No Box Thinking™ (Volume 3)
How Struggling Japanese Companies Can Beat Silicon Valley's Fast-moving Startups At Their Own Game
Specifically focused on the unique culture & needs of Japanese companies. |
Over the last 20 years, and accelerating in the last 7 years, not only Japan but the entire world has begun to question Japan's ability to innovate, and create as companies such as Apple and Samsung have taken over Japan's former stomping grounds, and gleefully gorge themselves on Japanese companies' bento boxes.
Meanwhile, once mighty and innovative Japanese firms like Sony and Panasonic bleed red and constantly try to slough off workers while peddling a staid if uninspiring set of "me-too" and "also-ran" product lines. How far has Sony fallen? Well, it's gotten to be so bad that if Sony founder, Akio Morita, were to magically re-appear today and venture over to the front entrance of Sony Japan, he wouldn't recognize the place. Worse, if he then decided to apply for a position, not only wouldn't they hire him, they'd most likely call security and have him escorted off the premises. But all is not lost.
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The answers to all of these questions may shock you because the arguments we make and evidence we present are often in direct opposition to what the media pundits and industry insiders have been telling us, and worse, selling to us.
The fact is, there are a number of proven ways that large incumbents (even large, ossified incumbents) can outplay and out game fast moving startups from Silicon Valley or elsewhere.
To this end, we'll explore creativity and innovation and what it takes to unlock and unleash it. And you'll find that in many cases you don't even have to hire new talent as all the creativity and innovation you could ever want or need is already on your payroll and sitting at their desks in your office.
The key then is to learn how to organize this talent, tune it up, skill it up and then effectively deploy it for maximum impact.
To this end, we'll explore creativity and innovation and what it takes to unlock and unleash it. And you'll find that in many cases you don't even have to hire new talent as all the creativity and innovation you could ever want or need is already on your payroll and sitting at their desks in your office.
The key then is to learn how to organize this talent, tune it up, skill it up and then effectively deploy it for maximum impact.