Honda just announced its first net loss since listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange \u2014 in 1957. Let that sink in. Nearly seventy years of profitability, and this is the year it ended. The company cancelled three EV models it had been engineering for years \u2014 writing off up to two and a half trillion yen in a single fiscal year. They calculated that a two and a half trillion yen write-down was better than launching into a market that had moved against the original business case.<\/p>\n
That fact alone is worth sitting with. This is not a story about a company that failed to try. This is a story about the difference between boldness and prudence \u2014 and what happens when you have the first without the second…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Honda just announced its first net loss since listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange \u2014 in 1957. Let that sink in. Nearly seventy years of profitability, and this is the year it ended. The company cancelled three EV models it had been engineering for years \u2014 writing off up to two and a half trillion yen in a single fiscal year. They calculated that a two and a half trillion yen write-down was better than launching into a market that had moved against the original business case. That fact alone is worth sitting with. This is not a story about a company that failed to try. This is a story […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4725,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GZ-E8-AI-Honda_-20260427-15.48.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:06:16","filesize":"8.61M","filesize_raw":"9028880","date_recorded":"2026-04-27 15:58:42","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":""},"tags":[],"series":[446],"class_list":["post-5068","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-the-growth-zone"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-Featured-copy-2-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-Cover-copy-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/podcast-download\/5068\/when-bold-strategy-becomes-a-bet-you-cant-afford-to-lose","player_link":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/podcast-player\/5068\/when-bold-strategy-becomes-a-bet-you-cant-afford-to-lose","audio_player":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/podcast-player\/5068\/when-bold-strategy-becomes-a-bet-you-cant-afford-to-lose<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/feed\/podcast\/the-growth-zone","embedCode":"When Bold Strategy Becomes a Bet You Can\u2019t Afford to Lose<\/a><\/blockquote>