Inamori Kazuo: Business Need Philosophy

In most enterprises, no operator will ask employees "what is right as a human being?"

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In most people's eyes, "philosophy" is often abstruse and difficult.

Graduating from the philosophy department, even the top students, often change careers, unable to engage in philosophy.

Even when it comes to "philosophical genius", people often think of "lunatic".

Baidu's "philosophy" explains a little longer. "Philosophy is a theoretical and systematic world outlook. It is a generalization and summary of natural knowledge, social knowledge and thinking knowledge, and a unity of world outlook and methodology.

It is the specific existence and manifestation of social consciousness. It is a social science based on the pursuit of the world's origin, essence, generality or absolute and ultimate metaphysics.

Perhaps 5 times, I still do not understand what "philosophy" is. At the moment, a nameless person shouted, "business needs philosophy". I believe he will not be applauded or even questioned.

Because when it comes to "management", people often think of "western culture" and "a lot of data, icons and formulas".

The term "operation" is generally defined as "basis".

Today, however, Inamori Kazuo, one of Japan's four major business Saints (the youngest surviving only in the world) puts forward that "management also needs philosophy".

People could not help looking up.

In Inamori Kazuo's view, the so-called "management philosophy" first is to manage the company's norms, rules, or things that must be observed.

In any case, the operating company must have the rules, rules and regulations that all employees abide by, which must be clearly established in the enterprise as a "philosophy".

Reading is very "empty of words".

He said, "always thinking about the ideal state of things at all times, this habit of thinking has nurtured the archetype of my business philosophy."

Inamori Kazuo was born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1932, and graduated from Engineering Department of Kagoshima University.

The technician, who eventually came to the top two big companies in the world, has founded the Kyoto Ceramic Corporation at the age of 27 (now known as KYOCERA Kyocera). At the age of 52, he founded second electric power company (formerly known as DDI, now known as KDDI, now the second largest communication company in Japan after NTT) in Japan. The company is now 27 years old.

When we first set up the "second electric power" (now KDDI) to challenge a single NTT, rice Sheng and Fu were like Tang.

Quixote rushed to the giant windmill with a spear.

Public opinion thinks that KYOCERA's participation will be defeated.

Inamori Kazuo recalled: "all kinds of contradictory ideas are intertwined in my mind, and I am very upset.

Every night before I go to bed, I ask myself again and again: is it true that I devote myself to the cause of the telecommunications industry for the benefit of the people? Is my motivation pure? Is it not for making money for myself? Is it really selfish? Is it to create a limelight? Is it to win applause? Is it to win fame? Is it for the sake of history? I keep asking myself every night.

After half a year's deliberation, Inamori Kazuo finally decided that he had "pure motives and selfish motives," and "dared to swear to heaven and earth, without a trace of distraction".

Therefore, no longer hesitate to set up "second electric power" and actively participate in competition.

Inamori Kazuo said: "in the field of communication, I have no knowledge, no technology, nothing.

If I wave the flag to success in this field, I can prove the power of philosophy.

Only by relying on philosophy can we really accomplish such a great undertaking? Setting up DDI to challenge ourselves in the latter half of life is to prove this point and prove the power of philosophy as the only weapon.

Conversely, if I fail, I can prove that philosophy alone can't run a good company.

As a result, Inamori Kazuo succeeded, and the second power became the world's top 500 again.

In February 2010, at the age of 78, Inamori Kazuo was invited by Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio to take over third world's 500 strong companies, Japan Airlines, which has declared bankruptcy reorganization.

Inamori Kazuo, who was very intimate with Inamori Kazuo and met Inamori Kazuo in 2001, met with "second managers". Inamori Kazuo, taking the same role as the founder of the Beijing electric power company, has proved her own philosophy of business. At the same time, he continued to question his motives. At the same time, he came to his motives: 1, saving the Japanese economy; 2, giving confidence to Japanese enterprises; 3, making 60 thousand employees of Japan Airlines not unemployed; 4, serving the Japanese nationals, because once Japan Airlines went bankrupt, Japan would have only one private airline, and when there was no competition, the Japanese nationals would be squeezed.

As an entrepreneur of the twentieth Century, Inamori Kazuo's ideas are really terrible.

