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There Are No Shortcuts to Building Culture

It’s been quite a while since I last updated this blog. With a refreshed mindset, I’ll make sure to post more regularly from now on! At our company, we hold a monthly all-hands morning assembly. It’s my chance to give a speech and share HR-related updates and other announcements. This month’s assembly was held today, September 10. To be honest, preparing a new speech every month for employees can be quite a challenge. Our employees are of many different ages. Naturally, their values and experiences also differ, so I put a lot of thought into the content and wording to make sure my message reaches as many people as possible. I know I still need to keep improving… but I’ll keep trying my best. Today, I spoke about great organizations and great teams. A great organization refers to systems and structures. In today’s information society, with so much knowledge available, organizational differences between companies are said to have become commoditized. So then, what is the difference between companies that grow and those that don’t? It is said to be the difference in the many teams within the company. Why do we even need teams? If each individual

Lookback

I encountered a work that made me want to check its meaning repeatedly. It’s “Lookback” by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the author of Chainsaw Man. It has also been adapted into an animation, with music by Haruka Nakamura, whom I adore. The anime can be watched on Amazon Prime. It was the first time I had encountered a work that made me want to understand the creator’s intention so strongly right after finishing it. That’s how much I believe this work allows for various interpretations. The story begins with an elementary school girl named “Fujino” who is good at drawing, and another girl named “Kyomoto” who is also good at drawing but doesn’t attend school. They each serialize their work in the elementary school class newspaper. Without ever meeting each other, they reach graduation, and Fujino is asked by the teacher to deliver Kyomoto’s diploma to her house as fellow contributors to the same serialization. This is where they meet face-to-face for the first time. From there, their lives change dramatically, and eventually Fujino becomes a successful manga artist, while Kyomoto goes on to art college. Then an incident occurs. I’ll omit details of this incident as it would completely spoil the

2025.01.22

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Leader's Bookshelf

What We Want To Protect

For the memorable first content of my blog, I’d like to introduce a book. I struggled quite a bit deciding which book to introduce, haha. After all, it’s the very first post. I love books. Reading allows you to travel while staying in place. It also lets you converse with the author. It gives you perspectives you don’t have. I take books with me wherever I go. I can’t possibly feel at ease without one, and if I forget to bring one, I love books so much that I want to stop by a bookstore and buy a new one. That’s enough about my love for books; let’s get to the main topic. For this memorable first book, I’ll introduce a picture book. It’s called “The Bookbinder.” I bought it for my child, but I ended up becoming completely fascinated with it, and I’ve taken the liberty of placing it at the very front of my child’s bookshelf where it’s visible. In France, there is a profession called “relieur.” “Relieur” means “bookbinding” in French. Craftsmen called “artisans” repair broken books by hand. Not only do they repair them, but they also value the memories of those who used the books,

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There Are No Shortcuts to Building Culture

Lookback

What We Want To Protect

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