Previous meetings held by 3M

In March 2016, ChapmanCG led a series of Japan HR roundtables hosted by Rakuten, Abbott Laboratories, Huawei, 3M, and Oracle, which altogether involved the participation of around 200 senior HR professionals in Japan. With me were Oscar Fuchs, ChapmanCG Managing Director for Northeast Asia, who facilitated the meetings, and Shimpeita Matsumoto, a Director at sister company Ethos BeathChapman. The groups all discussed the theme of ‘Preparing Japan for the Workplace of the Future’ from a variety of different angles. There were many notable perspectives that emerged, and the following three were particularly interesting. Popping the Japanese Culture Bubble In a…

The Chapman Consulting Group today concluded a week of group meetings with Japan HR Leaders. We convened nine separate groups in this series, with between ten and twenty Japan HR Country Heads in attendance at each one. Thanks go to the Japan HR Leaders from each of the organisations that helped to co-host these group sessions: Linklaters, Syngenta, State Street, Nike, 3M, Fast Retailing, and Gap. Extra thanks must go to the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, who co-hosted an HR Leaders meeting in their historic Oak Room, and to Coca-Cola who offered the group of HR Leaders a very special extra…