However, according to reliable news, six months later, JAL's 4, 5 and 6 three month financial statements were profitable.

Let us see, what is the magic bullet of Inamori Kazuo's management philosophy? Why is it so powerful? Is it true that some management scholars say that "in the past 10 years, Drucker has armed our minds; in the next 10 years, Inamori Kazuo will enrich our souls"? {page_break}

What is right as a human being?

In 2008, when Alibaba, a small and medium-sized enterprise as its main customer, was struggling in winter, Ma Yun was thinking about "what is the essence of human beings? What is the last thing for enterprise development?" in October, a dialogue was held in Ma Yun, 44, Inamori Kazuo, 76, in the headquarters of Japan's Kyocera Corp.

Ma Yun's evaluation of Inamori Kazuo is that "real free and easy, it takes a lot of energy in the realm of human life".

Next is the beautiful story that has been praised for many times. In the second year when the Kyoto semiconductor company was founded, the new employees asked the company to ensure that their future income would increase to a certain extent.

At that time, the company was just established, and even it was hard to protect itself. How to ensure the growth of new income? After three days and three nights of discussion, Inamori Kazuo and his partners agreed that the requirements of employees met human values, so they not only agreed to the requirements of their employees, but also made significant adjustments to the company's mission: "the concept of Kyoto semiconductor is to provide all employees with the opportunity to grow physically and mentally, and to promote the progress of society and mankind through our joint efforts."

Because Inamori Kazuo understands that if he and his employees are not in the same mind, KYOCERA will never make "the world's first".

It is hard to believe that there is such an enterprise mission.

When one of my colleagues saw the words on the cover of "living law (1)", "let countless single children find the love of organization", she said, "I don't want to read this book when I look at this line of words." in today's China, employees know that they can not be so lucky to meet such noble entrepreneurs, and even in their minds, "no business is not evil."

In most enterprises, no operator will ask employees "what is right as a human being?"

Inamori Kazuo's "philosophy of management" is precisely the answer to this question.

In fact, this is the simplest principle that we teach in our childhood parents and teachers. For example, "be honest, do not cheat, lie, be kind, be fair, be courageous, be willing to help others, be fair" and so on.

He said, "is there anything else that needs to be said in the business?"

But it is because of the failure to comply with the above principle of being a natural person that all kinds of corporate scandals emerge.

In order to make profits, "this degree of irregularities is irrelevant", the company's rules and regulations slightly distorted, the result is done.

So "a little further violation is OK," and the rules are left aside.

Such enterprises or products will have problems, if the problem is disclosed, enterprises may suffer huge losses.

Therefore, we should adopt the attitude of "not telling the truth but keeping silence".

And when the internal reports and problems were exposed, the enterprises came to cover up and make false reports.

As a result, public opinion condemned enterprises for lying, deceiving people and covering up the truth. The situation became more complicated and eventually led to the collapse of enterprises.

"This is what a business cadre who comes from a first-rate university and who is a leader of a first-class enterprise.

It is too childish and foolish to say "honest, do not cheat or lie" to these elites. They will laugh at it.

However, they are unable to carry out such a simple and immature reason, which is the fundamental reason for the collapse of enterprises.

"I think it is precisely because the lack of such a simple philosophy has become the leader of a large enterprise that many big business scandals in the world are frequent.

As a result, the whole society is in great disorder.

Fortunately, because I lacked the experience and knowledge of management, the norms, rules and matters that must be observed in the operation of enterprises are derived from the phrase "what is right as a person," and used to convince employees.

"What is right as a human being?" has never happened in Chinese business circles. Those ancient virtues have long been hanging on their lips. We no longer reflect on whether our actions violate a certain rule. Over time, all day long, we think of ourselves as selfish, thinking about how to get from other people rather than helping others.

Inamori Kazuo said that self interest is human nature and self interest is born. Without self-interest, man is the basic driving force for survival.

At the same time, altruism is also a part of human nature. Altruism is long. Without altruism, life and career will lose balance and ultimately lead to failure.

If we can examine the problems faced by the enterprises from the perspective of altruism, we will get a sense of openness in the bottom of the heart and find the essential problem behind the complicated things.

