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This report, "Innovation Research: Towards Improving Well-Being through Business Process Reform," clearly demonstrates that visualizing business processes and systems is the key to achieving both the promotion of digital transformation (DX) and the enhancement of well-being. By organizing business processes and standardizing and visualizing them through flowcharts and manuals, it becomes possible to prevent the personalization of tasks, increase productivity, and eliminate disparities in workload. This creates a flexible system that can respond to sudden leaves of absence and remote work, fostering an environment that supports employees' mental and physical health and their sense of purpose at work. Moreover, visualized business processes are highly compatible with DX, clarifying where digital tools should be utilized and which processes should be automated, enabling efficient digitalization without strain. As a foundation for simultaneously achieving productivity improvements through DX and enhancing the well-being of each employee, the visualization of business processes is now an essential initiative for companies. This report provides a clear explanation of specific methods and steps to success.

This report, "Innovation Research: A Prescription for Employee Happiness and Organizational Prosperity," presents practical tips for realizing sustainable prosperity for the entire company by drawing out the intrinsic motivation of each employee and enhancing their sense of fulfillment and happiness. The decline in competitiveness that Japanese companies have faced for many years is overshadowed by a managerial organizational culture that fails to leverage individual creativity and autonomy. This report explains the importance of creating a workplace that satisfies the inherent human needs for "autonomy," "competence," and "relatedness," based on psychological theories. It emphasizes the significance of "flow experiences" that generate enjoyment and "dialogue" that fosters empathy and trust, outlining a path for both individuals and organizations to grow together. As more employees find a sense of purpose through their work, organizations regain vitality and sustainable innovation emerges. The report strongly advocates for the evolution of "thinking" and "organization" that is urgently needed at this time. This is a must-read report for executives and leaders who wish to balance employee happiness with corporate prosperity. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.*

This report, "Innovation Research: The Meaning of Business Models," clarifies the essence of the "business model," which is essential for companies to establish sustainable growth and competitive advantage in the rapidly changing modern business environment. In particular, the "Business Model Canvas" introduced in this book is a world-standard framework developed by Swiss entrepreneur Alex Osterwalder and others, widely used by companies and non-profit organizations around the globe. This tool allows anyone to intuitively understand and outline strategies by providing a comprehensive overview of the business and organizing key elements such as value creation, customer relationships, revenue structure, resources, and partnerships into nine components. Today, the success of innovation requires an open perspective that involves not only the company itself but also customers, partners, and even competitors, with new business models being tested and refined worldwide every day. This report offers readers a universal and practical framework based on cutting-edge insights, using theories that can be applied in the field and a wealth of case studies. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.*

By introducing the method of "Action Learning (AL)," where teams tackle high-priority and important management issues, a "true learning" process begins that goes beyond mere knowledge acquisition. AL is a process that brings together diverse insights from the field to address complex, unsolvable problems by posing questions and deriving solutions through dialogue and reflection. It is within this practice that individual growth, team cohesion, and the overall learning capacity of the organization are enhanced, fostering sustainable competitiveness. In today's rapidly changing management environment, where reskilling and human investment are being emphasized, what is truly needed is the "ability to learn through practical experience in the field." Action Learning is a cutting-edge method that simultaneously achieves the resolution of management issues and the development of human resources. This report explains its practical application as a crucial approach that management and leadership should adopt, along with abundant case studies. True learning begins with solving management issues. As a first step, please make use of this report. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.

Currently, business strategies around the world cannot be discussed without the perspective of "business ecosystems." The era of promoting innovation solely within one's own company has ended; instead, strategies that involve multiple companies and organizations collaborating and complementing each other's value in an ecosystem are becoming the global standard. This report, "Innovation Research: Business Strategy through the Creation of Business Ecosystems," systematically presents methods for leveraging one's strengths to build and expand ecosystems and create new business value, taking into account this global trend. In particular, it emphasizes that in order to succeed in an increasingly complex market environment, the perspective of "co-creation," which includes partners, suppliers, customers, and competitors, is essential. Practical frameworks such as value design blueprints and leadership prisms are used to introduce methods for strategically designing and gradually expanding business ecosystems. As the world faces significant transformations such as decarbonization and digital transformation (DX), ecosystem-based business strategies will be the source of competitive advantage for companies. This report will serve as a valuable guide for business leaders envisioning the next generation of business strategies, looking toward such a future.

