Saturday, April 28, 2007

Unfriendly Environment - Sanyo and CEO Nonaka

Below is my comment on the article of "Unfriendly Environment", TIME dated on April 23, 2007.

辞任した野中氏

As you pointed out in your article, Nonaka’s sudden resignation as CEO of Sanyo did show us the precious lesson that her long-term strategy of eco-friendly image building did not solve the company’s short-term problem of red ink.

However, it also seems to have some grave implications behind the scenes. Namely there is a spreading rumor that the founding family made much use of Nonaka for her fame as journalist to keep the founder’s offspring as president when she was appointed as CEO to support him.

The more globalization spreads, the fewer family managed corporations similar to that giant electronic maker once flourished under the founding family rule can survive without open human resources unrelated to narrow family ties.

As you pointed out in your article, Nonaka’s sudden resignation as CEO of Sanyo did show us the precious lesson that her long-term strategy of eco-friendly image building did not solve the company’s short-term problem of red ink.

However, it also seems to have some grave implications behind the scenes. Namely there is a spreading rumor that the founding family made much use of Nonaka for her fame as journalist to keep the founder’s offspring as president when she was appointed as CEO to support him.

The more globalization spreads, the fewer family managed corporations similar to that giant electronic maker once flourished under the founding family rule can survive without open human resources unrelated to narrow family ties.


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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A Penguin on the Collapsing Glacier

Below is my comment on the article of "What's Now for Our Feverish Planet?", TIME dated on April 9, 2007.

氷とペンギンIt was the stunning picture on the first page of your article. A lonely penguin on the glacier gazing at the Antarctic sea deep below him indicates the fate of an endangered human being surrounded by global warming.

What is urgent for us is to recognize where we are standing now. Namely we are on the edge of the collapsing cliff and there is no way out unless we find solutions by ourselves. Thank you for showing so many ways to make a difference. It is our turn to think deep and act immediately.

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