Many CEOs have extensive legal experience. As the representative of a major business, however, it is not easy to know everything. Knowing how things work legally in advance can save a lot of pain later on. In this CI lunch, we will have a Legal Round Robin. There will be no slide decks. CI welcomes […]
Non-profit organizations and volunteering is a common thing in many western nations. For Japan, the concept and understanding of doing volunteering to do something, giving finances towards helping others, and community service have a different understanding. However, companies that understand the effectiveness of team building toward reaching corporate goals have many times accelerated past their […]
The Spring OTR gathering of CEO Insights (CI) bosses with be held at the new Ginza Hyatt Hotel. Get a chance to see this new concept hotel called "Hyatt Centric Ginza". As usual, this OTR will be a joint event bringing together of CI member CEOs and other invited c-level friends. You'll be greeted with […]
Coming back from a Golden Week holiday has no doubt given you the chance to refresh and step back from the business albeit briefly. In the May CI lunch, we are doing a Freestyle meeting. The meeting will consist of four subject areas, maybe more or less depending on the discussion. These are current issues […]
The business world these days is never static. As c-level executives, we must constantly steer our organizations through competitive markets, new technological advancements and changes in societal values and attitudes. In the May CI meeting we will be talking about one such societal change. Specifically, we will be talking about the management of millennials. The […]
“In modern society, we delegate important aspects of our well-being to the four institutions of business (economic well-being), government (national security and public policy), media (information and knowledge) and NGOs (social causes and issues). In order to feel safe delegating important aspects of our lives and well-being to others, we need to trust them to […]
We've all heard the phrase: "If you want to do something right, you have to do it yourself." It's very easy to understand the idea that the best person to do the job is yourself. However, as business grows, good leaders must understand where to focus and where to pull in outside help. In our […]
Many of us hear about wine tasting events, but it's not just the liquid that affects the experience. It's also the vessel! Come join us for a night at Austrian CI member company Riedel. They will being opening up their Aoyama tasting studio especially for us. You will not only learn more about wine appreciation, […]
In the CI Network, human resources and talent are topics that are always of interest. All of our firms have HR divisions reporting to us that work on training, obtaining, and expanding our company resources. Now, with a distracted generation of millennials, the game may be changing. In the July CI luncheon, we will be […]
“In modern society, we delegate important aspects of our well-being to the four institutions of business (economic well-being), government (national security and public policy), media (information and knowledge) and NGOs (social causes and issues). In order to feel safe delegating important aspects of our lives and well-being to others, we need to trust them to […]