

Kazuo Ushida (2007) has proven himself a great leader in a part of the world where being a leader is the most difficult: Japan
- The best in Japan somehow manage to lead without leading
- They sell their people; they never tell them
- Action emerges like water swelling up from the source of a spring creek, pure and loaded with energy, but painfully slow for the modern world of hi-tech
- Ushida overcame that, as I’ve seen Nikon’s decision cycle times fall dramatically
- In so doing, he has been able to drive their immersion effort to full fruition, while bringing out an impressive array of new products to market, which included backing up and bringing clean-sheet-of-paper new i-Line tool to market
- The lens offerings have been fantastic and stages certainly creative
- As a result, Nikon has come to lead the market in its own special way