March 24, 2008

Creating

Striving for a Trustworthy Society

People create. They create themselves. They create industries and businesses. They create the infrastructure that underpins society and industry. They will create more and more in the future. They will always go on creating. This is because society is now facing an enormous turning point. Self-styled social ecologist Peter Drucker pointed out that the transformation caused by IT is only just beginning. Whichever way you look at it, the key to getting through this period of transformation is people. Only we can create ourselves. The time of “professionals” is coming – professionals who will train and discipline themselves in order to achieve results. The true professionals achieve results in society and build up industries and businesses that make a contribution to each and every customer. Industries will be more and more specialized while joining hands with new industries to create new type of business. As industry and business work together with IT, IT underpins all aspects of business, technology and the organization. The essence of IT is software. Its progress is a slow one, when compared to that of hardware. If a professional solution could be found to the ongoing issue of software productivity, the transformation of society would become ongoing.

“We Are the Ones Who Will Create the Next Society” by Doris Drucker, editor, patent attorney and inventor

Survey: The Impact of IT is Still at Its Beginnings

The shape of “IT as a Creator of Society” as seen in a survey with 1000 people

Chapter 1 - Developing People

The Age of IT Professionals

The 5 Prerequisites for IT Professionals

Learning from Yukihiro Matsumoto’s way of life

Special Contribution

Anyone Can Aim to Be a Professional - Kenichi Ohmae, Dean of Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business of BBT (Business Breakthrough) University

Technological Design Power

Engineers Are Designers

James Dyson, Founder and Chairman of Dyson of the UK

A Team’s Traction Force

The Team Power and Hunches that Created the New Dragon Quest

Ryutaro Ichimura, Producer, Square Enix

The Capacity to Create Ideas

The Energy to Think and Freedom

Shuji Nakamura, Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Chapter 2 - Creating New Industries

This is the Time to Work for the World and for People

Automobiles

They are no longer a means of transportation, but are becoming your eyes, hands, and brain

Finance

Generating new business models that turn crisis into opportunities

Naoki Shimada, President, Financial Business and Technology

Distribution

Aiming for the individual procurement agent

Makoto Usui, Executive Senior Vice President, Future Architect

Healthcare

The coming of the age of medical information processing. People’s health will become visible and understandable

Learning

Learning the dynamics of surviving enjoyably

Katsuhiko Shirai, President, Waseda University

Social Web

The new century of business being opened up by the web

Umihiko Namekawa, Translator, TechCrunch Japanese edition

Entertainment

Visual media/games/virtual spaces/virtual idols

Inspiring the Power of the Individual

Esther Dyson, journalist and venture capitalist

Innovation Is at the Intersection of IT and Society

Nicholas M. Donofrio, Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation

Chapter 3 - Designing an Infrastructure

IT will support everything

Extreme Technologies

Ulra-Technologies are coming

Tadaaki Mataga, Vice President, Gartner Japan

Limitless Innovation

Changes in technology will center around people

Everybody Takes Part

Software democracy

Mutual Trust

Creating a society with a high level of trust using formal methods