In fact, the brilliance of human nature has never been extinguished, but sometimes it is covered by selfish interests and hardships. Altruistic motives can radiate the passion and creativity of employees, and at the same time, let operators have an unprecedented determination and sense of justice.

Inamori Kazuo also believes that the universe has a kind of endless will and strength, which is a kind of "good to go" power.

The heart of altruism is in line with the will of the universe, which will help us to open the treasure house of wisdom and let us enjoy the surprises of aura.

Inamori Kazuo said that the key to opening the door to wisdom is the heart of altruism.

Of course, rice Sheng philosophy is not just a concept, but a set of management system and accounting system to regulate the spirit of encouraging employees. The original amoeba divides the company's organization into one "amoeba" small group, and each small group is like a small and medium-sized enterprise. While maintaining its innovative vitality, it takes the "unit time accounting" as the unique operating index as the basis, and thoroughly pursues the maximization of the added value of time.

"Self Li Li", coupled with this system, Inamori Kazuo really did.

Six Advances

It is easy to say "to be honest, not to deceive people, not to lie, to be kind, fair, courageous, willing to help others, and fair".

But as a ballad sings, "the sage's way of hearing, singing, but not doing is worthless."

"No matter how good you read and heard, it is meaningless to practice without yourself."

Philosophy is the same. No matter how much we learn, it is simply too simple to turn it into something of its own.

So Inamori Kazuo summed up this philosophy of management, and concluded that managers should do well in "six points of progress", so that they can do well in the enterprise: 1, pay no less than anyone's efforts; 2, be modest, do not be proud; 3, reflect on every day; 4, be grateful when alive; 5, accumulate good deeds and think altruism; 6, forget emotional troubles.

First, pay no less than anyone's efforts.

The first step in the "six initiatives" is to "pay as much as anyone else".

This is the most important part of business operation.

Every day and every effort to work hard is the most important thing in the operation of an enterprise.

If you want to have a good life and want to succeed in running an enterprise, the prerequisite is to "pay no less than anyone's efforts".

Without this, the success of business and the success of life are all castles in the air.

"When I was 27 years old, I started to run businesses and set up a Kyocera Corp.

At that time, I didn't know the word "Jing" in business, but I had only one idea in my mind that I could not let the company go bankrupt.

For this reason, I worked so hard that I often worked from early morning till early morning. It is because of this diligence that I have "KYOCERA today's glory."

"Why do I emphasize" work hard "?

"First, the premise of the existence of nature is that all life is desperately trying to survive.

With a little money, the company just started to pick up and wanted to be lazy and wanted to be comfortable.

In nature, such creatures never exist.

It is the law of nature's survival to survive stubbornly under harsh conditions. We must live in the best of our ability to survive on earth. "

"I asked a lot of people," are you doing your best? "" yes, I am working hard.

'I'm not satisfied with this answer!' did you pay for any effort? 'if you don't get serious and work harder, you won't have an ideal result.

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Second, full effort will create creativity.

When you concentrate and devote yourself to your work every day, inefficient and careless phenomena will disappear.

No matter who he is, if he likes his job, he will consider how to do better work, and he will think of a better and more effective way of working.

While working hard and thinking about how to improve your work, you will be creative every day.

Today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than today, so constantly pondering, thinking repeatedly, will produce good ideas and produce beneficial enlightenment.

Two, be modest and not proud.

Inamori Kazuo believed that modesty is the most important personality element.

"To be modest and not arrogant" is not only aimed at arrogant people after success, but requires operators to remain modest in the whole process of growing small businesses into large ones.

"To be modest" is a very important adage. I am determined to abide by this motto.

In this world, some people seem to be very successful in pushing others away by tough means, but in fact they are not.

True winners, despite their enthusiasm and fighting spirit, are also modest and prudent people.

Three, reflect on every day.

After a day's review, it is very important to reflect on this day.

For example, do you feel unpleasant today? Are you friendly? Are you arrogant? Do you have a cowardly manner? Do you have selfish words and deeds? Looking back at your day, comparing your principles with others, and confirming whether your words and deeds are correct, such assignments are very necessary.

Restrain oneself from evil and let conscience occupy the ideological position. This process is "introspection".

Conscience means "true self", that is, the heart of altruism, loving others and wishing others well.

