The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

Research/ Study Groups or Committees

Active Groups:
Knowledge Creation Research Group (est. 2008)
Social Media Group/Sub-committee (est. 2010; suspended since ?)
Practical Knowledge and Innovation (KI) Research Group (est. 12/2015)
New Industrial Revolution Research Group (est. 2018)
ISO Standardization Research Group (est. 2018)
Practical SDGs Management Study Group (est. 2020; Partner: Global Compact Japan; Social Solutions Initiative, Osaka University)

Past Groups:
Risk Management Study Group (2004-2017or18)
Organizational Epistemology (Cognitive Organizational Science) Research Group (2003-2017or18)
Diversity Study Group (2008-2017or18)
Best Practice Study Group for Practical Wisdom (2013-2017or18)
Kyoto Subcommittee (Field Dynamics Research Subcommittee) aka Group Dynamics of “Ba” Study Group (Kyoto Group) (2008-2016)
e-Learning Study Group (2008-2016)
Benchmarking Committee (2008-2016)
Art Section/Study Group (2008-2016)
Corporate Evaluation Study Group (former MAKE-J Working Group) (-2016)
International Committee (2010-2016)
Organizational Knowledge Research and Sustainability Group (12/2014-)
Health Care Study Group (2003-2008)
Theory/Survey Research Subcommittee (was: Theory and Business Research Subcommittee) (2003-2008)
Learning Organization Study Group (2003-2008)
KM Framework Study Group (-2008)
Research on Strategic Application of Information and Communication Technology (IT) (-2008)
Intellectual Action Practical Verification Subcommittee (2004-2007)
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Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises Study Group
Knowledge Management Study Group (2000; Tōkai area)
Organization Recognition Theory Group (Kansai area)
Intelligence Research Group
Practical Knowledge Distribution Group
Knowledge Workplace Community (Kyoto)
Global Events Interest Group

Chapters

• Tōkai Branch (est 2001; was: Knowledge Management Study Group)
• Japan Knowledge Management Association (NPOJAKM)
• KMSJ International Chapter (1999)

Events

Digital Transformation (DX) Lecture Series
(Practical Knowledge and Innovation Research Group)

• May 2021: #05 Signs of New Social System: People, Organization, Economy, Society
• Apr 2021: #04 Human Centric DX Strategy (Tentative)
• Mar 2021: #03 Educational Reform with an Eye on 21st Century Skills
• Feb 2021: #02 Government DX / Knowledge Management Promotion Initiatives to Improve Industrial Competitiveness
• Jan 2021: #01 The essence of DX is knowledge management!

Workshops/Seminars

• Aug 2019: International Knowledge Management Standard from ISO Management Systems
• Jul 2019: Workshop on Collaborative Spaces and Knowledge Creation

(Information and) Knowledge Management Lecture series

• October 2012 (4th): Now why global thought (thought / action) is required – True customer-oriented, management supported by overseas business experience of 23 years
• July 2011 (3rd): Corporate change from customer knowledge – aim for company growth with customers
• May 2011 (2nd): Smart TV and knowledge management talking about terrestrial digital broadcasting
• April 2011 (1st): Leverage diversity into the organization

Knowledge Management seminar series (Success stories and challenges of using knowledge in organizational management)

Sep 2024: The promotion, challenges, and on-site efforts by practitioners of knowledge management at Ajinomoto Healthy Supply

Conferences

• Knowledge Management Society of Japan Conference (KMSJ Annual)*
  The Knowledge Management Society of Japan Conference (KMSJ Annual) is the annual conference and general meeting of the Knowledge Management Society of Japan.
• WICRS/KMSJ International Symposium**
  The WICRS/KMSJ International Symposium, formerly the WICRS/KMSJ Workshop on Intellectual Capital and the WICRS/KMSJ International Workshop on Intellectual Assets Management, is jointly organized by the Waseda Intellectual Capital Research Society (WICRS) and the Knowledge Management Society of Japan (KMSJ).
  Hosts: Waseda Intellectual Capital Research Society (WICRS) and Knowledge Management Society of Japan (KMSJ); 2010: with the New Club of Paris; 2015-2016: with the World Intellectual Capital/Assets Initiative (WICI)
• Knowledge Management Forum**
  The Knowledge Management Forum, organized by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), aims to provide useful information for understanding the effectiveness of Knowledge Management and putting it into practice. There will be introduced a lot of IT solutions and product information for realizing Knowledge Management through seminars and exhibitions. From 1998-2010 it was organized in co-operation with the Knowledge Management Society of Japan (KMSJ).
• The Knowledge Forum (TKF)**
  The Knowledge Forum (TKF) will address innovation and management of knowledge, skills, networks and technologies within organizations and territories, as well as all strategic issues related to factors of competitiveness.

