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XICA appoints Takashi Nawa, professor at Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Hitotsubashi University Business School, as senior advisor

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Combining Nawa's knowledge of corporate transformation with data science to strengthen support for realizing a growth spiral

　

SAICA Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshiaki Hirao; hereinafter referred to as SAICA) is pleased to announce that Takashi Nawa (Professor at Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi Business School), a leading expert in corporate transformation, has been appointed as Senior Advisor. Drawing on his knowledge of corporate transformation, Mr. Nawa will promote the strengthening of SAICA's solutions and the development of consultant talent, dramatically increasing the reproducibility of client companies' success in achieving a growth spiral.

Mr. Takashi Nawa

Background to the appointment as Senior Advisor

As a data science firm that utilizes data science and consulting, XICA provides solutions to its client companies, primarily enterprises, that create a growth spiral that allows them to "continue to win" in business.

The growth spiral provided by XICA to help you "continue to win" in business

Mr. Nawa, who has recently been appointed Senior Advisor to SAICA, has been active as a management consultant for many years, and currently serves as a professor at a business school, an outside director and senior advisor to numerous major companies, where he has worked on corporate transformation from a variety of perspectives and systematized his practical knowledge. One representative example of this is the "Mobius Model," which systematizes a framework for companies to generate sustainable innovation.

Going forward, XICA will incorporate Mr. Nawa's knowledge, as exemplified by the Mobius model, and will strengthen the following two initiatives, centered on "corporate transformation x data science."

Solution Enhancements

CYCA utilizes data science, including technology to elucidate market and customer mechanisms (*1) and a unique AI utilization scheme (*2), to help companies realize a growth spiral. By combining Mr. Nawa's knowledge of corporate transformation with CYCA's data science, we aim to strengthen various solutions for the "growth spiral" and enable client companies to realize corporate transformation with a higher degree of reproducibility in order to "continue to win."

*1: A technology that uses data science to quantitatively and structurally reveal the mechanisms by which markets and customers move, such as the mechanisms by which consumers choose brands and the mechanisms by which marketing investments affect business results.
*2: Patent pending

Strengthening consultant talent development

Based on Mr. Nawa's knowledge, we will build a training system for consultants that cultivates advanced skills that contribute to corporate transformation, such as understanding customers in light of organizational DNA, defining customer value, and building business and delivery models. By doing so, we aim to steadily produce professionals who combine "corporate transformation x data science."

A brief biography of Takashi Nawa and his comments on taking up the position

<Biography>

Takashi Nawa
Professor, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University Business School

Graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and Harvard Business School. After working at Mitsubishi Corporation, he worked at McKinsey for approximately 20 years. He has served as an outside director for companies including DENSO (until 2018), Fast Retailing (until 2022), Ajinomoto (until 2023), and Sompo Holdings, and as an outside auditor for The Asahi Shimbun Company (all of which he currently holds). He is the chair of the Consumer Affairs Agency's Consumer-Oriented Management Awards. He also serves as a senior advisor for companies including Boston Consulting Group (until 2016), Interplan, and Accenture (all of which he currently holds). He has written numerous books, including "Purposeful Management," "CSV Management Strategy," "Schumpeter," "Corporate Transformation Textbook," "Comprehensive Management Transformation Encyclopedia," "Complete Techniques for Problem-Solving and Value Creation Beyond Consulting," "10X Thinking," "Introduction to Purposeful Management," "Super-Evolutionary Management," "Ethical Management," "New Japanese-Style Management," and "The Day Companies Disappear."

Comments on assuming the position:

During my 35 years of experience as a management consultant, I have supported numerous companies in their innovation and company-wide transformation. Japanese companies are a treasure trove of "takumi" (skills) that are becoming increasingly rare in the age of AI. If we can systematize this, we can achieve unprecedented growth with scale and speed.

With its data science capabilities, XICA will accelerate the creation of "takumi no shikumi" (systems of skill) and dramatically improve corporate value. As a result, I sincerely hope that Japanese companies will leap to the forefront of the global market.

Comment from President and CEO Yoshiaki Hirao

What should be done to help clients create a "winning organization"? Of all the people I have met, no one has systematized this "model" as clearly as Nawa.

By combining Nawa's deep knowledge of corporate transformation with the data science that XICA has honed, I am confident that corporate transformation can evolve from something that only a few geniuses can achieve to a reproducible standard that anyone can achieve.

CYCA's mission is to "deliver insights from all data," and we aim to create a society where anyone can freely use data to achieve reproducible success. With Nawa's participation, we will accelerate the development of talent in all companies and create a major impact that will ultimately strengthen Japan.

About us

XICA is a data science firm that creates a growth spiral for businesses. Utilizing highly accurate data science, we help clients "elucidate market and customer mechanisms," "develop strategies," "strengthen organizational execution capabilities," and "build data infrastructure to accumulate knowledge," thereby realizing a growth spiral that allows them to "continue to win" in business. We support our clients' businesses with a highly applied team comprised of leading data scientists and researchers from Japan and overseas, as well as experienced personnel in various fields such as strategic consulting, organizational execution support, and technology implementation.

*XICA and the XICA name and logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of XICA Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries.
*Other company names and product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.

　

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