New Year’s Greetings
We wish you a happy year ahead.
In April 2021, the Innovation Network for Co-creating the Future (INCF) and the Platinum Society Research Association (PSRA) merged to start the Initiative for Co-creating the Future (ICF). Thanks to the kind support and cooperation of its members, ICF has successfully continued its robust activities and tackle new challenges. This year, 2022, we will further refine our activities and provide a wider variety of opportunities for co-creation with more members and stakeholders.
We are extremely grateful and excited for your commitment and active participation
Sincerely,
From the ICF Secretariat
Updates on Societal Issues Research 2021
Fifth Seminar on the Listings of Societal Issues: December 22nd
The Seminar on the Listings of Social Issues started in June 2021 and offers commentary on the issues from each of the six ICF focus areas. It covers both the FY 2020 edition and new issues to appear in the FY 2021 edition. The fifth and final meeting focused on mobility. The event offered communication channels through both the chat function during the presentations and the networking session afterward.
Comments from the participants included:
– As a transportation company, it is very important to increase the customers’ value on-site, which cannot be substituted online.
– While there are proposals to encourage vulnerable road users to utilize digital technology, these users may also be weak in using digital technology.
The report in Japanese is available online:
https://icf.mri.co.jp/activities/activities-5803/
The seminar series for the FY 2021 Listings of the Societal Issues is now concluded. Thank you.
Walk Through Videos on Societal Issues: Mobility installment
The Secretariat produced walk-through videos explaining the Listings of Societal Issues and started delivering them through the ICF website.
Each video is 10 minutes long and offers commentary on the societal issues, starting from problems, followed by issues to be addressed, and wrapping up with technological and regulatory trends.
Five recently released videos refer to mobility.
Note: ICF members have exclusive access to the videos
Topics in the videos are:
・Economic losses and environmental deterioration resulting from traffic congestion
・Increase of vulnerable road users
・Negative effects of a vehicle-centric society
・Insufficient logistics capacities that fail to meet increasing demand
・Growing need to get things done without physically moving
Activity Report
BAP 2021 Final Pitch Contest Report
The final pitch contest for the ICF Business Acceleration Program 2021 was held on Friday, December 10th, 2021. The contest report is posted on the ICF website, including comments from the seven finalists and judges.
https://icf.mri.co.jp/activities/activities-5672/
Upcoming Activities (January – February)
Societal Issues Discussion: considering psychological safety
Psychological safety is a concept that is starting to gain prevalance around the world.
Harvard University Professor Amy C. Edmondson coined the term, referring to a psychological tendency to trust that fellow members of a group will not deny or negate one’s beliefs. While smooth operations of a team is born from many factors, the growing prominence of the digital sphere has spurred interest in psychological safety as an optimal teambuilding method.
ICF members are invited to join this rendition of the Societal Issues Discussion. This installment will help participants reflect on their own situation, such as analyzing psychological safety in their own workplace and reconsidering preconcieved notions surrounding productivity and motivation.
First meeting: Tuesday, February 1st, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Agenda:
-The definition and necessity of psychological safety,
-Psychological safety in participants organizations
-Issues when working to ensure psychological safety.
For more information and registration, please visit the webpage below. The second meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1st, 2022.
https://icf.mri.co.jp/activities/activities-5866/