This report, "Innovation Research: A Framework for the Evolution of Business Models," is a practical guide that specifically illustrates how companies can evolve their business models and create new value in a rapidly changing market environment. The report presents six stages of business model evolution, carefully explaining the necessary perspectives, strategies, and approaches to innovation at each stage. It particularly emphasizes that transforming from a closed, self-contained model to a co-creation model that incorporates open innovation is key to achieving competitive advantage and sustainable growth. Additionally, it systematically organizes methods for actively incorporating external knowledge and technology, collaborating with customers and suppliers, and generating new markets and businesses. This provides concrete insights on how to innovate one's business model in response to future changes in the business environment. This is an essential read for companies looking to reconstruct their business models with an eye toward the future or for those wishing to strengthen their innovation strategies. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.*

Actively collaborating with external partners to leverage our company's technology and intellectual property, we aim to create unprecedented value and gain a competitive advantage by building a co-creation network on a global scale. The world is now rapidly shifting from a closed business model to an "open business model" characterized by collaboration and co-creation on a global scale. In an era where ideas and technologies flow across borders and industries, it has become increasingly difficult for companies to achieve innovation solely on their own. In the global market, there are expanding opportunities to create new business models and markets by strategically sharing and exchanging intellectual assets such as patents and know-how, collaborating with companies from different industries and countries. This report details how the trend of openness, originating from U.S. technology companies, has spread to mature industries such as energy, materials, and durable goods, and how it has formed new business ecosystems in growth areas like green technology, next-generation infrastructure, and biotechnology. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.*

This report argues that enhancing the intrinsic motivation of each employee and creating an environment where they can work as "captains of their own lives" is the key to sustainable growth and innovation for companies. It incorporates theories that support well-being, such as Edward L. Deci's "autonomy," Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's "flow experience," and David Bohm's "dialogue," and presents concrete methods for achieving happiness in work and organizations. Given that Japan is facing the harsh reality of being at the bottom of OECD countries in terms of life and job satisfaction, it is an urgent task to build a workplace environment that maximizes individual psychological energy and enhances mental capital. This report is filled with practical tips that can be implemented starting tomorrow for managers, leaders, and all working individuals aiming for well-being management. Please make use of this book to envision a future where well-being transcends individual happiness and connects to the prosperity of organizations and society. *For detailed content of the report, you can view it in the PDF document. For more information, please feel free to contact us.

In recent years, interest in "wellness," which encompasses a comprehensive perspective on health that goes beyond mere disease prevention to include physical, mental, social, and environmental aspects, has rapidly increased. As of 2020, the global wellness economy reached approximately $4.4 trillion (about 481 trillion yen). Following the pandemic, people's lives and values have changed significantly, and wellness has become a key driver in reconstructing both individual lives and entire social systems. In particular, we are entering an era where diverse industries such as architecture, real estate, urban planning, education, tourism, workplace environments, food, healthcare, fitness, and mental health will be required to redesign themselves from a wellness perspective, suggesting that this will be the starting point for innovation across all industries. The global wellness economy is expected to not only expand economically as a new growth area following decarbonized and digital societies but also serve as a powerful engine for solving social issues and contributing to the creation of a sustainable future. Attention to the global wellness economy will be essential for future market creation and business strategies. *For detailed content of the report, please refer to the PDF document. For more information, feel free to contact us.*

This report, "Innovation Research: Organizational Learning through System Dynamics," explains an approach to promoting organizational learning using the method of System Dynamics (SD) to address the challenges of an increasingly complex and advanced modern society and to achieve sustainable innovation. Originally, SD developed based on theories of feedback control and nonlinear dynamics in engineering and physics. However, this report demonstrates its applicability in the fields of management, social sciences, and psychology, highlighting its potential use in organizational management, decision-making, and policy design. Specifically, it can be utilized in various fields as follows: Corporate Management: Organizational design and strategy formulation for performance improvement, achieving overall optimization in promoting digital transformation (DX). Public Policy: Examining improvement measures and policy evaluation for social systems such as healthcare, transportation, and environmental issues. Education and Human Resource Development: Leadership development and enhancement of problem-solving skills using simulations. Innovation Creation: Risk assessment and dynamic validation during the launch of new businesses and projects. Supply Chain Management: Optimization and stable operation in the chain of inventory, demand, and supply.