  TKF Russia, April 29-30, 2013, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
  Conference Theme: The Role and Deployment of Knowledge (Chi) Management in the Asia and Pacific Region of 21st Century
  (Co-organizer: Far Eastern Federal University – Science and Innovations)

  Note: TKF-Russia was originally scheduled for the end of September 2012

  Keynotes:
  Knowledge creation activities in pharmaceutical companies aiming for the common good of human health care

  Sub-committee presentations:
  Education that transcends the boundaries of cultural stereotypes. New generations and new trends
  Japanese Healthcare System and Informatization-Management of Knowledge in Medical Care / Nursing Care
  Contractual training of professional human resources in line with corporate profits
  What is the meaning of the basic concept of knowledge management?
  Knowledge management in network-centric systems: problem setting to knowledge
  Value lies in analog power, not digital
  Suzuki’s Asian Strategy and Technology Transfer
  How to realize a joint program in Knowledge Management. Experience of the Russian-German Program “Doing Business in Russia”
  International Transfer of Automotive Development Knowledge-Localization of Japanese JVC in China and Challenge of Reverse Innovation
  Regarding Japan’s Regionalism and Control of Regional Identity Problem. Perspective from Russia
  Japanese financial industry and information and communication technology
  Latest trends in M2M
  Human resource development utilizing in-house intellectual resources
  Japan’s strengths (knowledge) learned from Geido and Budo”

  Summary by all subcommittees

  Co-located Events:
  Technical Visit at Vladivostok including FEFU, Apr 28
  Japan-Russia Far Eastern Forum 2013, Apr 30

  (CANCELLED) 5th TKF, September 1-2, 2009, Wisconsin State University, Madison, USA
  Conference Theme: Knowledge Management for Sustainable Growth through Agriculture: Culture Gap, Popular Belief and our Challenge

  Tracks:
  Knowledge Management / Cases / etc. in the United States
  Knowledge Management Practice in Borderless Knowledge Economic Society
  Agricultural Business and Knowledge Management

  Plenary Session; Special Lectues; Keynotes TBC

  4th TKF, November 16-17, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
  Conference Theme: Dynamic “Ba” for Creation of “Chi”
  (in conjunction with the Intellectual Asset Management Week 2008, Nov 14-21; Co-organizer: Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry; Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

  Keynotes:
  Keynote 1 (Nonaka)
  The source of knowledge is patterns and fields

  Dynamic place for major Japanese companies to promote the creation of knowledge

  Special Lectures:
  Knowledge Navigation Dynamics by Future Center and Ba-some learnings and outlook
  Project as a place: From the perspective of Knowledge Management
  Special Lecture 3

  Company Cases:
  Suzuki Survival Wisdom
  Sangikyo

  Presentations:
  KM 2.0: Human Knowledge Networking as a competitivenesss factor
  Extended Networks: Managing Global Stakeholders for Sustainability
  Adoption of Knowledge Management in the Hong Kong public and private sectors
  OS for management that makes use of on-site knowledge
  Restructuring of Dynamic Ba for Knowledge Management Evolution in Hewlett Packard, Japan
  Daiseki’s business model-original” type “changes the meaning of” place
  Practical examples for reconstruction
  Presentation TBD
  Creative Transition Formation-Organizational Transformation Model for Knowledge Creation Company

  Co-located Events:
  Japan-Germany IC Summit / Round tables, Nov 16 (CANCELLED)
  Tosho Special Forum, Nov 17

  3rd TKF, September 27-28, 2007, CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France
  Conference Theme: Knowledge Management for Fostering Innovation
  (Co-organizer: CERAM Business School)

  Workshops:

