The speed of change in the business environment surrounding corporate management, which had already been increasing even before the coronavirus pandemic struck, has further accelerated over the past year. Accordingly, the proliferation of digital, remote work has transcended the limitations of physical locomotion, resulting in the vanishing of the boundaries that had separated Japan and the world.
If Japanese organizations and talent, which are at a disadvantage geographically and historically, seek global growth and development, they must create organizations and talent capable of managing the speed of change, different cultures, and diversity at the global level. Put another way, the most pressing issue for management is strengthening the ability to cope with global change, not only in terms of “hard” aspects (systems and frameworks), but also “soft” factors (organizations and people).
And now that change is inevitable, the current environment could, depending on one’s point of view, provide an ideal opportunity for transformation.
But how should we take advantage of this opportunity to transform our organizations and our talent to be globally competitive? How are we to think, and act, to overcome the many lingering barriers and boundaries despite the fact that we’ve supposedly been living in a “borderless” world for quite some time now?
Through GLOBAL HR FORUM JAPAN 2021, which will mark the fifth holding of this symposium, we would like to provide a venue in which we can deepen our thinking together with those who share our awareness of this challenge while offering a chance to take advantage of the ideal opportunity for transformation that has been made available to us.
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s Forum.