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Japan is a great place be both professionally and personally. The 22 million tourists who’ve visited Japan in 2018 illustrate that global interest. There is another side to having a high profile among nations and particularly in light of Japan’s challenged strategic environment in North Asia. Japan is increasingly viewed as an inviting cybercrime target. […]

The Edelman Trust Barometer, the world’s largest survey of trust in institutions conducted in 28 countries shows that only 40% of Japanese employees trust the company they work for. This is somewhat counter intuitive given the image of the self-sacrificing, all for the company image that is held about Japans salarymen. Ross will address this […]

This year, CEO Insights will do a new style lunch.  We’ll pick a Hot Topic that affects most of our group’s c-levels and discuss from various angles and industries.  In the March CI Luncheon, we’ll be talking about Dealing with Head office.  This is always a major challenge for CEOs and c-levels in our network.  […]

In the CI Network, human resources and talent are topics that are always of interest.  All of our firms have HR divisions reporting to us that work on training, obtaining, and expanding our company resources.  Now, with a distracted generation of millennials, the game may be changing.  In the July CI luncheon, we will be […]

We've all heard the phrase: "If you want to do something right, you have to do it yourself." It's very easy to understand the idea that the best person to do the job is yourself. However, as business grows, good leaders must understand where to focus and where to pull in outside help. In our […]

Coming back from a Golden Week holiday has no doubt given you the chance to refresh and step back from the business albeit briefly. In the May CI lunch, we are doing a Freestyle meeting. The meeting will consist of four subject areas, maybe more or less depending on the discussion. These are current issues […]

Non-profit organizations and volunteering is a common thing in many western nations. For Japan, the concept and understanding of doing volunteering to do something, giving finances towards helping others, and community service have a different understanding. However, companies that understand the effectiveness of team building toward reaching corporate goals have many times accelerated past their […]

One year after the full implementation of the revised Japanese data privacy law, the European Union new data privacy regulation is coming into force on May 25. It applies to all EU citizens data wherever collected or processed, and the potential fines for violation are staggering. Now is a good time to see if you […]

2017 brought us much news of the elected US President and more than what we wanted to hear about Brexit. In 2018, many c-levels are expecting continued growth as seen in the end of 2017. How will external factors affect our enterprises in Japan and around Asia Pacific? How will all of these issues affect […]

As busy CEOs, there are times when we choose to prioritize our work over maintaining our physical and mental health. We get caught up in the mindset that there just isn't enough time to do everything we want in a single day. Yet 70% of the Fortune 500 CEOs exercise at least once a day, […]