They don't need to trim the fat, they need to lyposuction the shit out of that bitch. They should sell their TV division, they should probably sell their music and movies divisions as well. They should take the money from that and pour it into a far more focused Sony driving a few key products in various markets: Phones, Games, Cameras, Medical technology, software and R&D. They are too bloated and its that simple.
I kind of worry about how Hirai got to power. Stringer struggled against the corporate culture of Sony, he failed to do a lot that was promised because he constantly had people working against him. He wanted to get rid of all the propiertary nonsense across the organisation, yet you'd still have Sony-Ericsson doing it constantly. I remember reading interviews with him about his struggles, and he said something very interesting is that Sony has a LOT of sub factions, and nearly all of them have a mindset that if it wasn't invented there its rubbish. Sometimes this would even come down to a micro level on individual teams, so they would constantly be recreating the same products over and over throughout the organisation.
I worry that Hirai has gotten in through the people who worked against Stringer, if so I don't really have much faith in him restoring the company. He won't do it without the lyposuction, because you'll never heal if you keep getting cut somewhere else everytime you put on a bandage.
I'd like them to stay in TVs, but it seems silly to stay there now.
They should maintain their best, youngest and brightest talents and put them into positions of power where they can push innovative ideas.
Sony need to be on the cutting edge, they say that is their culture - but their culture has been one of a follower for a long time.