  Innovation & Knowledge creation process:
  – The innovation process between attention and creation
  – Persistent Innovation Barriers and How to Breach Them
  – All Nippon Airways’s Brand strategy
  – Weaving contexts to orchestrate versatile “Chi” – To create a new story of the Times
  – Knowledge creation and practice of policy management
  – Managing Knowledge and Innovation within Open Source Software Projects

  Human networking:
  – Networks and Innovation
  – Networking attitude Groupe Danone approach to Knowledge Management
  – Management of Knowledge in Context
  – Using internal and external networks to innovate
  – Regional intellectual assets in Japan link to the world
  – Inter-Organizational Communities of Practice Comments
  – A Self Questionnaire for fostering Group Evolution

  Future, Wisdom, Education:
  – Knowledge Management and Sustainable Innovation
  – Dig out Treasures from Buried Intellectual Properties
  – How we can acquire measurable results through Knowledge Management
  – The possible role of collective intelligence in business education
  – European VET sector: an emblematic case of networking for knowledge creation and sharing
  – L’acteur du projet pour une « économie de la connaissance » : l’ingénieur “entropologue”

  Territorial Clusters & IC:
  – Understanding intellectual assets dynamics: individual assets versus community assets
  – XBRL for enhancement of capability on intangibles
  – The Concept of Context: Its theoretical and empirical relevance for the study of the Knowledge Management process. An exploratory evidence from France
  – Is a Ba-of-Chi like model suitable for the french Pôles de Compétitivité
  – Science Parks as Knowledge Creating Spaces
  – Optimization-ware, workforce productivity management for the 21st century

  Plenary session:
  Knowledge Management for fostering innovation: General introduction
  The excellent leader manoeuvring Chi…
  Toyota Sales System
  Managing Knowledge Dynamics
  Winning Support for Knowledge Management
  Acting and reflexing: the “new science of engineering” turn. From knowledge management to organizational knowing

  2nd TKF, September 18-19, 2006, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  Conference Theme: Comparing Knowledge Management practices across the world: Knowledge in the Cultural Context
  (Co-organizer: TerraForum Consultores; Faculdade de Economia e Administração – University of São Paulo)

  Keynotes:
  Social Norms and Knowledge Management
  Knowledge management for Innovation — Intellectual Assets based Management in Japan
  Revolution of Monodukuri Spirit in Knowledge and IP Creating Companies in Japan

  The Role of Leadership in the Knowledge Economy:
  – The new Context of Culture based Strategy: Transformation from Knowledge Management to Chi Management
  + 2 Presentations

  Knowledge Management in Healthcare:
  – Knowledge Management in Health, a Latin America Perspective
  – Japanese Healthcare system and the role of Knowledge Management

  Graduate Studies in Knowledge Management
  + 4 Presentations

  The practice of Knowledge Management
  – Knowledge Management in New product development
  – Mitsubishi Chemicals Company: Successful Results
  + 4 Presentations

  The role of the individual and the collective in Knowledge Creation
  + 1 Presentations

  The Role of Information Technology in Knowledge management
  + 3 Presentations

  1st TKF, March 18-19, 2005, Tokyo, Japan
  Conference Theme: Japanese Chi: Edge of Evolution
  (Co-organizer: Japan Knowledge Management Association (NPOJAKM))

  Note: This international forum is to be held also as the eighth annual conference of KMSJ.

  Keynotes:
  Concept of Chi (Knowledge)
  Inheriting the Knowledge DNA of Honda: Organization Culture of Creativity and Frontier Spirit
  Building Knowledge Driven Organization
  Emotional Intelligence
  Intellectual Capital
  The Way towards Humanistic Eonomomy
  The Origin of Knowledge in the Eastern and Western Society

  Special Lectures:
  The Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archeology

  Breakout Sessions:

  Cognitive theory and knowledge
  Entirety and individuality of Chi (Knowledge, Wisdom, Mind)
  The Innovation Competency in the Context of Strategic Management in the New Generation
  Social networking & knowledge community
  Digital Information and Knowledge
  Management is a kite flying in bare feet: SME Case of Unique Technology
  How to realize Corporate sustainable grown by utilizing Intellectural Capital Rating
  Herrmann Model
  Intellectual Assets on Corporate Value

