Every year in this newsletter we deliver to you a report on the interesting commercials that aired during the Super Bowl. This year the event was held around a week later than usual and thus this report is late as… Continue Reading →
Published on February 13th in the Nikkei newspaper, there was an article about the discussion of “Business Management with Purpose” by Ikujiro Nonaka and Chairman Kao Sawada. In this blog, we will introduce the English translation of the contents. … Continue Reading →
The first page article of the Nikkei Newspaper on November 29th posed the question “What is the significance of your company?” It was an article that mentioned how Purpose was needed. In this blog, we will introduce the english translations… Continue Reading →
Aired on Nov15 2021, on NHK news, there was a coverage about ‘Why is the “Purpose” getting all of this attention now in Japan?’ with the picture of the book written by our CEO Mikiko Saito. Here is the English… Continue Reading →
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An article about CEO Saito’s interview was published in the Nikkei electronic version “Stan Smith is also changing; Adidas’ plastic reduction measures”
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CEO Saito’s new AdverTime column series, “What exactly is “purpose”, the philosophical base many Japanese companies are implementing nowadays?” In this second volume of this series is about “The Purpose behind Japanese Judo’s success”. Because the article is only in… Continue Reading →
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The purpose is often affiliated with how a Company would describe their philosophy, however, the brand itself holds purpose. Using that as a starting point, purpose-driven products are able to exist. The UK company Unilever’s Detergent Brand Persil is a… Continue Reading →
I remember the first time I got off the Tokyo train station. I got lost like I was in the woods. Instead of trees though, there were these tall gigantic buildings around me.I looked to the front. Buildings. Right. Buildings…. Continue Reading →
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On Nov04, upon the release of the Hyatt Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Report, the CEO Mark Hoplamazian hosted Hyatt’s Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call, and here is part of the transcripts that he mentioned how important their purpose is. Good morning… Continue Reading →
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Many companies use “mission” or “vision” as a term for their philosophy. It seems that companies who have been philosophy-driven longer (since before the early 2000s, when the concept of “purpose” did not exist) are more likely to be still… Continue Reading →
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Purpose-driven brand Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal talks “Pivoting during the pandemic” on CNN
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The pandemic forced many businesses and people to pivot. Some restaurants started selling groceries. Some yoga instructors started giving online classes. Some taxi drivers started to deliver groceries. In the cases above, the entrepreneurs pivoted with what they had and… Continue Reading →
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