From the CEO's office perspective, our teams bring various requests. Some require a lot of our attention, while other areas would be better delegated to our management teams. With the recent rise in malicious software attacks, we're seeing more and more techniques used to dive deeper into our businesses. Social engineering, corporate espionage and various […]

With the Olympics in sight, tourism on the rise and Abenomics’ stimulus policies, the urban development of Tokyo is accelerating. From Tokyo Station to Roppongi, Toranomon, Shinjuku, and Nihonbashi, it's very hard not to notice the constant construction of new buildings. What is behind these developments? How will it affect the real estate market? And […]

Ten years after the financial crisis, G20 head-of-state meetings are widely considered as "Talking Club" events. Ironically, however, Mr. Trump's best efforts to undermine international cooperation seem to turn the Hamburg Summit this weekend into a highly relevant meeting to discuss alliances, align strategies, and find new ground beyond US leadership. While the meetings of […]

At CEO Insights, we talk a lot about human resources as people are the core of most businesses. In our generation, we are seeing transformational changes in our work forces as well as working lives. The potential of a very long life, more than 100 years old, is approaching very fast and will become commonplace […]

In July, CEO Insights is excited to have our OTR casual gathering at Oakwood’s Midtown property. We will gather between 1830 and 1900 and share drinks and some light food. The meeting will be not just CI members but will also include some Oakwood executive guests as well. Don’t miss this chance to catch up […]

Global Research Findings From Dale Carnegie Across 14 countries The primary objective of this cross-cultural leadership study was to identify key leadership characteristics that motivate and inspire people. Loyal customers come from positive customer experiences, which in turn are the result of experiences created by engaged employees. The employee engagement piece relies on leadership at […]

CEO Insights is Japan’s prime gathering of c-levels sharing experience, connections, and insights from the c suite at our monthly lunches. From 2017, we will be adding a new way to network and grow personally. CI will organize random Thursday night dinners that are completely open to discussion amongst our member CEOs called OTR (Off […]

In August, we have another great OTR meeting planned. We’ll be meeting at the top of Toranomon Hills. The rooftop facility is renowned as one of Tokyo’s most beautiful evening views. The meeting will be at the Rooftop Bar on 52/F at Andaz Tokyo at the still very new building. We’ll be hosted by Andaz […]