  Country Report Hong Kong
  Country Report Singapore
  Knowledge Management in France
  Knowledge Management in Brazil

  Japan Quality Awards ‘SME Winner’ Presentations:
  1997 (Chiba Isumi Golf Club), 2000 (Musashino), 2003 (NEC Fielding)

  Two KMSJ Study Group Reports

  Special Events:
  MAKE-Japan Presentation Ceremony
  KMSJ Annual Meeting

• 1st Knowledge Science Symposium, 27. Oktober 2001, Tokyo, Japan
  (Organizer: Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Co-sponsor: Japan Knowledge Management Society)

Meetings

Knowledge Creation Research Study Group

Feb 2025: #68 “What kind of life do you want to live?” Lecture and Workshop: The source of motivation that drives you necessary (for the creation of organizational knowledge) & Practical examples of organizational knowledge creation and the importance of thoughts

Dec 2024: #67 Considering future management talent: The need for sustainable knowledge leadership
Oct 2024: #66 Cultivating Innovation-Emergent Human Resources
Mar 2024: #65 New trends in KM driven by generative AI and the value of humans: Prospects for co-creation
Feb 2024: #64 Competitive Strategy of Axis Reversal: From the Era of Innovation to the Era of Game Change; Summary of doctoral thesis research and publishing ideas to utilize research results in practice

Dec 2023: #63 Aiming for knowledge management in which anyone can realize the SECI model – What are the technologies that support the discovery, structuring, reconfiguration, sharing, and internalization of tacit knowledge?
Nov 2023: #62 Workplace learning that utilizes awareness in an organization where multi-skilled workers and individualization of work have progressed: Trial evaluation at the research and development support workplace of chemical manufacturer RD&E
Mar 2023: #61 New value creation through creative management that crosses art x design x logical thinking
Feb 2023: #60 Overview of Design Thinking and Possibilities of Design Research in the Field of Innovation

Dec 2022: #59 Ecosystem Disruption Strategy: Successor to Christensen’s “Innovator’s Dilemma” – 15th anniversary Special Lecture and Discussion (3rd ed.)
Aug 2022: #58 Integration of Capabilities through Servicization in Forestry – 15th anniversary Special Lecture and Discussion (2nd ed.)
Mar 2022: #57 Well-being (System design methods and happy management considering subjective well-being (happiness, health, welfare), Panel discussion: Co-creation of well-being value and realization of an inclusive society – tentative) – 15th anniversary Special Lecture and Discussion (1st ed.)
Feb 2022: #56 Knowledge management in remote maintenance (Reality and value co-creation of the manufacturing industry’s service-oriented strategy)

Nov 2021: #55 Innovation Management in the AI/IoT Era: Case Studies of Small and Medium Enterprises’ Efforts and IoT Innovation Design Methods
Jul 2021: #54 Human Resource Development for Knowledge Creation in the DX Era – Construction of PBL Oriented to Knowledge Creation and Practice at IT Company; Learning from Knowledge Management – Awareness from “Management that Creates Knowledge”
Mar 2021: #53 Business Design (Practical case study on Business Design Sprint (BDS); Using currency as a design case)
Feb 2021: #52 Entrepreneurship (Experience utilization and knowledge creation for entrepreneurial second career; VUCA Era and Entrepreneurship)

Dec 2020: #51 Innovation models that destroy the industry and common points; Consideration of Service Value – Perspectives on Qualitative User Survey
Oct 2020: #50 Efforts for a new business proposal system in companies – Proposal of a dynamic model to realize organizational behavior change
Mar 2020: #49 CX marketing (Value co-creation and dissemination – case studies of in-house products of small and medium-sized manufacturers; Life cycle service aiming at well-being)

Dec 2019: #48 (Construction and utilization of brain model by “generalization” of experts’ knowledge; Study on Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer of Tacit Knowledge from Senior Engineers to Mid-level Workers – How to communicate new knowledge in response to the declining birthrate and aging population at IT company)
Oct 2019: #47 Effects of crowdsourcing co-creation with customers
Jun 2019: #46 Tectonic changes in the knowledge society and knowledge management: globalization, SNS, artificial intelligence
Mar 2019: #45 Creating material, goods, and value through innovation design

