Lecture at the Gunma Association of Corporate Executives: “A Major Shift in Human Resource Development and Management Strategy from the Forefront of AI”｜群馬経済同友会で講演「AIの最前線から考える人材育成と経営戦略の大転換」

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One of the students in my senior-year seminar is from Gunma, and his father is Professor Omori, the current president of Kyoai Gakuen Maebashi International University. Through this connection, I was invited by the Gunma Association of Corporate Executives—of which Prof Omori is a senior member—to give a lecture. The event consisted of a 90-minute

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The Last Guest Speaker for the BEGIN event｜BEGIN最後のゲストスピーカーとして登壇

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I was invited as a guest speaker to “BEGIN,” an “inquiry-based workshop” held twice a year for high school students through the collaborative efforts of APU faculty and students. The details of the BEGIN program are as follows (https://www.apumate.net/event/begin/): [The BEGIN (Basic Education Growing Infinity Nexus) Program is a workshop designed to maximize your potential,

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B2B Seminar vol.31: “The Art of Management: How to Develop a Vision”｜「経営のアート～ビジョンの描き方～」

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In the main session of the seminar, Professor Hirahara spoke on the topic of how to develop an “artistic vision” for business, while Monk Nishihara explained the importance of having a vision and the need to break away from the status quo to aim for tenfold growth. Professor Hirahara touched on the relationship between art

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Webinar for ASEAN Youth Organization｜歴史あるASEAN Youth Organizationで「いきがい」ウェビナー登壇

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Yesterday, I gave a webinar on “Ikigai” at the request of the “ASEAN Youth Organization/AYO”, a very well-known non-profit organization in ASEAN even by prime ministers across ASEAN. With 45 minutes of lecture and 15 minutes of Q&A, I was very happy to hear good questions from the audience. We had 100 young and bright

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Comprehensive Strategic Agreement between UNIQLO and University of Malaya｜ユニクロとマラヤ大の包括的戦略協定

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https://um.edu.my/news/uniqlo-and-universiti-malaya-forge-partnership-to-nurture-future-leaders Late last year, the top Malaysian university and UNIQLO entered into an in-depth and comprehensive strategic partnership. I am not involved, by the way. LOL. If I were to use a Japanese analogy, it would be like the partnership between the University of Tokyo and GAP. The purpose of the partnership is “comprehensive leadership

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【conf】Participated as a symposium presenter at the Kanagawa Society of Public Health｜神奈川県公衆衛生学会にシンポジストとしてオンライン参加

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I was the only one who attended online instead of from the larger venue in Yokohama. I reported on the use of big data and AI in Malaysia, using the response to Covid-19 as an example, and talked about the future international trends of medical bigdata and AI. I myself learned a lot from the

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How to overcome your impostor syndrome

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(info source: https://blogs.haas.berkeley.edu/the-berkeley-mba/use-your-inner-strengths-and-community-to-tame-impostor-syndrome) Every once awhile, we all experience so-called impostor syndrome. However, when super athletes in a big game, entrepreneurs at high stakes situations, and leaders in general are with it, it’s pretty much devastating. A talk is around what exactly is the nature of the syndrome and how to overcome it. Using your

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