Encounter with Great Minds

Chapter 1 Insight
Have Your Own Vision for the Future
01 Make bold decisions for the future | Lee Kun-hee
02 Unwavering passion comes from having a clear vision in your heart | Steve Jobs
03 Don’t hesitate to grab the opportunity | Yi Sun-sin
04 Strive for disruptive innovation | Elon Musk
05 Only the paranoid lead tomorrow’s growth—Andy Grove | Andy Grove
■ Writing Korea’s History of the Memory Semiconductor

Chapter 2 Challenge
Start First to Become Great
01 Never stop asking questions | Carly Fiorina
02 Boldly declare it and see it through | Steve Jobs & Tim Cook
03 Don’t be afraid of being a digital nomad | Marc Benioff
04 When things get tough, focus on what you’re good at | George Whitesides
■ Declaration of Hwang’s Law
■ Comparison of Hwang’s Law and Moore’s Law

Chapter 3 Passion
Secure the Best Weapons to Win
01 Late movers have to be different| Exchange Meeting & Study Group
02 If you fail, try again-David H. Navon & Robert W. Dutton | David H. Navon & Robert W. Dutton
03 Experience it: the power of science and technology that is ushering in the great transformation | Klaus Schwab
04 Passion will always be your pathfinder | AI Tech Center
■ Launching challenges with new technologies

Chapter 4 Accompany
We Can Go Further Together
01 Keep your teachers in your heart | Hermann Simon
02 Tearing down barriers leads to innovation | Eric Schmidt
03 “Sincerity” shows you the way | Management that Opens Hearts

Chapter 5 Innovation and Contribution
Participate in Things that Benefit the World
01 Design technologies for humankind and society | The World’s First 5G
02 Dream of IT that conveys hope and respect for life | GiGAtopia
03 We will save the world soon | GEPP

Epilogue Let go of fear and live a brilliant life through encounters and lessons

In Commemoration of Chairman Lee Kun-hee
Career Highlights of the Author

추천의 글
프롤로그 _ 만남, 그 의미 있는 경험에 대하여

1장 통찰 _ 미래를 내다보는 자신만의 눈을 가져라
01. 미래를 위해 과감하게 선택하라 | 이건희
02. 뜨거움은 가슴에 품은 명확한 비전에서 나온다 | 스티브 잡스
03. 기회에는 주저함이 없어야 한다 | 이순신
04. 파괴적 혁신과 도전을 시도하라 | 일론 머스크
05. 편집광이 내일의 성장을 이끈다 | 앤디 그로브
￭ 대한민국 메모리 반도체의 역사를 쓰다

2장 도전 _ 위대해지기 위해서는 먼저 시작해야 한다
01. 질문을 멈추지 마라 | 칼리 피오리나
02. 담대하게 선언하고 끝까지 관철하게 하라 | 스티브 잡스, 팀 쿡
03. 디지털 유목민이 되는 것을 두려워 마라 | 마크 베니오프
04. 힘들 때일수록 잘하는 것에 집중하라 | 조지 화이트사이즈
￭ ‘황의 법칙’을 선언하다
￭ ‘황의 법칙’과 ‘무어의 법칙’ 비교

3장 열정 _ 승리를 만드는 가장 강력한 무기를 지녀라
01. 후발 주자는 달라야 한다 | 교류회, 연구회
02. 실패하면 다시 하면 된다 | 네이본, 다튼
03. 경험하라, 대전환을 이끄는 과학 기술의 힘을 | 클라우스 슈밥
04. 열정은 언제나 길을 찾게 한다 | AI연구소
￭ 기술의 새로운 도전에 함께하다

4장 동행 _ 함께하면 더 멀리 갈 수 있다
01. 마음속 스승을 간직하라 | 헤르만 지몬
02. 벽을 허물면 혁신의 길이 보인다 | 에릭 슈미트
03. ‘진심’은 길을 열어준다 | 마음을 여는 경영

5장 혁신과 공헌 _ 세상을 이롭게 하는 일에 동참하라
01. 인류와 사회를 위해 기술을 디자인하다 | 세계 최초 5G
02. 생명 존중과 희망을 이야기하는 IT를 꿈꾸다 | 기가토피아
03. 세상을 구하는 일은 멀리 있지 않다 | GEPP

에필로그 _ ‘두려움’을 내려놓고 만남과 배움을 통해 ‘빛나는 삶’을 살아가길
이건희 회장을 추모하며
저자 연대기

Chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s “great decision” in making a topnotch corporation
“Chairman Lee, the population of the United States is 270 million.”
This was totally out of the blue. Chairman Lee raised his head and looked at me with a confused expression, wondering why I was suddenly talking about the US population. I had succeeded in changing the subject and grabbing his attention, so I hurriedly continued my explanation.
“Even though the US has the world’s largest economy, and it leads in technology and culture, its population isn’t only made up of brilliant and talented people. There are also many people who are a burden on its society. But it’s still the strongest country in the world.
Within this 256M DRAM that we made, there are the same number of cells as there are people in the US population. But if just one of these 270 million cells is defective, we won’t be able to sell the 256M DRAM.”
Chairman Lee then smiled at me brightly, glanced over at the group of presidents, and broke into laughter saying, “That’s a great analogy.”

It takes passion to ask questions
Thinking back, I was probably the only engineer/manager who liked posing questions to partner companies. I was practically obsessed with wanting to know what our clients’ demands were, and where the market was heading. And that’s why I always met with our clients’ CTOs. Our sales division staff wanted me to meet CEOs and purchasing department executives, but I knew who among my counterparts could answer my questions. I needed to hear from the CTOs to read the technological tea leaves and be prepared for the future before anyone else.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the development of “mobile DRAM,” one of Samsung Electronics’ most successful products in the mobile era, began after a meeting with the CTO of a client. The partnership between Samsung Electronics and Nokia remains strong to this day ever since the former began supplying f lash memory to the latter in 2002. I was very fortunate to have had a conversation with Nokia’s CTO about a smartphone developed by that company.

“Create what you want it to be, not what it is.”
Several CEOs come to mind when talking about the nomad spirit. I have met many people privately and as a business manager, and have learned much from them. They also motivated me to write this book.
One of them is Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.
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I was not able to engage in lengthy conversation with Marc Benioff at the WEF. Nevertheless, I had the impression that he dealt with people without concerns over their status and accepted his counterparts with an open mind.
He approached me during the break and told me he was interested in 5G and had looked into it. He said my speech earlier reaffirmed its importance and then thanked me. I answered by inviting him to come to my office if he ever found himself in Korea. A few months later, he really did come to visit my office.
Initially, Marc Benioff’s liaison officer contacted me and said that Mr.Benioff was scheduled to participate in a 20th anniversary ceremony in Japan and then head straight back to San Francisco in his private jet.
However he wanted to visit KT in Seoul. I answered that he would be welcome anytime. The next day, he came to my office with a bright yet serious expression on his face. Greeting them like old friends, I took him and other Salesforce members who were with him on a tour of our 5G facilities and demonstration site.