It's been 40 years since I started working as a consultant. During that time, Japan has gone from reaching its peak as the second largest economy in the world, to where we are now, seemingly standing at the edge of the abyss after losing 30 years worth of the progress we had made.
The era has come to end where the economic prosperity we enjoyed under the umbrella of the United States after the Cold War ended and the rise of China. We've already passed the point of judgment about the benefits and drawbacks of globalization. We have entered an age where we need to think about how to adapt to globalism and how we should act in response to it.
In an age such as this, what is important is we thoroughly recognize the strengths we have, utilize those strengths, and form and act on strategies that increase added value. What is needed now is the wisdom and courage to step out into the unknown.
We wish to contribute to the long-term growth of Japan, not by just stopping at mere consulting, but by participating in many different forms. We, along with other Japanese companies and organizations with ambition, wish to help business at contribute with truly valuable innovation together.
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After graduating the Tokyo University department of technology in 1981, he entered Andersen Consulting (currently: Accenture). He engaged in various corporate reforms focusing on company strategy, operations, IT, and outsourcing. After working in charge of project/venture investment as a project development group unification partner, he left the company in 2003. Currently, he is the representative director of MI Consulting Group. He also serves as an Executive Adviser of Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society of Kitakyushu city, a visiting professor of Ritsumeikan University Business School etc. His writings include "Strategy Outsourcing" and "Human Resources Management Reform" (both of which are from Toyo Keizai inc.).
In 2018, he was appointed as the Executive Officer and General Manager of the Eye Care Business Headquarters, which manufactures and sells eye care testing equipment, at the request of the company. In this business headquarters, where overseas sales account for over 80% of total sales, he has carried out reforms through global streamlining under the banner of “One ECB”. He has also implemented reforms to the business portfolio through M&A (including divestments) and invested in the solution business, centered on overseas bases.
