Sony executive Ken Kutaragi was known for not communicating with his bosses or other Sony units. That wasn’t a problem when he was in charge of Sony’s successful rollouts of the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2. But it became a problem during the development of the PlayStation 3 when he went over his budget by several hundred million dollars without telling Sony’s previous CEO. Sony’s new CEO Howard Stringer tried to improve Kutaragi’s upward communication through frequent informal dinners. Quipped Stringer, “I’ve had dinner with [Mr. Kutaragi] more times than I’ve had dinner with my wife, and that’s not really healthy.” Despite Stringer’s efforts, Kutaragi changed little, prompting Stringer to move him into another position. To make sure that he knew what was happening in the games division, Stringer took the unusual move of requiring that his managers send him daily e-mail updates about manufacturing problems, “more e-mails,” said Stringer, “than I care to read.” But at least he was informed and upward communication was restored.