Company announcements and commentary on current issues.
I am not in the slightest bit surprised by this research showing that Japan's Cool Biz policy - a government "recommendation" since 2005 that companies don't switch on the...
At a recent talk I attended on how the founders of the modern Japanese state and business had fearlessly travelled and lived abroad, there was a keen discussion afterwards as...
Following on from her article on why Germans work less hours than Japanese employees, Professor Ulrike Schaede takes a look in a second article at the need for a German...
Europeans often ask me if it is worth trying to learn Japanese. I usually say yes, but that it is important to have realistic expectations. Adults who have...
LinkedIn is not just for recruiting, but managing the employer brand...
The typical image of a woman entrepreneur in Japan as someone who worked at Recruit (Japan's biggest recruitment agency) and then did an MBA overseas, is wrong, according to
The World Cup spurs some thoughts on diversity....
Remembering a valued member of the JIC team....
My view is yes, it does help Japanese companies to globalise if they have more Japanese women managers, for a couple of reasons...
One of our clients recently asked us what changes we’d noticed in the past 10 years amongst Japanese companies in Europe, and how we have changed our consulting and training...