CEOs come and go in this industry (print and camera), and their vision is only executed upon by their 3rd level management. They drive the vision that the CEO outlines and implements the successful implementation within the organizations. One only has to look to EFI, Konica Minolta, Kodak, Xerox. Some with camera lines some with both camera and print lines. All going through multiple CEOs in the Americas. Same a Canon, the CEOs vision not fully executed on and change did not happen. EFI, purchased and selling off divisions, KM restructuring still, Kodak left with only production print and struggling, Xerox the same. Let's be honest, cameras and ProCameras are continually in declining numbers. One can think innovation will continue the ability to sell them, but how long will that ship continue to sail. Is that a growing business plan, probably not.
Office print, declining since COVID and not many companies returning to the office, exception being Canon. Production print, customer volumes not at profitable levels to keep the entire ship afloat. Service under water in the print space.
So how do you keep the ship from sinking with these segments and at the same time increase revenue to hit precovid profit. 2019 levels. Thats a hard question to answer, its even harder when 3 level management is not buying into that day to day that needs to happen to meet that CEOs vision.
So just like EFI, KM, Kodak and the likes of other companies, people need to stop crying about the CEO and if he's from america or japan and take a hard look at the management layer and see if they are up to the task.
Canon has a good 5-10 years to continue and if you ask me all those managers that have 20 plus years with the company are not going to rock the boat on this gravy train to retirement.
Reposting from @aj+1jv2x7818, OP makes a good point.