Human Capital Investment, Digital Talent Development and DE&I
First written in FY2023. 2 of 3 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 5 of 39 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「JP internal transfers: 88 people / FA internal transfers: 169 people / Number of businesses launched: 2 / Employees engaged in internal side jobs: 129 people / Telework utilisation rate: 95.1% / Annual paid leave utilisation rate: 75.7%」
Investment in human capital progressed to a stage at which results were disclosed using multiple quantitative indicators, including internal recruitment, the free-agent system, internal entrepreneurship, internal side jobs and flexible working arrangements. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「For all employees, the Company launched SoftBank University Tech and is developing an environment in which employees can learn about technology and data. Within the Corporate Business segment, it is also operating initiatives such as the Consulting Sales Development Program, which develops personnel capable of promoting solution sales directly linked to resolving customers' management issues for corporate customers pursuing digitalisation, and the Business Producer Program, which develops personnel for launching new businesses that drive the digitalisation of society.」
Investment in human capital progressed into specific digital talent development initiatives, including Tech education for all employees, consulting sales development and the Business Producer Program. In fiscal 2023, approximately 29,100 people in total attended SoftBank University and approximately 6,000 people in total attended AI Campus. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「To support further business growth and enable employees to work with energy while continuing to grow and take on greater challenges, the Company is making various investments in human capital, including capability development, employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), and health management.」
The Company began systematically detailing, for the first time, investment in capability development, employee engagement, DE&I and health management as business growth initiatives, treating human capital as capital rather than as a resource.