On the contrary, "ego" means selfishness, as long as one is good and no one else.

The heart of greed belongs to "self".

Looking back today, I think about how much "ego" has been emitted, and how to suppress this "ego" and let the "true self" be altruistic. This process is "introspection".

Inamori Kazuo often said: improving your mind can expand your business.

That is to say, without honing our soul, we will not be able to manage well.

I often talk about this with you, and I want to follow this principle with you.

Four, we must thank living.

To say everything, "thank you!"

"Thank you" is very important.

We want to thank everything around us because we can't live alone in this world.

Air, water, food, family members, colleagues and society, each of us can survive with the support of our surroundings.

No, not so much as "survival", rather, "let me live".

In this way, we can feel the happiness of life if we are able to live healthy and naturally give thanks and thanks.

Five, accumulate good deeds and think of others.

There is an old Chinese saying, "the house of good fortune has Yuqing", which means that doing more good deeds and doing more good deeds will be rewarded.

Not only the litigants, but also family members and relatives.

This is the reason why Chinese sages want to say that one person does good deeds to his family and friends.

Six, forget emotional troubles.

Worry, worry, failure and so on are common events in life.

But there is no sense in remorse for failure.

Being unhappy always leads to heart disease, which can lead to physical problems and eventually bring misfortune to one's life.

It is important not to let the past matter bother you again, to think of new things and move new ideas into new ones.

Inamori Kazuo said: "we must reflect on the past profoundly, but do not hurt ourselves at the emotional and emotional level, and increase our psychological burden.

We should use reason to think about problems and concentrate quickly on new thinking and new actions.

I think this will create a new prospect for life.

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Don't leave a laughing stock.

The number of "six improvements" is only 50 words, but it is not easy to do. So when you instil this philosophy into your staff and let the whole team share it, you often resist it. Some people say, "what is the way of thinking and philosophy, is it not personal freedom?"

However, in Inamori Kazuo's view, "such a group of enterprises, for the happiness of their employees, needs to reveal high goals and needs continuous development and growth. This requires a correct philosophy and correct way of thinking as a common benchmark, and on this basis, the strength of all staff members can be condensed."

"Although people have the habit of speaking and doing nothing, why do I need to emphasize repeatedly that" we must advocate this philosophy in our enterprises, and we must share this philosophy with our employees "? Because it is extremely difficult to integrate philosophy into our own flesh and blood, but it is extremely difficult to understand, but understanding that" people should live like this "and strive to be close to this ideal living condition, and those who work hard for this purpose can be totally different from those who do not think and carelessly live.

This means that, for philosophy, it is not a matter that can be understood or understood, but a reflection and reflection at all times, and a continuous effort to comprehend and experience it. That is the most important thing.

Inamori Kazuo said that when practicing philosophy in enterprises and hoping to share this philosophy with employees, it is very important to advocate the attitude of the managers of philosophy.

"For example, holding a philosophy study in an enterprise can sometimes be resisted by young employees.

Because the operators advocate that everyone should learn philosophy, and the ideal young employees understand this philosophy, they will use this philosophy to compare with the managers who advocate philosophy. If the operators behave unreasonably, the young employees will feel conflicted after they perceive it.

Therefore, before explaining philosophy to employees, we should first express the following meaning: I suggest that everyone should study philosophy, as if I have something to do with myself. Actually, I have not implemented this philosophy myself.

Although I am the leader of the company, I have not been practicing well in all aspects of philosophy. In this sense, I am still an elementary student who has not yet started. But from now on, I will work with you to practice this philosophy all my life.

It is not because we have not yet done well in practice that we can not advocate philosophy in front of everyone.

As president, I should at least put forward "should do this."

Because I hope that by learning philosophy, young people can grow and companies can develop.

If you think I am against philosophy, I hope you will overtake me and have a better way of thinking to lead the company forward.

This will not only make the company grow stronger, but also make everyone happy. "

Inamori Kazuo repeatedly stressed that "the more high-level philosophy, the more modest attitude should be for young employees to learn and understand.

Speaking of heroic words, it seems that all of them have understood and practiced. This attitude is a laughing stock for young employees.

People who can implement philosophy all the time do not exist, and they are no exception. But it is important to make philosophy a thing of their own.