Dec 2018: #44 Intergenerational knowledge transfer from seniors to mid-career workers: The need for new communication methods in IT companies that respond to the declining birthrate and aging population; Case Study of Collaborative Creation of Customer Value Using Artificial Intelligence
Sep 2018: #43 New Trends and Issues in Developing Human Resources to Create Knowledge in the AI ​​Era (Industry-Academia Collaborative Education Ecosystem Concept and Agile Development for Fostering Intellectual (IT) Human Resources; Intellectual Talent Management Human Resource Development; Panel discussion on Theme)
May 2018: #42 Knowledge Leadership by Business Division Managers and Its Influence ? A Case Study of Business Division Knowledge Management in an IT Company

Dec 2017: #41 NTT DATA’s telework and work-life balance office; How to promote work style reform and knowledge creation (workshop)
Aug 2017: #40 Research strategies and methodologies for case studies (continued): Which approach to choose?; Workshop for promoting open innovation – Practical report and consideration; Open Innovation in 2030 trial experience
May 2017: #39 Research Strategy for Case Studies; Knowledge Transfer of Automobile Companies in Emerging Countries – Exploratory Research on Knowledge Transfer to Communities of Local Auto Parts Manufacturers in India; Business innovation in the AI ​​era and knowledge accumulation type human resource management　system – Utilization of framework & work module methodology

Dec 2016: #38 Research on technology transfer that supports globalization – Comparison between Japanese and European companies in human resource development in the Brazilian automobile industry; Development of Agile development human resources through industry-academia collaboration: NTT DATA (Corporate solutions field) initiatives (social party)
Oct 2016: #37 What is innovation? How can it happen?; Innovation Drivers: How to Build Competitiveness to Lead the IoT Era
May 2016: #36 About Talent Management Utilization Cases; Fin Tech/Legal Tech and New Knowledge Base – Beyond the Limits of Blockchain Technology
Jan 2016: #35 Organization and human resource development that promote creative development of software: Development of creative and practical knowledge of people and organizations that learn from failure experiences (New Year Panel Discussion)

Nov 2015: #34 Study on Factors Hindering the Success of Store Managers in Manufacturing and Selling Businesses Expanding Multiple Stores: A Case Study of the Bakery Industry Using Knowledge Creation Theory; Creation of Production Planning Knowledge – Organizational Knowledge when Responding to Exceptional Requests by Balanced KPI
Aug 2015; #33 Hitachi Group’s Brand Management Strategy and Inner Branding Measures; About User Experience Design; Planning, design and product development of healthcare products (wearable devices); Collaboration with Customers and Design Thinking at the Customer Technical Center (CTC)
Jun 2015: #32 Why is there no progress in localizing R&D organizations and human resources? – Elucidation of the actual situation and factors of Japanese consumer electronics companies; How to Acquire Cross-Cultural Communication and Dialogue Skills
Mar 2015: #31 Utilization of medical SNS and possibilities and limits of collective intelligence; Creation from 0 to ∞ by KM – Practice of Learning & KM at IBM

Dec 2014: #30 International Educational Development and Knowledge Management: Pennsylvania Graduate School Study Abroad and Practicum
Oct 2014: #29 Making Persons with Disabilities Contributing to the Security Industry: Considerations Based on the SECI Model
Aug 2014: #28 Why is innovation not activated in Japanese corporate organizations? -Learning from case studies of solutions using IT
Jun 2014: #27 Management innovation and knowledge creation through business model conversion strategies
― A case study of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Toyama Prefecture

Dec 2013: #26 Corporate Social Value Creation: A Case of Corporate Community Development with Knowledge and Knowledge; Introduction of IBM’s CXO Survey Results and KM-Related　Trends in the Social Area
Nov 2013: #25 The Power of Vision and the Power of Friends: An Interim Report of a Survey Using a 4-Step Model of Knowledge and Action; Management of China’s Strongest Company Related to ‘Thinking of the Strongest Management in Asia’
Aug 2013: #24 Innovative Human Resources/Leader Development and Organizational Transformation (Panel Discussion Topics: Komatsu Way Management and Global Human Resource Development; Organizational Transformation and Successful Cases of Solution-oriented Innovation and New Business Creation; Human Resource Development for KM Leaders – Innovation Process Using SECI)
Apr 2013: #23 Business Model Innovation: From Products and Processes to Business Models

