The novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed long-acknowledged shortfalls in some critical government administrative services and highlighted how much Japan must do to address its lag in digitization. To that end, the government in February approved bills to promote digitization and establish a Digital Agency in September. Coordinating, integrating and standardizing a unique digital framework to […]

The novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed long-acknowledged shortfalls in some critical government administrative services and highlighted how much Japan must do to address its lag in digitization. To that end, the government in February approved bills to promote digitization and establish a Digital Agency in September. Coordinating, integrating and standardizing a unique digital framework to […]

Recently, the national government declared another 'state of emergency' in an effort to keep the coronavirus from spreading. All the lockdowns, work from home (WFH) and daily fear in the mass media seem to have greatly stressed the population. Being stuck at home with limited social interaction, mass layoffs by struggling businesses, and other concerns […]

Whatever negative impact COVID has had on industries such as retail and hospitality, e-commerce is as strong as ever and--in most cases--continues to grow and evolve, often at a dizzying pace. In this month's CI lunch,  Mr. Michael Rollins, Founder and President of Tokyo-based e-commerce agency Netwise, will present a macro-level survey of the current […]

One of the beautiful things about living in the world is the great opportunity every person has to pay taxes.  Even Jesus Christ, when publicly attacked by the religious bigots in a trick masterfully responded, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” His reply completely amazed them […]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Life is not just about knowing people, it’s about knowing good people. There’s no beating the quality of the CEO Insights member network and our guests around a table (or many tables in this instance). As an executive, it can be lonely at the top and CI fills that void. […]

Over the last year, both inside and outside of the CI network business leaders have discussed the future of work.  The larger companies have predicted a complete move to WFH (work from home), while medium-sized businesses have questioned the productivity of the team.  For employees, eliminating the commute cuts an hour or two of transport […]

The higher one goes in an organization, the heavier the weight of management, and success, can be.  Budgets, hiring, strategic planning, new product roll outs, CSR... the list can go on... and on.  How can a boss get things done, work to be responsive, and find new business without blowing up personally?  There are many […]

As a network of able CEOs, both younger and older, we always enjoy hearing about other people's businesses. We've enjoyed discussions with major software global CEOs, global retailers, local robot manufacturers, and countless other dives into various businesses. For some reason, the English media has a news cycle that restarts every year or so about the […]

The virus fears of 2020 may be recorded in history as the most massive disruption to the retail business ever.  In particular, luxury goods have felt the pain of the challenge for clients to get into the beautiful stores despite their prime locations.  It may have been tough, but high-end luxury is timeless and most […]