When the earthquake, tsunamis, and nuclear meltdowns of 2011 hit Japan the leadership skills of the CEO were evident. With the virus fears of 2020, everyone had many chances to make decisions. Some we may be happy with, others we likely want to change. Great leadership leads while sometimes in weakness, some leadership buckled and […]

AI seems to be the battle cry of executives looking to cut staffing costs or increase revenues. You hear discussions in trade shows, boardrooms and offices around the world. The concept of Artificial Intelligence is a bit hazy for some. Both those professing to know it, as well as those who think they are using […]

The services of a lawyer are retained for the purpose of defending and representing the best interests of the client. However, recent developments in the legal industry suggest that just looking out such interests is insufficient in carrying out the duties of a lawyer.   What is a lawyer you retain looking out for other than your interests? Other […]

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 […]