Dec 2012: #22 Creation of knowledge and promotion of self-transformation by SECI application model; Participation and experiences of KM World 2012
Oct 2012: #21 n.a.
Jul 2012: #20 Overseas Transfer of Kaizen Capabilities: Case Analysis of 15 Japanese Manufacturing Companies in the Netherlands; Practice of knowledge creation and management innovation? ase Studies
May 2012: #19 Knowledge Creation and Management Innovation Case Studies

Dec 2011: #18 Changes Seen by CEOs of the World and IBM’s Initiatives to Network Professionals
Oct 2011: #17 Visit to Ricoh Research and Development Center (Sagamihara): Facility tour, presentation session and Q&A
Aug 2011: #16 Participating in the KM International Convention; Knowledge Creation through VE Activities -Based on the Cases of Hitachi Construction Machinery and Fujita
May 2011: #15 New development of VE activities with emphasis on the development of new products at Hitachi Construction Machinery
Mar 2011: #14 Changes in the NEC Group’s Knowledge Creation and Succession Places (From SWQC to EGM); Toward the Creation and Innovation of New Knowledge – Evolution Brought to KM by Connections between People

Dec 2010: #13 Knowledge creation in the environmental industry – case of Nippon Refine
Jul 2010: #12 Overview and Development of VE Activities at Fujita
May 2010: #11 Knowledge creation and development at the Three Technical Cooperation Associations (tentative title)
Mar 2010: #10 Fujitsu Learning Media’s KM activities and development of organizational learning, including interview survey results and case studies

Dec 2009: #09 Introduction and Development of VE Activities at Hitachi Construction Machinery; Creation of knowledge (development of new products) through collaboration between agriculture, commerce and industry
Oct 2009: #08 OMRON’s Knowledge Creation Managemen (interim report)
Aug 2009: #07 Analysis of Management Innovation in SMEs Applying the Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation; Case Study of Innovative SMEs
May 2009: #06 Case Study Methodology and Summary & Kao Case Study
Feb 2009: #05 History and Development of NEC Group’s SWQC

Dec 2008: #04 Development of Eisai’s Knowledge Creation
Oct 2008: #03 Eli Lilly’s Value Creation and R&D Transformation
Aug 2008: #02 Current Situation and Challenges of Knowledge Utilization in Japan and the U.S. – Analysis of Japanese Information Equipment Company A
Jun 2008: #01 Examples and Issues of Knowledge Management Development – Dynamism and Restructuring of Places in Cross-Cultural Organizations

Practical Knowledge and Innovation Study Group

Feb 2026: TBD (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #6)

Dec 2025: TBD (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #5)
Oct 2025: TBD (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #4)
Aug 2025: TBD (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #3)
Jun 2025: Session 2 (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #2)
Apr 2025: Series introduction (Nonaka Memorial & Next Generation Teaching Session #1)

Apr 2024: Case study of Slow Innovation and Knowledge Creation: TBC
Mar 2024: Case study of Slow Innovation and Knowledge Creation: US-Japan Council
Feb 2024: Case study of Slow Innovation and Knowledge Creation: Kaze to Tochi Co.
Jan 2024: Case study of Slow Innovation and Knowledge Creation: TBD

Aug 2023: Feel the difference between slow and fast from Alice Waters’ “Slow Food Declaration”
Jun 2023: Examining the Theme of the Slow Paradigm – Fukahori Rito Group
Apr 2023: What is the Slow Paradigm? Current Issues and Direction of the Group

Sep 2022: Interests in working: Significance, joy, pain: where work and life intersect
Aug 2022: How to create new things based on his experience in development cooperation and technical cooperation: To make knowledge management your own business
Jul 2022: About the ISO56000 Series (w. ISO Standardization Study Group)
Jun 2022: Interests in working: Significance, joy, pain: where work and life intersect (POSTPONED)
Mar 2022: Inquiry Learning and the SECI Model
Feb 2022: Stanford Social Innovation Review Japan Launch Commemorative Seminar

