Office Work Area The last few years, business models have been thrown on their heads. Post-Covid, the percentage of people‘working from home’ or remotely doubled and tripled overnight. Today, while some companies are rethinking how to return to the previous normal, many have adopted this and now are reworking their business models and culture in […]
The Future Of Asia The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been busy claiming land by making artificial islands on any rocks that are jutting above the ocean's surface. This has created friction with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and nearly anyone who shares a border with the China mainland. Businesses have been producing their goods in China […]
If you enjoy watches, then you probably are interested in precious metals. If you're interested in precious metals, you're probably interested in real estate. On June 27th, we will hold our quarterly gathering of "Watch Men". This is a casual lunch that started with 3-4 watch men and has grown each time we have met. […]
Leading a company is just as varying as the companies in their various industries. The approach to sales, staffing, performance, and office environments can vary drastically. However, despite the various business models and practices, there are still some fundamentals that cross industry boundaries whether you're selling consulting or manufacturing widgets. To be successful, it's important […]
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Policy trends in Japan are at a turning point. Kishida's New Capitalism ended up largely in unfunded promises for the environment, families, and national security. On the positive side, it resulted in a record high stock market, a boom in stock ownership, and significant corporate governance changes. Ueda's BOJ is in charge of normalizing policy […]
Life is not just about knowing people, it’s about knowing good people. There’s no beating the quality of CEO Insights members and our guests around a table. As an executive, it can be lonely at the top and CI fills that void. As we close out and say “sayonara” to summer 2024, we want to […]
Building a business is a part of every executive’s career. It’s all about building our brand and company for our team. Most people enter an industry and stay in that area for the duration of their careers. In the October luncheon, we will welcome an executive who has built businesses in multiple areas. He started […]
Every year, CEO Insights member bosses are treated to legal insights from some of Japan's top lawyers. We like to hope that decisions by the ruling party, bureaucrats and other government related entities will not hamper or hurt our businesses so that we can focus on servicing our customers. The fact of the matter is […]
This lunch is for the executive committee of CEO Insights. We will be meeting to prepare for 2025. We want to make sure we have reset the areas, we are planning to cover areas for the new year such as- 1.The state of the network - Who we are, where we are going, and how […]