I recently sat down with Yoshiaki Ito, former CEO of Sony Pictures Japan, to talk about leadership, transformation, and what it really takes to drive change inside a large Japanese organization. Sony Pictures Japan is not a startup. It is a complex, global business operating inside one of the most...

Japan Market Entry Insights from a conversation with Christina Ahmadjian, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University and Outside Director at Asahi Group Holdings, Sumitomo Electric Industries, NGK Spark Plug, and NEC Idea in BriefThe Problem — Most foreign companies still approach Japan as the...

Japan Market Entry The North Star Principle: What Japan’s Market Actually Demands From Foreign Leaders Insights drawn from Ken Shibusawa, CEO of Shibusawa & Company and descendant of Eiichi Shibusawa, Japan’s father of capitalism Every year, capable foreign companies enter Japan with...

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