Dec 2021: Plans for future activities of the Practical Knowledge and Innovation Study Group
Oct 2021: Knowledge management at Accela Technology
Sep 2021: Fujifilm’s open innovation initiatives
Aug 2021: How to Create Psychological Safety
Jul 2021: Fujifilm’s efforts to create new social value
Jun 2021: Great company with SDGs
May 2021: Transformation of Idemitsu Kosan (Mobility Strategy Office)
Mar 2021: Casewriting on Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL)
Feb 2021: Social Project Production
Jan 2021: How the SECI spiral works at the site of product development

Dec 2020: Hofstede’s six-dimensional model of culture and the SECI model
Oct 2020: Disaster mitigation workshops using maps in various places
Sep 2020: TheEessence Agile Development and Scrum
Aug 2020: The biggest crisis in the history of the SECI model 2
Apr 2020: SECI model, the biggest crisis in history! How to turn the SECI spiral while avoiding the 3 Cs!?
Feb 2020: ISO 56002:2019 (Innovation management — Innovation management system — Guidance) (w. ISO Standardization Study Group; POSTPONED)
Jan 2020: The “30 people to connect” project

Nov 2019: Consolidation of project management knowledge
Oct 2019: Video to express and convey tacit knowledge in the service industry
Sep 2019: Management activities that utilize engineering knowledge
Jul 2019 “Zenin Keiei” Active Book Dialogue and the Framework of Knowledge Creation Theory Dialogue
…

New Industrial Revolution Study Group

Jan 2025: #23 Knowledge Creation Woven from Purpose, Mission, Vision, and Values ​​in a Word

Nov 2024: #22 Overcoming the barriers of specialization that hinder knowledge creation with generative AI and TRIZ! ~ “Even Tokyo University students put it into practice! A new form of knowledge creation with patents and generative AI”
Apr 2023: #21 I can’t see it Intellectual property as an intangible asset value (Annual Theme: AI Knowledge and Human Knowledge Series #1)
Feb 2023: Knowledge Management x Human Capital: How to connect reskilling to growth
Jan 2023: Introduction to the New Industrial Revolution Study Group

Oct 2022: Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management for Digital Transformation (DX) of Society
Mar 2022: Comprehensive Knowledge/Education Reform and Knowledge Management
Feb 2022: A Journey through Energy

Nov 2021: Purpose: The Economy of Significance and Beyond
Mar 2021: Education Reform for 21st Century Skills-Education that cultivates the power to transform knowledge and skills into wisdom
Feb 2021: Exploring the hints of Happy Innovation-What is management from a happy perspective?

Nov 2020: Indispensable for recovering corporate competitiveness – What is IP landscape management strategy?
Jul 2020: After Corona Era x Knowledge Society (Drucker)/Knowledge Management
Mar 2020: Indispensable for Recovering Corporate Competitiveness – IP Landscape Management Strategy (POSTPONED)

Dec 2019: Open Innovation and Intellectual Property -Usage Examples and Points to Note-”
Aug 2019: What is diversity in the age of SDGs?
May 2019: Learning from a “place” that creates further innovation together with customers～
Mar 2019: How is artificial intelligence different from human intelligence? New brain science and medicine in the age of artificial intelligence

Dec 2018: Learning from Professional Sports: Knowledge Management in the Data-Driven Era
Sep 2018: RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and Knowledge management
Jun 2018: KM x Work Style Reform [*KM stands for Knowledge Management] (1st meeting)

ISO Standardization Study Group

Aug 2024: #19 Learning knowledge management from ITIL® 4
Feb 2024: #20 Case study presentations by study group members (CANCELLED?)

Dec 2023: #19 Case study presentations by study group members (CANCELLED?)
Sep 2023: #18 Human capital management spreading in Japan – How to use ISO 30414 (Guidelines for information disclosure on human capital)
Mar 2023: #17 Digging into ISO 30401:2018 Certification Acquisition Cases (Overseas)

Jul 2022: #16 About the ISO56000 Series (w. Practical Knowledge and Innovation Study Group)
Jun 2022: #15 “ISO 30401:2018/Amd 1:2022 English-Japanese Bilingual Version” Editing

Mar 2021: #14 “ISO 30401:2018/Amd 1:2022 English-Japanese parallel version” Proofreading
Mar 2021: #13 “ISO 30401:2018/Amd 1:2022 English-Japanese parallel version” Proofreading
Mar 2021: #12 “ISO 30401:2018/Amd 1:2022 English-Japanese translation” Review

