Webinar Details

Digital transformation had already been on the top of the agenda for executives for a few years, but the sudden onset of covid-19 forced every organisation to undertake a crash-course in the digital ways of working. Many companies learned that people related issues, and not the technical problems, were often the reason why digital transformation journey fails to deliver.


Before the pandemic, we undertook a survey of ECN members across Asia to see how they were building future ready workforce. The survey helped us produce our new white paper 'Talent, tech and transformation: The role of the business leader in Asia'. We will present the results of the survey to you and would like to offer you a chance to comment and give your assessment of how Asia-wide picture relates to the post-covid reality in Japan and to use our survey as a benchmark against your peers.


What are the factors of success in establishing, engaging and empowering the digital employee and where are the pain points? How are business leaders working with functional heads who may be more focused on the traditional management of human resources? Was anything new uncovered in the course of the covid-19 pandemic and how will these learnings change talent development strategies of the companies?


Join us as we present the findings of our new white paper on talent management and discuss the role of the business leader in shaping a digital ready workforce in Japan.


*We will be limiting the number of participants of this online session to 25 primary members of ECN and by-invitation guests in order to ensure that we have an interactive discussion.

Speakers

  • Takuji Okubo (Director, Corporate Network, North Asia of The Economist Corporate Network)

    Takuji Okubo

    Director, Corporate Network, North Asia of The Economist Corporate Network

    Takuji Okubo is the North Asia Director of The Economist Corporate Network, managing the Networks in Japan and in South Korea.

    Prior to joining The Economist Group, Takuji was the Managing Director and Chief Economist at Japan Macro Advisors, serving global fortune 500 companies and financial institutions in Japan and abroad. In his past career, Takuji was a Chief Economist at Societe Generale, in charge of Japan and of South Korea, and a senior economist at Merrill Lynch and at Goldman Sachs. Outside his role at ECN, Takuji also serves as a non-executive director at Japan Risk Forum, an association of Chief Risk Officers among Japanese financial institutions.

    Takuji holds B.A in Economics from Tokyo University and while at the university he was a recipient of prestigious INOUE scholarship. He holds MBA from INSEAD and Msc. In Economics from UPF in Barcelona. Apart from work, he enjoys motor-cycling, scuba-diving, cooking as well as worrying about the future of the Japanese economy.

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  • Dimitry Rakin (Associate Director, ECN North Asia of Economist Corporate Network)

    Dimitry Rakin

    Associate Director, ECN North Asia of Economist Corporate Network

    Dimitry Rakin is the Associate Director of the Economist Corporate Network North Asia, where he is responsible for events planning, private briefings, data analysis and research in Japan and South Korea. He is an expert on Japanese economy, business and trade as well as on the history and politics of the East Asia region.

    Prior to joining The Economist Group, Dimitry was a Senior Officer of Economic Affairs in the Trade Delegation Unit of the Russian Embassy in Japan connecting Russian and Japanese companies, promoting Russia as an investment destination and facilitating Russia-Japan intergovernmental negotiations on economic cooperation. He started his career as an editor covering East Asia in one of the biggest Russian news agencies (ITAR-TASS) working in the central office and Tokyo Bureau of the agency.

    Dimitry has an MA degree in Japanese language and history from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and was also a Japanese government (MEXT) research scholar at Meiji University’s Graduate School of Law, Tokyo. In addition to native Russian language skills, he is fluent in English and Japanese.

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