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Getting Better at Corporate Figures

“Rules for Figures” that are required of employees and upheld by the president

mbga.jp vs. Gundam - your figure power underpins major hits

If you ask yourself why certain figures are as they are, you will come to see things you did not notice before - Tomoko Namba, CEO, DeNA Co. Ltd.

If you take time to walk around the business site, you will come to understand the figures naturally - Kazunori Ueno, President and CGO (Chief Gundam Officer), Bandai Co., Ltd.

The strongest coaching staff members use the latest data to teach you in the easiest way possible

Learning through manga - Methods for learning figures 2.0

Mastering corporate figures with one notebook and four steps

Step 1: The statement of accounts/bookkeeping

Understanding anew the fundamental principles of accounting

Step 2: Costs/making money

Understanding certain companies' money-making devices

Step 3: Break-even point diagram/fixed costs and variable costs

Calculate the profit structure yourself

Step 4: Corporate value/cash flow

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Persuasion, sales, marketing - how to use figures wisely

Point 1: Improve your argument skills by quantifying everything

Don’t trust the figures put together by someone else, but develop your own skills for looking at figures

Point 2: The rough forecasting skills that are indispensable to a leader

The three fundamental principles for predicting the future: Don’t run away from the vagueness

Point 3: Use figures as ground rules to avoid

misperceptions

Risk management techniques of the world’s most highly-acclaimed corporation

Point 4: Analyzing consumer psychology in the combined wake of discontent and emphasis

Spotting the next hit from one diagram

Point 5: Human resources needs figures too

Analyzing data to select the most appropriate employees

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