Abstract

Why I Will Do in Japan What Neither Google nor Apple Could Do....

An overly shy girl went to the U.S. wanting to become a professional tennis player. Then she studied at MIT and Harvard and became a robotics engineer. She has worked at Google X, Nest, and Apple, and is now starting a new business, Yohana, at Panasonic Holdings. She is known in the U.S. by the name "Yoky."

Yoky, however, is more than just a super person. She has made many choices, learned a lot, and made numerous mistakes. She must know better than anyone else "how to choose the path to become the person one wants to be." In this book, she reveals the essence of what she knows.

- Your first career won't determine everything.
- With a mission, you'll be less lost.
- There is no shame in not being perfect.
- Create a "toolbox" filled with your skills and experience.
- The best way to decide without regrets.
Etc.
"Score your new job and your partner!"　Includes a list to help you visualize your life choices.

"How will I live?　How will I work?"　This book will push you to make the right decision.

Author’s Information

Yoko Matsuoka

Executive Officer, Panasonic Holdings Co.
CEO, Yohana Corporation / Yohana LCC

Yoko Matsuoka was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1971 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993. And she went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received her Doctor of Philosophy in 1998 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). She has been a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and an associate professor at the University of Washington.
In 2007, she was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the "Genius Award." With the prize money, she founded the YokyWorks Foundation for children with physical and learning challenges.
In 2009, she co-founded GoogleX and, in 2010, became CTO (VP of Technology) at Nest, Inc. She then worked in Apple's healthcare division before becoming VP at Google in 2017. Joined Panasonic in 2019 and founded Yohana as Founder and CEO in 2020.