Translated from 日本語 • View original Of the five spirits (values) of ISAO, I would like to write about the most ISAO-like value, "Open Connection". There is a lot of talk about openness in the world, but I think there are two main meanings in ISAO.
Openness is the demand of the times
The first is the "demand of the times".
In today's era, you can instantly get any information you want on the Internet. Furthermore, social media has become popular recently, and information sharing between individuals is becoming more and more common.
Conversely, it can be said that it has become a very difficult time to close information due to the evolution of infrastructure by the Internet.
For example, Facebook, the world's most used social media service, is a service that makes personal information more open and facilitates connections between individuals. The world has embraced its values and welcomed its change.
The times are looking for "open leadership".
Gone are the days when people with positions and authority controlled the people around them by surrounding them by surrounding (closing) information. In today's world, it is required to open up as much information as possible and play a role on it.
Openness is not Nice to have, but Must have It became.
Opening creates more value!
The second meaning of openness is that "openness brings out more value."
Being open is different from one-on-one communication in a traditional organization (team), it is more diffuse and creates a situation where everyone is looking at everyone. Being watched by others creates a "good sense of tension" for both the boss and the members.
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In addition, by allowing everyone to see their activities and thoughts, a true 360-degree evaluation is realized that is not affected by an individual's likes and dislikes.
And above all, when someone is in trouble, you can openly see the situation, so you can help them. (This leads to another ISAO spirit, "Family Kizuna")
Furthermore, better ideas can be born if you think about whether various people are close to you rather than thinking alone.
In a closed world, a team is only the sum of the strength of each person. In the open world, synergy is created when everyone connects with each other, so as a team, the power of multiplication comes out rather than addition.
Conclusion
I will summarize.
Openness is the demand of the times, and by promoting it, it is the strongest trump card that we can create new value ourselves.
We at ISAO will continue to promote this strongest trump card, "openness", and do the work of changing the world, "Realizing services that make hundreds of millions of people hot from Japan".