‘Make Toyota a place where people gather together

President Akio Toyoda urged new employees to re-connect at the workplace and not be afraid of failureina speech at Toyota headquarters.

- President Akio Toyoda

Addressing a ceremony usually held on April 1 of every year to welcome new employees at its headquarters shared his thoughts with those present drawing on what he had read called “Nine reasons that people gather".

He said that during the pandemic, people chose to connect through digital technology, and avoided human contact. According to Toyoda, it was time to see the benefits of meeting and communicating in person, even as he urged new employees to re-establish a contact with their fellow staffers.

In his speech, Toyoda asked employees to "Make Toyota a place where people gather together". Elaborating on this, he said, "People gather where they can dream" and "People gather in search of spirit".