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If You Become an “Autonomous Person,” You Will Definitely Achieve Your Goals!

Training to become an autonomous person

An autonomous person’s training, according to Eiichi Morita

Pay more attention to customer evaluations than to in-company evaluations

Autonomy planning by drawing up keywords, as taught by Kotatsu Saito

Establish your own brand within the company

The advantages of creating a form for setting out your goals, by Takashi Harada

The effort of setting out and achieving your goals boosts your autonomy

Case Studies - Mindset and Evaluation as Seen by 8 Autonomous People

People Looking for a Sphere of Activity Outside the Company

Kazuhiro Fujihara, Principal, Wada Public Junior High School, Suginami Ward, Tokyo

Being the leading character in one’s own life. Reel your daily life into your own axis.

Shinichi Saijo, Cyber Agent

It is necessary to keep your final goal in your head and to change directions so as to win at times of change

People who Always Finished Strong Within the Company

Naoto Okinaka, Foods Company, Suntory

Analysis and knowledge that support unshakeable convictions

Masato Yamada, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Let’s look at things in the long term

People Who Follow Their Own Path

Atsuto Sawakami, Sawakami Asset Management

Follow your ideals without being bent on making money

Ken Kutaragi, Sony Computer Entertainment

Go after the realization of your own dreams, without being frightened of conflict around you

Setsuko Okamoto, Novartis Pharma

Coming to terms with being tough on yourself will support your autonomy

Norifusa Mita, Manga Artist

Making the readers’ scale your own

Corporate Approaches to Nurturing Autonomous People

Companies also looking for autonomous people

HP Japan’s system for promoting autonomy among its employees