Deepening Existing Businesses and Exploring Platform/Web3 Businesses through Ambidextrous Management
First written in FY2024-Q2. 2 of 4 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2026-H1. Latest entry: FY2026.
Institution for a Global Society moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「Under the medium-term management plan (fiscal years ending March 2027 to March 2029), the pillars of the growth strategy are 3 structural transformations: (1) shifting the HR business upstream, from measurement services to a human-capital IR partner; (2) changing the education business's channels, from sales to individual schools to an education ecosystem built through collaboration with local governments and partners; and (3) supporting the establishment of a GCC and developing a collective-intelligence platform as part of the global platform business,」
The previous framework of ambidextrous management was reorganized into 3 structural transformations: moving HR upstream, changing education channels and expanding the global platform business. - FY2026-H1ReframedAnnual report
「The ONGAESHI Project, initially developed as a job-placement support service, made a strategic withdrawal from the domestic market in light of intensifying competition. Meanwhile, the blockchain business centered on advanced technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs and secure multiparty computation is expanding, and the company is concentrating management resources in this area.」
Within the exploration area of ambidextrous management, the focus changed from ONGAESHI's domestic employment placement support to a business centered on advanced blockchain technology. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The Group aims for sustainable growth based on its existing HR and education businesses. Its strategy is ambidextrous management: deepening the HR and education businesses while using this data and customer base to intensify exploration in the Platform/Web3 business.」
The Group continues to describe ambidextrous management as a strategy of deepening its existing HR and education businesses and exploring the Platform/Web3 business based on their data and customer base. - FY2024-Q2First statedAnnual report
「We aim for sustainable growth based on our existing HR and education businesses. Our strategy is ambidextrous management: deepening the HR and education businesses while using this data and customer base to intensify exploration in the Platform/Web3 business and lay the groundwork for significant future growth.」
For the first time, the Company explicitly described ambidextrous management as a strategy: deepening the existing HR and education businesses while intensifying exploration of the Platform/Web3 business based on their data and customer base.