Dec 2020: #11 Confirmation of comments on “ISO 30401:2018 CD/Amd 1.2”
Dec 2020: #10 Understanding the contents of “ISO 30401:2018 CD/Amd 1.2” and discussion and agreement on the direction for submitting comments
Feb 2020: #09 ISO 56002:2019 (Innovation management — Innovation management system — Guidance) (w. Practical Knowledge and Innovation Study Group; CANCELLED)

Dec 2019: #08 KM International Standards: Knowledge Management at LIXIL [Hito Plus] Oct 2019: #07 Global Knowledge Management Learned from ITIL®
Aug 2019: #06 Learning from ISO Management System KM International Standard – ISO/IEC 20000:2018
May 2019: #05 KM case report: “Efforts of knowledge management in a certain telecommunications company

Nov 2018: #04 ISO 30401 Grasping the difference between the actual product and the draft
Oct 2018: #03 ISO 30401 Draft Content Understanding (Details)
Sep 2018: #02 ISO 30401 Draft Content Understanding (Overview)
Jul 2018: #01 General understanding of international standards

Practical SDGs Management Study Group

Mar 2023: What is the role of companies in the post-SDGs era? How to create a business that solves social issues (“Knowledge Creation Theory” × “Empathy “Capital Society” (keynote) & panel discussion)
Feb 2023: What is the role of companies in the post-SDGs era? How to create a business that solves social issues (“Knowledge Creation Theory” × “Empathy “Capital Society” (keynote) & panel discussion)

…?

Mar 2021: CANCELLED
Feb 2021: CANCELLED
Jan 2021: CANCELLED

Dec 2020: Global Compact Network Japan Roles and Activities
Nov 2020: SDGs and Perspectives from Drucker Theory
Oct 2020: n.a. (Chairperson Workshop)
Sep 2020: The Oasis of Life and his SDGs (discussion)
Aug 2020: Efforts of Refine Holdings Co., Ltd.
Jul 2020: How an organization should be in line with SDGs practice (discussion & workshop)
Jun 2020: 5 Competencies Required of CSV Leaders
May 2020: n.a. (Chairperson Workshop)
Apr 2020: #01 The Future of Management Asked by SDGs

Tokai Branch Lectures
(in 2000: Knowledge Management Study Group meetings; since 2004/5: Annual Corporate Research Project meetings)

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Mar 2004: Innovation management and panel discussion using Harman model

Nov 2003: Facilitation and panel discussion are the keys to bringing out knowledge, wisdom, and motivation
Jul 2003: Approach to post-Nonaka and panel discussion by knowledge community management
Apr 2003: Relationship between management quality and knowledge & Panel discussion
Feb 2003: Co-Creation Management -Creation of Knowledge at Honda & Panel discussion

Dec 2002: (Lectures by 3 companies); Kaku Challenge Auction by KM, a Genki company in Nagoya!; Panel discussion: Organization that makes the most of ‘individuality’, Secret to keep challenging, etc.
Jun 2002: Innovation into the Future　～Digital Engineering at Toyota; Core Values ​​and Market Value of Knowledge Firms
Apr 2002: Sharing tacit knowledge increases selling power

Dec 2001: Company Profile/Provided Solution Introduction
Oct 2001: Local Government and Knowledge Management; Efforts for knowledge management that surpasses private companies -Knowledge management of local governments has come so far; Improving the efficiency of business processes by creating communication spaces ~Who are the customers?
Aug 2001: What is MAKE Japan?; 1st MAKE Japan 1st Place Fuji Xerox Case Study
Jun 2001: Latest Trends in Knowledge Management; New developments in knowledge management

Dec 2000: Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge-Information Age ~ Analyzing New Trends Using Knowledge as a Keyword
Sep 2000: “Creation of wisdom” by “personal homepage” and “office place”
Jul 2000: Management Informatization and Knowledge Management -Concept, Essence, and Historical Phase-; Promotion of Knowledge Management at Asahi Breweries
May 2000: Latest trends and examples of knowledge management;New business development for 3M in the U.S.
Apr 2000: Knowledge management trends; Latest Trends in Knowledge Management