タグ: business strategy

人間の能力から得られるもの

ビジネスにおいて使われている人工知能や専門のシステムが組織の機能を向上させてくれることは可能ではありますが、それがどのような内容を宣伝していようとも、絶対の効果があるものではありませんし、組織の知識レベルを低下させてしまうこともあります。

ジェンダー・ダイバーシティーについての洞察

Most global companies outside of Japan have targets for increasing numbers of women employees, particularly in management. And even in Japan where women are often given short shrift, more global companies now have such targets as well. However, the leaders of the most successful companies I know achieve their objective by doing things right that have nothing to do with women at all, and their businesses and all staff, both men and women, are better off as a result. If you are the leader of a business in Japan or anywhere else, whether your business is subject to diversity targets or not, below is what I advise.

勤務時間を減らして生産性を上げる

ビジネスにおいて生産性を上げたいと思うのであれば、勤務時間を増やすのではなく、逆に減らすべきです。マイクロソフト・ジャパンのある部署でも金曜日にはオフィスを閉めて勤務日数を週５日から４日に減らしたのですが、その結果、なんと生産性は４０%も向上したのだそうです。そう、アメリカやその他の海外のマイクロソフトの話ではありません。日本のマイクロソフトの話です。マイクロソフト・ジャパンがこのような方法で生産性を上げることができたのであれば、あなたのビジネスでも同様な事ができる筈です。

「Conversation with 岡村雄嗣氏（タカミ創業者、ロレアルジャパンCEOエグゼクティブアドバイザー）」から学んだこと

On November 6th, 2023, I was privileged to conduct an onstage conversation the America and French chambers of commerce in Japan with Yuji Okamura, Takami Former CEO and executive adviser to L’Oréal Japan CEO, Jean-Pierre Charriton, who was also on hand to introduce Okamura-san and take questions. Takami is a Japanese skincare product company founded in 1999, innovating an omnichannel approach, selling directly to consumers online using a subscription model, and disrupted the prestigious skincare market and industry in Japan. He defied conventional wisdom that retail success relies on department stores and wholesalers in distribution, growing revenue to more than $60 million by 2019. The company continued to grow even […]

自分の決める戦略

The best military strategists always choose the terrain on which they will do battle, rather than allowing the enemy to choose for them. So, in business, why would you possibly allow others to define the topography of your business environment instead of choosing the topography yourself? Yet, that is often precisely what business people do.

[:en]There is No Japanese Mindset[:ja]日本人特有の考え方などというものはない[:]

[:en]Nationality and national culture are not granular enough to explain behavior. There is no  “Japanese mindset.” I have traveled to more than twenty countries, and lived outside my native United States for almost my entire adult life. I speak Japanese and French fluently, and just enough Italian, German, and Mandarin Chinese to get myself into trouble. When I put my mind to it, I can even fake Spanish—and people understand me! I have worked with and known people from all over the world. Yet, I have never known any single person who could be described as typical of the country from which they come, because it is not nationality that […]

[:en]Thriving in Volatile Times[:ja]不安定な時代にも成功するには[:]

[:en] As we emerge from the state of emergency and enter a period of recovery, now is the time to make your business thrive, not just survive. Below are five behaviors of my most successful clients that have helped them hit the ground running and stay at the top of their game.

[:en]Authority Isn’t Empowerment[:ja]権限とエンパワーメントとは同義語ではない[:]

[:en]Empowerment is like breathing. We all recognize its need but we’re rarely aware of it until something is wrong. Passivity in business is the most common symptom of lack of empowerment.

[:en]Empathy Trumps Projection[:ja]投影ではなく共感をすること[:]

[:en]Projection and empathy are not the same thing, but they are often confused. Empathy is the ability to understand how someone is thinking, whereas projection is presuming a person thinks like you. Be careful not to project when it is empathy that you intend.

[:en]Change First, Culture Later[:ja]まず変化に取り組んでから、企業文化を見直すこと[:]

[:en]If you are a leader seeking rapid change in your company, forget about culture. Culture will take care of itself. Focus on new ways of doing things. The genesis of a new culture results from a change in behavior, not the other way around. Change the way people do things. Culture change follows as a result.