Breaking Down Silos: The Transformation of Hitachi

Name: Breaking Down Silos: The Transformation of Hitachi
Rating: 4.199999809265137 (5 reviews)

Toshiaki Higashihara

Oct 2023 · TOYO KEIZAI INC.

4.2

5 reviews

Ebook

282

Pages

About this ebook

The author, a former CEO of Hitachi, confronted the "big company syndrome" with front-line insights. This is the story of the struggle of a global company from Japan to break down silos and achieve further transformation.

[Table of Contents]

Preface to the English Edition: Breaking Away from Japan's Old Corporate Culture

Prologue: A Silo Called Hitachi

Chapter 1: Seeking the North Star

Chapter 2: Becoming a Profitable Company

Chapter 3: Lumada Launches

Chapter 4: Hitachi's DNA

Chapter 5: The Omika Works and Me

Chapter 6: Settling Loss Costs

Chapter 7: Becoming Global No. 1―Restructuring the Hitachi Group

Chapter 8: My Management Philosophy―Autonomous Decentralized Global Management

Chapter 9: For the Future of Hitachi

In Conclusion Commentary from Ranjay Gulati - Hitachi as a Deep Purpose Leader

Ratings and reviews

4.2

5 reviews

Antonio Lamanna

February 3, 2025

great book and leadership lesson

About the author

1955 Born in Tokushima Prefecture.

1977 Joined Hitachi, Ltd. after graduating from the Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University.

1990 Obtained a master's degree in Computer Science from Boston University's Graduate School.

Served as Manager of the Transportation Systems Design Department of the Omika Industrial Systems Division; General Manager of the Power Systems Department of the System Solutions Group Information & Control Systems Division; Manager of the Information & Control Systems Division of the Information & Telecommunication Systems Group; President of Hitachi Power Europe GmbH; President of Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.; and President of the Infrastructure Systems Group and President of the Infrastructure Systems Company.

2014 Appointed President & COO of Hitachi, Ltd.

2016 Appointed President & CEO.

2021 Served as Chairman and CEO.

2022 Assumed current position.

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