Sustainability × Entrepreneurship
Business Development Training Program
In today’s VUCA era, it is increasingly important for business professionals to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Leveraging the network of our France office, we offer a range of training programs designed to cultivate talent capable of creating innovations that contribute to each company’s sustainability goals.
A High-ROI Program Design Directly Linked to Business Development / Connections with Local Players in Europe
This program is designed for a broad range of professionals, including those in corporate planning, business development, and human resources. Its core value lies in enabling participants to directly experience business development through an understanding of the differences between the Japanese market and the European, particularly French, business environment, where we have a local presence.
Building on this experience, the program aims to connect these insights to each company’s sustainability strategy, as well as to talent development initiatives related to DX, GX, and human capital management.
Common Challenges Faced by Companies
01.
Disconnect Between Sustainability and Business
(From a Corporate Planning Perspective)
• Difficulty in translating company-wide sustainability strategies into concrete action
• Difficulty in linking corporate social responsibility (CSR) to business value creation (CSV)
02.
Challenges in Defining the Scope of New Business Development
(From a Business Development Perspective)
• Difficulty in translating seeds generated through in-house R&D and other initiatives into viable business opportunities
• Even when startup methodologies are applied, ideas may remain too small in scale to deliver a sufficient return on investment
03.
Options for Innovation Training Programs
(From a Human Resources Perspective)
• Silicon Valley is often the default destination for overseas training programs
• It can be difficult to connect training outcomes to core business themes beyond software
• Companies increasingly seek HR training programs that are more closely aligned with sustainability
Opportunities Created by Focusing on France
Since the early 2010s, France has focused on industrial digitalization through initiatives such as La French Tech, as well as on open innovation, and has built a strong track record in adapting to changes in the business environment. Unlike Silicon Valley, France offers an ecosystem particularly well suited to collaboration between large corporations and startups, which aligns closely with the kind of model Japan should aspire to in the future.
Market-Wide Challenges
(Since the Early 2010s)
Outflow of Innovation Talent Overseas
National and Regional Initiatives
Branding of Digital Initiatives
and the Cultivation of Entrepreneurship
Outcomes
DX and Sustainability Transformation Across Industries,
Positioning the Nation as a Global Innovation Leader
Four Key Themes of This Program
In France, where innovation and talent are steadily taking root, this program helps companies keep pace with global trends while advancing their own business development and talent development.
1. Understanding Sustainability
Gain insight into Europe’s distinctive sustainability landscape and understand how it differs from Japan in terms of corporate responsibility, consumer preferences, and the connection between sustainability and business.
2. Collaborative Entrepreneurship
While recognizing that each individual can be an innovator, participants will develop collaborative entrepreneurship as a core skill for future business leaders—learning how to gain inspiration from external sources and drive innovation through partnership and co-creation.
3. Lean Startup
Participants will define new business themes aligned with their company’s existing business and experience the full process of iterative improvement based on feedback from prospective local customers and mentors.
4. Building Strategic Networks
Through dialogue with innovation leaders from large corporations and C-level executives at startups, participants will not only transform their mindset but also build practical networks that can be leveraged in their day-to-day work.
Training Program Examples in France
Program Overview (Sample: 5 Days)
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