We are pleased to announce the semi-annual CEO Insights Forum (CIF) on 30 September from 7PM. The CIF is the highest level regular gathering of c-suite executives in Japan.  This is the second and final CIF for 2015.  We will have two excellent speakers, great food, and insightful discussions. We'll have brief presentations followed by […]
Getting right people on the team is absolutely critical for business success anywhere and Japan is without doubt one of the most difficult places to hire in the world. With 1.27 open jobs per job seeker nationwide there is currently a huge shortage of suitably qualified professionals to do a wide range of jobs across […]
When: Thursday, October 22th 7pm – 8:30pm Where: Azabu Gardens Cost: 8,000 yen / person
CEOs are all faced with the challenges of satisfying our day-day customers and achieving (short-term) financial objectives to keep our stake-holders happy. However, the world continues to evolve, change. Bosses all know that those that do not adapt and those that do not look for the trends and respond accordingly, unfortunately, fall into irrelevancy. C-levels […]
CEOs are all faced with the challenges of satisfying our day-day customers and achieving (short-term) financial objectives to keep our stake-holders happy. However, the world continues to evolve, change. Bosses all know that those that do not adapt and those that do not look for the trends and respond accordingly, unfortunately, fall into irrelevancy. C-levels […]
Getting right people on the team is absolutely critical for business success anywhere and Japan is without doubt one of the most difficult places to hire in the world. With 1.27 open jobs per job seeker nationwide there is currently a huge shortage of suitably qualified professionals to do a wide range of jobs across […]
As yet another year closes, many executive offices are reviewing what worked and what didn’t, what sold and what didn’t, what blew up and what overflowed. In addition to national responsibility, many of our member CEOs have other countries in Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand reporting to them. Growth is about reflecting on management […]
As yet another year closes, many executive offices are reviewing what worked and what didn’t, what sold and what didn’t, what blew up and what overflowed. In addition to national responsibility, many of our member CEOs have other countries in Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand reporting to them. Growth is about reflecting on management […]
Global financial firms have had mixed results in Asia. Specifically, they’ve been in Japan for some time but had varying levels of success. There are some American credit card businesses that have their second largest global market outside of the US in Japan. Japan is a crown jewel. There are other banks that have failed […]
The first full revision of the Japanese privacy law should have been adopted in 2015 but the June leak at the Japan Pension Service aborted the whole process. The law should have another chance this year. In 2015, a EU court struck down the safe harbor rule that had governed data transfers between the US […]