan with non-Japanese businesspersons. Most of them have said that Japan is very peculiar market and it’s really difficult to tap Japanese market and to develop their business here. From my point of views, Japanese are diligent, obedient-generally-, and …
