Shameless Leadership 709: Yoky Matsuoka: I’m Different and Different Is Good
Yoky Matsuoka is the Founder & CEO of Yohana, an independently-led subsidiary of Panasonic, focused on building consumer technology products and services to help people live healthier and happier lives. As an accomplished executive and technologist, Yoky brings more than two decades of leadership experience to her role where she also leads global innovation and serves as the Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation.
Prior to Yohana, Yoky was a VP at Google, a CTO at Nest, a senior executive at Apple, and CEO of Quanttus, a health tech startup. She has also spent time as an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award for her work in robotics and neuroscience and the founder of YokyWorks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with physical and learning challenges, focused on removing reading barriers to unlock the potential of every child.
She is also a Shameless Mom of four children, a dog, and a pet pig.
Listen in to hear Yoky share:
- How she intentionally set goals and went after dreams based on what her mom regretted
- Her choice to leave big tech and build Yohana right before the pandemic
- How her mentality around “The best way to do it to do it myself” led her to build an innovative company that supports moms
- Why embracing her attitude around “I’m different and different is good” has served her well her entire life
- How the pandemic highlighted the need for the services she knew she wanted to create as she started to build her company
- How to get out of your own way to quit tasks that don’t allow you to reach your bigger goals
- Her powerful two-part mindset reset to release mom guilt
Links mentioned:
- Get the SMA Newsletter to learn about our January 2023 events: shamelessmom.com/newsletter
- Connect with Yoky: https://www.yokymatsuoka.com/
- Learn more about Yohana: yohana.com
- Yohana End of Year Promo: get a free trial and save 40% a month on your membership (or gift Yohana to someone!) at yohana.com with promo code ENDOFYEAR
- Yohana on IG
- Yoky on IG
- Yoky on Twitter
- Yoky on LinkedIn
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